by Pass It On Network | Nov 22, 2019 | Individual Support
By Sherry Saurno (Reprinted from Senior Planet) We’re heading into that time of the year…the most wonderful, and the most stressful. We know the holidays are stressful for anyone who has family…but they are equally trying for those who do not have family. Everyone...
by Pass It On Network | Oct 29, 2019 | Trends
Jan Hively and Moira Allan, Pass It On Network’s co-founders, share some encouraging news in this joint blog about their findings on how business for good is taking off – and ask if you see examples of what they are finding. Says Jan in Massachusetts: “I felt a...
by Moira Allan | Aug 8, 2019 | Lifelong Learning, Positive Ageing
If I lived in Helsinki, I would be a daily visitor to Oodi, the city’s cool new library/living room. If I lived in the US, I would seek out libraries that would help me navigate the world of senior dating. Wherever I lived in the world, I’d order a Little Free Library...
by Wendy Mayhew | Jul 10, 2019 | Work & Economic Security
I always knew that I would want to be busy and do meaningful work. And, I’ve been saying for years that the only thing that will get me to retire is having grandchildren. At my current age of 68, I still don’t have any, so I keep working. I love what I do so it...
by Lynne Iser | Jun 11, 2019 | Positive Ageing
Lynne Iser Lifelong activist and founder of Elder-Activists.org Lynne is an elder activist who says, “Most of my adult life I have taught workshops focused on Conscious Aging, and on creating community to support our lives and further our values. My concern for...
by Elizabeth Isele | May 20, 2019 | Lifelong Learning
When President John F. Kennedy convened the first White House Conference on Aging, he said, “We have added years to life, now it’s time to add life to those years.” Fifty-eight years later, I recently returned from attending a United Nations Expert Group Meeting on...
by Margaret Young | Apr 30, 2019 | Lifelong Learning, Positive Ageing
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. It was a historical moment for humanity. It outlines the fundamental human rights under which we are universally protected. Since then population-specific...
by Cheryl Svensson, Ph.D. | Mar 12, 2019 | Lifelong Learning
I first met James Birren (pictured above with Cheryl) in 1975 when I was a graduate student at the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at the University of Southern California (USC). Dr. Birren, the founding dean, was head of the school. Our relationship was rekindled...
by Theresa Reid | Feb 19, 2019 | Lifelong Learning
Theresa Reid, PhD is Executive Producer and Host of the interview series, “Aging for Life.” I’ve been heavily involved in the gun violence prevention (GVP) movement in the United States for a few years. Recently, other local group leaders and I were gathered in...
by Carleen Mackay | Jan 28, 2019 | Work & Economic Security
A Gift from Carleen Mackay, Our Workforce Expert in Hawaii … From full-time to part-time to some-of-the-time; from home to across town or across the world; for a fee, for free or for gain-sharing; many people must continue to work throughout their lifetimes. ...
by Jan Hively | Dec 24, 2018 | Positive Ageing
When I think about effective advocacy, I think about the process of “barnacling” described by a remarkably successful change agent, Donna Butts, the founding director of Generations United. Like tiny snails, barnacles grow and are firmly attached to the bottoms of...
by Moira Allan | Oct 28, 2018 | Positive Ageing
When I was coming up to 60 I started to worry seriously about money. I am a solo ager who had chosen to work between my homeland, South Africa, and France. I couldn’t look forward to a comfortable retirement in either and in any event I didn’t feel like retiring. Oh...
by Pass It On Network | Oct 23, 2018 | Positive Ageing
By Estelle Huchet of Age Platform A first month of campaigning for ageing with equal rights! Online campaigning can be a frustrating activity. Millions of people are connected – and yet: who do we really manage to reach? We are now halfway in the #AgeingEqual campaign...
by Pass It On Network | Jun 25, 2018 | Lifelong Learning, Trends
Here is an interview with Jeff Rubin, a vocal elder advocate who believes that every individual has the right to be heard and the power to make a difference regardless of ability or age. He is also the author of “Wisdom of Age: Perception and insights from one...
