Archive for March 2010
Forgiveness and Aging Well–Part 1
In the earliest postings on my newly created blog I focused on gratitude and aging well. In a December 4, 2009 posting, my second actual posting, I quoted George Vaillant, MD, a Harvard professor and researcher, who authored Aging Well: Surprising Guideposts to a Happier Life (2002). He wrote: “In short, the study participants who [...]
Annual Conference of the National Council on Aging (NCOA) and the American Society on Aging (ASA), Chicago, March 15-March 19, 2010
Last week NCOA-ASA’s Annual Conference, Aging in America, was held, and a variety of presentations and workshops were offered. My interest gravitated to the presentations designated under the category of Religion and Spirituality. Many of these were organized by the Forum on Religion, Spirituality and Aging (FoRSA), a special interest group of ASA, and NCOA’s [...]
“Working with the Spiritual Issues of Geriatric Patients”: A Consultation to the Outpatient Geriatric Team of Massachusetts General Hospital’s Psychiatry Department
Last Tuesday, March 9th, I facilitated a meeting of the Outpatient Geriatric Team of Massachusetts General Hospital’s Psychiatry Department. The focus was “Working with the Spiritual Issues of Geriatric Patients.” To prepare for the meeting I asked team members to send me their questions about spiritual issues and the elderly. These questions provided my initial [...]
FYI: A Retreat at ElderSpirit Community
Monica Appleby, my ASA colleague from the ElderSpirit Community in Abingdon, Virginia (www.elderspirit.net), asked me to post this information which I do happily since it makes available a resource that some of you might want to use. Monica will be co-leading a retreat with Jean Marie Luce at ElderSpirit from Friday, April 9th to Sunday, April [...]