Alzheimer’s or another other form of dementia every 77 seconds. Today, someone is diagnosed every 66 seconds.
And the number is escalating. In 2050, it will be one person every 33 seconds.
By Ed Zinkiewicz Does that title ring any bells for you? Do you remember Kansas? And Oz? Dorothy would truly be amazed. Consider what she would find coming back from Oz today: Hundreds of thousands of centenarians worldwide are alive today and the population in general is living longer. People are retiring later and staying active for a longer time …
By Chaplain David Brinker Rev. Dr. Frederick Schmidt is the Rueben P. Job Associate Professor of Spiritual Formation at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. He has shared insightful principles on the difference between aging and growing older in an online spiritual journal called “Patheos.” He writes: Sometime ago, a friend who had just celebrated his 84th birthday observed, “You know, when I …