by Pass It On Network | May 29, 2018 | Lifelong Learning, Positive Ageing
By Sara Zeff Geber, Ph.D. Author of Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers Is living alone a problem in itself? Most single people of all ages tell me they like living on their own, free to come and go as they please, watch the TV show of their choice and see...
by Moira Allan | Apr 5, 2018 | Community Support
We need to be prepared for more and worse! Jan Hively, our co-founder, has just lived through four successive nor’-easters that hammered the East Coast of the U.S. mercilessly, wreaking havoc and leaving people isolated. Margie van Zyl Chapman, our network liaison...
by Pass It On Network | Mar 14, 2018 | Community Support
Loneliness is a killer that stalks the youngest to the oldest across borders. It is increasingly seen as one of the largest health issues facing the world. Consider these three staggering factors that make loneliness a major health hazard: Loneliness is as bad for you...
by Pass It On Network | Feb 9, 2018 | Community Support, Positive Ageing
How it started and where we are now. A personal description. Jan. 2018. I am an American living in Sweden and do not have old friends from school days – or even family of origin – in this country. Some years ago I began wondering what it might be like to close...
by Moira Allan | Jan 12, 2018 | Trends
A Forbes Magazine contributor, Howard Gleckman, has started a New Year’s debate on what to call old people. He says that we’ve tried senior citizens, seniors, the elderly, elders, retirees, and even “gerontos.” He mostly uses the term “older adults” that appears to...
by Pass It On Network | Dec 13, 2017 | Positive Ageing
Dr. Bill Thomas, founder of Eden Alternative and the author of “What Are Old People For” and “Second Wind”, has given the Pass It On Network permission to print this important article from his “Changing Aging” blog that shows how we...
by Pass It On Network | Nov 22, 2017 | Lifelong Learning
Leaders from The World Cafe often refer to their beloved Anne Dosher as the “Elder” and the “Guardian of the Soul of the World Café.” Anne, who is now in her 90s, wrote about conversation as a life-affirming evolutionary act. Her call to action is as...
by Jan Hively | Oct 17, 2017 | Lifelong Learning
Here where I live, on a small peninsula called Cape Cod that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean from New England, negative changes in the environment are obvious. Some problems result directly from overdevelopment and careless use of natural resources – such as ground...
by Meg Evans | Oct 17, 2017 | Lifelong Learning, Positive Ageing
House-sitting in the Second Half of Life Meg is our Country Liaison for New Zealand. “We think we would love you to sit for us. But we need you to know we are not a pristine / new / ultra tidy lifestyle block! Dogs sometimes run through the house…the big back...
by Pat Samples | Sep 14, 2017 | Lifelong Learning, Positive Ageing
Onslaught Illness shows no mercy. It can stop you in your tracks and make you wonder what you’re good for when most days you can barely get out of bed. I’ve always been a hard worker and a social change agent, expressing my passions as a writer, community activist,...
by Moira Allan | Aug 28, 2017 | Work & Economic Security
I had a very stimulating exchange with our Pass It On Network Liaison from Arizona, Barbara Penn-Atkins, a Coach, Speaker, Workshop Facilitator and Author. You won’t believe how thirsty we all are for meaning in our lives, said Barbara, who never ceases to be...
by Jan Hively | Aug 4, 2017 | Positive Ageing, Work & Economic Security
For many years, my mantra has been, “Meaningful work, paid or unpaid, through the last breath.” For most of that time, I’ve been thinking about work as purposeful doing. For the last 20 years, since I shifted my professional focus on life-work planning from youth to...
by Roberta Taylor | May 31, 2016 | Community Support
Historically women have bonded together in groups to support and learn from each other. If the need and momentum is there, some grassroots groups grow into organizations. The Transition Network evolved from a small group of women who came together to talk about...
by Moira Allan | Apr 1, 2016 | Community Support, Lifelong Learning
Moira Allan shares her meeting of a country and of ACAP – the Active Aging Consortium of Asia Pacific I’ve just returned from Japan. What an experience. What a discovery. I loved the country, the cleanliness, the organization and the thought that goes into everything...
