Further down: a 30-second test you can run on someone you love, a 1976 experiment with a houseplant, and a concert pianist in his eighties who found a way round the whole problem.
Your mother hands you her car keys in the hospital car park and says you might as well hang on to them.… Read the rest “For Anyone Watching a Parent Grow Old: What 50 Years of Research Says Helps”
This is the long, slightly nerdy version: what forty years in quality assurance taught me about how people lose their independence. If you want the human version first, it’s on Medium: I’ve Watched People Retire for 40 Years. Most of Them Never Really Left. Or watch the nine-minute video below.… Read the rest “The Default Trap: What We Don’t Say About Growing Old”
This is the long, slightly nerdy version: what forty years in quality assurance taught me about how people lose their independence. If you want the human version first, it’s on Medium: I’ve Watched People Retire for 40 Years. Most of Them Never Really Left. Or watch the nine-minute video below.… Read the rest “The Default Trap: What We Don’t Say About Growing Old”
