Being Mortal

completely so. Shelleyworked as a personalassistant. Tomhad justspentayearandhalfunemployedaftera layoff.Nowheworkedforatravelco ...

Gradually,though,hefoundwaystoadapt.Shelleyand TomhadaChineseShar-PeinamedBeijing,andLouand thedog becamedevotedcompanions. Shes ...

hewasdiagnosedwithposturalhypotension—acondition ofoldageinwhichthebodylosesitsabilitytomaintain adequate blood pressure for bra ...

in time. Shelley tried to get him to wear protective disposableunderwear, but he wouldn’t doit. “They’re diapers,” he said. Theb ...

atwork,andeverythingplayedhavocwithheremotions athome.Justtotakeanovernighttripwithherfamily, shehadtohiresomeonetostaywithLou,a ...

place.Itseemedasif,onceagingledtodebility,itwas impossible for anyone to be happy. THEPLACETHEYdecidedtovisitwasn’tanursinghome ...

unaffected, she couldn’t bathe herself, cook a meal, managethetoilet,ordoherownlaundry—letaloneany kindofpaidwork.Sheneededhelp. ...

help.Intheimaginaryplace,shewouldbeabletolock herdoor,controlherheat,andhaveherownfurniture.No onewouldmakehergetup,turnoffherfa ...

decide howyouspend yourtime, howyoushare your space, and how you manage your possessions. Away from home,youdon’t. Thislossof fr ...

development with 112 units, and theyfilled upalmost immediately. The concept wasas appealingas itwas radical. Although some of t ...

swallowing problemsandno teethand adoctorwho’d saidtheyshouldeatonlypureedglop—well,theycould. Andiftheirmindhadfadedtothepointt ...

Thestate monitored the experimentclosely. Whenthe group expandedto a second locationin Portland—this onehad 142 unitsandcapacity ...

Maslow argued that safety and survival remain our primaryandfoundationalgoalsinlife,notleastwhenour options andcapacities become ...

Understandingthisshiftisessentialtounderstandingold age.Avarietyoftheorieshaveattemptedtoexplainwhy theshiftoccurs.Somehaveargue ...

opposite.Theresultswereunequivocal.Farfromgrowing unhappier, people reported more positive emotions as theyaged.Theybecamelesspr ...

andseethebandHotTunainconcert.Comingbackfrom the show, they piled into a VW minibus, and, on a highway somewhereoutsideRochester ...

noticed howdifferentlythey were treatedfrom her. “I basically had doctors and therapists coming in and workingwith meallday long ...

forabrighterfuture.Youseektoplugintobiggerstreams ofknowledgeandinformation.Youwidenyournetworks offriendsandconnections,instead ...

Carstensentriedtofind holesin hertheory.Inanother experiment,sheandherteamstudiedagroupofhealthy peopleageseighttoninety-three.W ...

motives in their everyday lives shift completely. It’s perspective, not age, that matters most. Tolstoyrecognizedthis.AsIvanIlyi ...