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 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 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 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 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...