elderly Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/elderly/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sun, 04 Jul 2021 22:01:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 She Has the Post Office Beat https://smthingscount.com/2020/04/14/she-has-the-post-office-beat/ Tue, 14 Apr 2020 16:18:57 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9080 There are lots of stories about people helping people deal with this pandemic, but this one struck me. Hannah Lucas in Maine literally goes the

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]]> Free Trees for Your Community https://smthingscount.com/2019/06/15/free-trees-for-your-community/ Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:20:02 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8173 Trees, nature’s air purifiers, are inexpensive and easy to plant.  In my area (San Jose), there’s an organization called Our City Forest. It helps people

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]]> How to Recognize a Robocall https://smthingscount.com/2019/06/03/how-to-recognize-a-robocall/ Mon, 03 Jun 2019 17:22:58 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8137 The AARP has put out a short informative article, titled How to Recognize a Robocall, that is worth paying attention to. It discusses four major

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]]> A Lyft for Voters https://smthingscount.com/2018/09/05/a-lyft-for-voters/ Wed, 05 Sep 2018 14:18:59 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7242 Some elderly people don’t trust vote-by-mail but can’t drive themselves to the polls. In some families, the breadwinner has the only car, and they’re at

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]]> SAFETY FIRST! https://smthingscount.com/2017/05/23/safety-first/ Tue, 23 May 2017 16:40:35 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5905 We’re in the middle of feel-good Spring.  It’s the time when we have Spring-Cleaning Fever.  In the process, we notice repairs that need to be

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]]> College Students Live Rent-Free in Retirement Home https://smthingscount.com/2017/01/10/college-students-live-rent-free-in-retirement-home/ Tue, 10 Jan 2017 17:12:40 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5487 Would you choose to live with elderly people, many sick and dying, if you were a college student?  How about if you lived there rent-free?

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]]> Older People Too Smart for their Own Good https://smthingscount.com/2014/03/28/older-people-too-smart-for-their-own-good/ Fri, 28 Mar 2014 17:00:33 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=2647 [Maybe it’s my age, but this article from The Telegraph makes sense to me. Thanks to Verne Meade for sending me this.] Brains of elderly slow because

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]]> Cheating the Elderly https://smthingscount.com/2013/08/19/cheating-the-elderly/ Mon, 19 Aug 2013 20:26:11 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=1974 “Last Will and Embezzlement”—that’s a film worth watching.  It describes the financial exploitation of the elderly.  The problem is widespread and can happen to anyone,

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