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July 23, 2025 – There is crazy and there is cruel, and both themes are running rampant at the U.S. Department of Labor these days. For cruelty, the Labor Department has just proposed eliminating some safety standards at factories and mines, as well as to limit the government’s ability to…
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Category: Health and Wellness Issues
July 20, 2025 — Do you find yourself leaning forward to hear someone? Do you have to ask your grandchildren to repeat themselves? Do family members mention that the TV is pretty loud? Welcome to making it a "certain age" - you are probably experiencing normal age related hearing loss.
Sadly, it has to come to this for your Editor. I suspect many Topretirements Members are going through some of the same issues. In the hopes that others might learn something from my experiences, this article will share my recent (and continuing) adventures in hearing. Part 1 is about selection, Part 2 covers my experiences wearing them.
My decline in hearing has been coming a long time. About 10 years ago I first visited an Otolaryngologist, (ENT - Ear Nose and Throat M.D.). I kept taking hearing tests most years after that, always with the same result. The doctor showed me that I am missing the higher frequencies; where women, children, and many of the sounds of nature occur. But he didn’t think I was ready to be prescribed hearing aids.
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Category: Health and Wellness Issues
May 10, 2025 — If you are like me, a fun thing to do is take a simple quiz on some personal topic. The results tell something about who you are, but maybe just as important, where you stand vs. the rest of the world on that aspect of your…
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Category: Health and Wellness Issues
May 5, 2025 — Have you noticed that some people of the same age look and act very differently. Some folks in their 70s and 80s seem to dodder around, while others are terrors on the pickleball court. We came across this article recently by Roger Rosenblatt in the…
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Category: Estate Planning
January 14, 2025 - Green Burials are growing trend among very environmentally conscious people. The numbers are pretty small, but they are catching on. The idea is that your body is disposed of in a way that is friendly to the planet: no preservatives used in embalming, non-biodegradable materials, or burial methods that harm the environment.
The Veterans Administration is now making a green burial an option at certain of their cemeteries. In November 2024, VA’s National Cemetery Administration (NCA) officially opened Green Burial sections at the Pikes Peak National Cemetery in Colorado Springs, Colorado; the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix, Arizona, and Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida. The number of green burial sites at each cemetery are 152, 155 and 222, respectively.
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Category: Health and Wellness Issues
Jan. 1, 2024 — Average life expectancy in the U.S. declined after the pandemic ravaged the country in 2020, dropping to 77.5. But 5 years later, it has risen slightly above that figure , although still below the pre-pandemic rate of 78.8. Men’s expectancy is almost 6 years lower than…
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Category: Health and Wellness Issues
Nov. 2, 2024 — Aging experts from the Mayo Clinic think they have found a simple way to test for how well people are aging. First, you stand on both legs for 30 seconds, eyes open, then 30 more with them closed. Then you stand on your dominate foot for…
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Category: Health and Wellness Issues
April 25, 2024 — We expected that walking would be your favorite physical activity – but not by the margin this margin. Almost half (47%) of people taking our poll chose walking for how they like to stay active. After that it was a toss-up, with swimming, pickleball, biking, and…
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Category: Health and Wellness Issues
April 15, 2024 — Sitting is the New Smoking. Have you heard that one? Nothing seems truer these days, as more and more experts (like Dr. Sanjay Ghupta) say that physical activity is the number one prescription for staving off aging. Not to mention the health benefits of regular exercise…
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Category: Adventurous retirement
April 3, 2024 - When you were a lot younger, could you ever imagine someone in their 80's, even 90's, who was still skiing? Well get over that, because the slopes in some resorts have plenty of octogenarians gracefully coming down their trails. Some ski areas are welcoming them with deals and events too.
One of those is Aspen, Colorado. Although a daily lift ticket can approach $300 on holiday weekends, it offers a senior season pass to skiers over 70 for $799. Alta, the longstanding resort in Utah, offers a season pass to people over 80 for a $50 admin fee (but years ago it was available to people over 75). It even has a seniors ski club, the Wild Old Bunch, with many members in their 90s. Other resorts offer substantial discounts for 70+ skiers too.
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