111-year-old British man born the same year the Titanic sank is now world’s oldest man
CNN - At 111 years and 224 days old, John Alfred Tinniswood from England has officially claimed the title of world’s oldest living man.
Guinness World Records made the announcement two days after announcing the death of former title holder Juan Vicente Pérez at the age of 114, a month shy of his 115th birthday.
"Guardian angel" drives strangers in need, asks for nothing in return
CBS - Lyn Story is a retiree in Fort Worth, Texas. The 64-year-old had a lot of free time on her hands until she met Apryl Goodwin, 46, who had been diagnosed with uterine cancer.
"I had no transportation and I didn't know what to do," Goodwin said. She found help on the community app Nextdoor.
"Someone spoke up and said, 'I'll take you to your appointments,' and I kind of ignored it cause it's a stranger. What do you do? So she messaged me again and said, 'I'll take you. I mean it. I'm honest. I, you know, I'm sincere.'"
That stranger was Story, and over the last year, she has taken Goodwin to more than 25 radiation appointments, six chemotherapy treatments and countless doctor visits.
Salem man finishes goal of running half-marathon in 50 states
KGW 8 - COVID-19, brain cancer, and two decades later, 73-year-old Jerry Korson completed his goal of running a half marathon in every state.
New AARP Report Finds Family Caregivers Provide $600 Billion in Unpaid Care Across the U.S.
AARP - ‘Valuing the Invaluable’ documents the increasing economic, physical and emotional costs of caregiving.
Insurers Reap Hidden Fees by Slashing Payments. You May Get the Bill.
NYT - A little-known data firm helps health insurers make more when less of an out-of-network claim gets paid. Patients can be on the hook for the difference.
How to turn your iPhone into a bare-bones device
WAPO - A recently added setting on iPhones and iPads makes the devices less complicated. It can turn a smartphone into a feature phone, a landline replacement, a kid’s phone and even an iPod. Called Assistive Access, the setting was introduced in September in iOS 17 as an accessibility option for people with cognitive disabilities. Like many accessibility features, it has potentially beneficial applications for everyone.
One last dish: US restaurateur drives six hours to fulfil dying woman’s wish
Guardian - An uplifting, while sad, story.
Grandma Joy isn’t slowing down. Now aged 94, she’s taken on a huge new travel challenge
CNN - She didn’t get a passport until she was aged 91, but a year after becoming the oldest person to visit all 63 National Parks in the US, “Grandma Joy” Ryan is embarking on a new global challenge with her grandson Brad Ryan, 42.
Dr. Bob, 75, Knows Aging’s Toll. He Wonders if Biden and Trump Do.
NYTimes - He had become the local expert on what he called the “unwanted side effects of old age,” so Dr. Bob Ross, 75, rubbed arthritis cream onto his hands and walked into an exam room to see his seventh elderly patient of the day. He had been a doctor in the remote town of Ortonville, Minn., for nearly five decades, caring for most of its 2,000 residents as he aged alongside them. He delivered their children, performed their high school physicals, tended to their workplace injuries and now specialized in treating the wide-ranging symptoms of what it meant to grow old in America.
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