Image by tomertuOPINION – In Okinawa, Japan, residents commonly live past the age of 100. The same is true on the island of Sardinia in Italy, the Greek isle of Ikaria, the Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica and Loma Linda, California. What is the secret to their longevity?
Aging at home, image by evrymmntOPINION – It’s been four years since Governor Newsom signed the executive order for the Master Plan for Aging (MPA) to ensure that all Californians can age well. Great progress has been made on achieving the MPA’s goals, but we’re still in the early stages of implementation.
An active older couple hikes to an outlook over a California forest. (Photo: Ulza, via Shutterstock)OPINION: Rome wasn’t built in a day, but the Romans laid bricks every hour. The same might be said about California’s Master Plan for Aging, which has laid the groundwork for this precise moment in time.
An Alzheimer patient and his son strolling on the beach. (Photo: tonkid, via Shutterstock)OPINION: If the governor’s proposed budget goes through to completely eliminate funding for adult day health care facilities that support Californians living with dementia and Alzheimer’s, things will go from tough to impossible for tens of thousands of families like mine.
An older man jogs up a desert mountain peak in California. (Photo: Sirtravelalot, via Shutterstock)OPINION:“OK Boomer” has gained popularity as a sarcastic refrain, but if millennials and all other generations fail to take baby boomers seriously, we will all share in the consequences. The 2020s will be the decade of the baby boomer.