Increasing use by elders of CBD for anxiety
Grace was living in her own home with help from caregivers, but was experiencing anxiety and agitation due to dementia. Her doctor had prescribed anti-anxiety medicine, but it only seemed to increase...
View Article5 kinds of navigators who help with aging issues
A few weeks ago, there was an event at Southern Oregon University sponsored by the Osher Life Long Leaning Institute (OLLI), on preparing for care for yourself and others. I happened to be one of the...
View ArticleAging Happens: What you need to know about guardianships
Here’s what happened with June. June’s niece, who was her health care representative, died unexpectedly. June lived in a memory care facility, had no other family, and now had no one who could be her...
View ArticleChris Honoré: Why preserve the Peace Corps?
One of Donald Trump’s first acts as president was to eliminate funding for nongovernmental organizations in poor countries if they offer abortion counseling as a family planning option or if they...
View ArticleChris Honoré: POTUS: Conspiracist-in-chief
Part OneThere were countless moments during the presidential campaign when Donald Trump would say something either in an interview or at a rally and I would think: “There it is, that has got to be...
View ArticleChris Honoré: POTUS — the tinfoil hat syndrome
Part TwoTo briefly review: President Trump woke early on March 5, piqued, and reportedly heard a news report by right-wing talk show host Mark Levin (later picked up by Breitbart News, an outlet that...
View ArticleChris Honoré: And then there is the common good
Part 1As I follow recent events, I find myself asking the question: “How much damage can Donald Trump, et al., do to our nation and its institutions during the period that his administration has access...
View ArticleChris Honoré: A darkness of the spirit
A friend sent me an excerpt from a collection of essays written by Mary Oliver titled “Upstream.”She writes:“In the winter hours I am writing about, there was much darkness. Darkness of nature,...
View ArticleChris Honoré: The first 100 days — a long, dark winter
If you are a progressive, the first 100 days of this Republican administration has been an ordeal, sometimes wrenching, as well as exhausting if followed closely.There are moments when it all seems...
View ArticleChris Honoré: ‘Fearless Girl’ and ‘Charging Bull’
In lower Manhattan, on Wall Street, stands a massive bronze statue of a bull, head lowered, its powerful body all sinew and muscle, horns threatening. A matador’s chest-tightening nightmare. According...
View ArticleChris Honoré: All roads lead to Russia
Part OneLast Tuesday, May 9, President Trump fired James Comey, the Director of the FBI, who was in the middle of leading a wide-ranging criminal investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded...
View ArticleChris Honoré: All roads lead to Russia
Part TwoFrom the moment Donald Trump announced his campaign I shook my head in disbelief. His statements in interviews and from the campaign podium were jaw-dropping to reprehensible: John McCain...
View ArticleChris Honoré: The fire and the fire brigade
Part OneWinston Churchill said, during a particularly fraught moment leading up to World War II, “I refuse to be impartial between the fire and the fire brigade.”I would argue that the train of...
View ArticleChris Honoré: Into the weeds: The deep state
At the risk of wandering too far into the weeds, I want to try and define what is meant by “deep state,” a term of art used to describe much of the government Trump Inc. now presides over.To begin...
View ArticleChris Honoré: Silence and our national shame
When Congressman Steve Scalise of Louisiana was shot, along with three others, while practicing for a congressional charity baseball game, the press and the pundits found themselves facing a dilemma....
View ArticleChris Honoré: Republicans and the safety net
Part OneIn one of his last speeches, Hubert H. Humphrey said, “... the moral test of a government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the...
View ArticleAging Happens: Taking steps to avoid falls
It’s been said that falling is a game-changer for older adults. This is not meant to describe a change for the better, either. Here are some facts from a local organization, Age Friendly Innovators...
View ArticleParkinson's presentation coming up
Parkinson's disease is a progressive disorder of the nervous system that affects movement. It develops gradually, sometimes starting with a barely noticeable tremor in just one hand. But while a tremor...
View Article'Prepare for Care' forum coming May 7
If you’re convinced you might be aging, then you might also consider that the time will come, ready or not, when you might need care. Or you may be called upon to provide care for another. This topic...
View ArticleIncreasing use by elders of CBD for anxiety
Grace was living in her own home with help from caregivers, but was experiencing anxiety and agitation due to dementia. Her doctor had prescribed anti-anxiety medicine, but it only seemed to increase...
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