Archive - Life In Long Term Care Land

What is in Store for GenX over the next 10-20 years?

We talk a *lot* about the coming retirement crisis for Boomers, but not so much about the group right behind them.

May 12

April 2024

Civil War (2024)

The new A24 film hits all the right notes. Not escapism - it's hyper-realism, & the best movie possible about a necessarily treacherous subject.

Apr 21

March 2024

“He Put the Dementia Rumors to Rest”…. Or Did He?

Did Biden’s performance for the March 7th, 2024 State of the Union speech prove he does not have dementia?

Mar 10

February 2024

Update: MS Society Issues an “Apology” to Fran Itkoff on 2/21/24 & Absolves itself of a Need to Do Anything Different

On 2/21/24, a day after my original Substack article was published, MS Society attempts to actually do some PR work, and makes it all even worse.

Feb 24

A Historic Betrayal by the National MS Society - An Organization founded By & For Caregivers

The National MS Society shockingly fired 90 year old Fran Itkoff - a widow, former MS caregiver, & decorated 60 year veteran volunteer of their…

Feb 20

Dementia Warning Signs - The Democratization of Dementia Identification

The fact is - the general public, not “experts," are *supposed* to be able to tell when something is wrong and a person needs a formal dementia…

Feb 17

January 2024

Is Joe Biden a "Super Ager"?

Exploring the concept honestly, but very skeptically.

Jan 28

"AI-pocalypse" & the Coming Epidemic of Mass Elder Financial Abuse

I listened to a recent podcast which made me realize we are likely on the cusp of an epidemic of elder financial abuse the likes of which we can't…

Jan 1

November 2023

Assisted Suicide's Disturbing Growth in North American Culture

"Death Panels" making a comeback... disturbing trends in Canada... coming to USA soon?

Nov 27, 2023

October 2023

Generational Cognitive Dissonance & the Israeli-Hamas Conflict

GenZ & Millenials seems to ignore certain things older generations take for granted... and how that may be explained by the phenomenon of 'woke culture…

Oct 19, 2023

Dissatisfaction with our "gerontocracy" in Congress and the White House, while not at a fever pitch, seems to be at a constant drone now....

Oct 10, 2023

September 2023

Social Security: Gone Well Before 2040

This will be how we solve the USA's debt-deficit spiral pathway we are on. By "stealing from old people slowly" - or worse.

Sep 16, 2023

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