Dear Friends,Some weeks ago, Laurie Adamshick presented to the Honolulu chapter of theAmazing Care network about estate planning, a topic most of us would rather ignore. She gave a compelling presentation about the importance of
Dear Friends, I’m at my wits’ end trying to figure out how to convince a relative that she is not too old to visit new places. It’s especially frustrating as she was quite a
Dear Friends, I admit to having a mix of emotions as I write this. I feel pride in what my son Alex has developed to help us seniors identify and mitigate fall risks; sadness
Dear friends,It may seem ironic and weird to talk about how to deal with grief in the first newsletter of 2024, since typically newsletters in January discuss new things to do, resolutions, places to visit,
Dear Friends,I am one incredibly lucky soul as I have friends I have known for decades. We’ve stayed connected through time and space. Sometimes we don’t see each other for months and then we connect
Dear Friends, I suspect many of you are familiar with Blue Zones, a non-scientific term describing areas in the world where people live exceptionally long and healthy lives. There are claims of people living beyond
Dear Friends, Last month at the Honolulu chapter’s Amazing Care Network tea, we heard from Dr. Chuck Miller on Hawaii’s experience with the medical aid in dying legislation that was passed five years ago. Dr.
I began the Amazing Care Network back in 2014, and I am sometimes asked what prompted me to start it. Among the catalysts for its creation dates to 2008 when my older brother was rapidly
I offered to babysit my 7-year old grand-daughter and 5-year old grandson one evening, and I (finally!) got them settled down for bed. I lay down next to them and proceeded to tell a bedtime
By the time you read this, I would have celebrated my 74th birthday in the company of friends and family in Honolulu. And shameless me, I used my birthday celebration as a vehicle for encouraging