by Bernie Saunders | Feb 17, 2016 | Lifelong Learning
My grandfather, Harvey Saunders, spent his life working out-of-doors as a lumberjack and forest ranger. As he aged, his elegant, strong and gentle hands developed creases, lines and dark spots. These huge, graceful and richly textured hands fascinated me. They exuded...
by Moira Allan | Dec 29, 2015 | Community Support, Lifelong Learning
Pass It On’s co-founder, Jan Hively, spoke about the topic “Advocacy Leadership for Active, Positive Aging” at two December workshops about “Age-Friendly Work” that were convened by academic leaders in Shanghai and Hangzhou, China, sponsored by Ford Foundation China....
by Jan Hively | Aug 10, 2015 | Community Support, Work & Economic Security
We are the ones we have been waiting for!! Let’s show how we can work together from around the world… Let’s create… The Pass It On Playbook Facing the Economic Challenge In this time when economic uncertainty is spreading around the globe, the concern expressed...
by Jan Hively | Jul 10, 2015 | Community Support, Lifelong Learning
Washington, D.C. – September 10, 2015 The Voice of the Elders is Desperately Needed! Throughout human history, elders have been leaders in focusing attention on the needs of future generations. Today, around the globe, shortsighted policies have resulted in...
by Ashton Applewhite | Jun 22, 2015 | Lifelong Learning
How To Start Your Own Consciousness-Raising Group I’m an activist working to end ageism: discrimination and stereotyping on the basis of age. I’ve been blogging about it since 2007 at This Chair Rocks, where you can find my bio and my research; I give talks; and I’m...
by Cat Johnson | Feb 21, 2015 | Community Support, Lifelong Learning
The Pass It On Network invited Cat Johnson from Shareable, an award-winning nonprofit news, action and connection hub for the emerging sharing transformation, to tell us about this global movement that is impacting ever part of society. She gives us 10 simple,...
by Jan Hively | Nov 3, 2014 | Community Support
The Encore Movement is shifting expectations for aging. Back in 1960, U.S. President John F. Kennedy convened the first White House Conference on Aging with this challenge: “We’ve added years to life. Now it’s time to add life to those additional years!” A booming...
by Moira Allan | Oct 24, 2014 | Lifelong Learning
Who’s who: The author is Julie, freshly retired as a Higher Ed Administrator from the U.S.A. Moira is the Pass It On (PIO) Network International Coordinator from France, and Hans is the PIO Liaison for Iceland. (Hans has a U3A title I think?) July 29: Learning that I...
by Moira Allan | May 6, 2014 | Lifelong Learning, Work & Economic Security
Once upon a time Renée had a salaried job. She liked her job for many years but things changed and she decided to go solo and once over the “yipes zone” as she calls it, she’s never looked back and has literally thousands who are grateful she made that choice because...
by Jan Hively | Mar 25, 2014 | Work & Economic Security
Pass It On programs are helping people every day in many ways. Karen Greer of the SHIFT Midternship Project shared one of their success stories with Jan Hively. Nancy, age 55, lost her job as an Information Assistant in a local college during a workforce reduction...
by Moira Allan | Feb 10, 2014 | Lifelong Learning
About a senior gap year and the longevity paradox. I would love to take a senior gap year, right now, as I move from full employment to the next stage of my life that could well be 20 to 30 years. I would love the opportunity to explore new avenues, try new things and...
by Moira Allan | Dec 6, 2013 | Lifelong Learning
It was past 23h on December 5, 2013. I was up creating a collage of the Pass It On Network launch with Jan Hively in Paris in November, vaguely watching late night news on Aljazeera when the flow was interrupted. President Jacob ZUMA was about to address the people of...
by Jan Hively | Nov 22, 2013 | Trends
The Pass It On Network is described as a « global exchange. » Today, a reporter from Radio France Internationale, Alison Hird, asked me if I really believe that seniors around the world have enough in common to want to participate in an exchange. She asked, « What’s...