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Special Suit Helps Students Empathize with Elderly
How do you train a 20-something medical school student to feel genuine empathy for senior citizens? Enter "The Age Man Suit." Consisting of ...
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Man Organizes Volunteers for Paint Job
Josh Cyganik, a 35-year-old man from Pendleton, Oregon, used to show up for work and wave to Leonard Bullock, the old man sitting on the porch across ...
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Happy Birthday from a Bunch of Strangers
One of the downsides of celebrating your 100th birthday is that you might not have many of your friends around to sing "Happy Birthday." An ...
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We Weren't Meant to Suffer Alone
In her funny, off-beat memoir, journalist and writer Heather Havrilesky reminds us how community (whether in a family or a church family) implies carrying ...
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Religion … the Fountain of Youth?
A BBC article profiles a Seventh Day Adventist community in Loma Linda, California, where aged residents live an average of ten years longer than the ...
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Actress Laments Our 'Fixation on Youth'
In a New York Times article, actress Frances McDormand spoke out against what she called Hollywood's and America's "perverse fixation on ...
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Plight of Older Shelter Dogs Shows Our Fear of Aging
An article published by the Los Angeles Times highlights the difficult situation of many older dogs in animal shelters—few new pet owners are willing ...
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Unconditional Love for Someone with Severe Disabilities
Jean Vanier, a Christian leader who founded L'Arche communities around the world for persons with severe disabilities, tells a story about a 76-year-old ...
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Heat Wave and Loneliness Lead to 739 Deaths
In July 1995 the city of Chicago experienced a heat wave that gripped the city for over a week. On July 13th, the heat peaked at 106 degrees. During the ...
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Rembrandt Captured the Goodness of Old Age
According to the British art critic Jonathan Jones, many Renaissance artists were "coldly curious" or even cruel in their depictions of old ...
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