July 18, 2020March 11, 2024Myth Busters Myth: All Older (OLD) People Are the Same When questioned, many younger people have very limited views of older people. Pioneerresearcher, Dr. Mary Lee Hummert found this to be true […]
June 6, 2020March 21, 2024Myth Busters Myth: Learning A Language Is For The Young While we know children pick up languages as easily as they pick up dirt from playing outside, the myth that seniors can’t […]
May 16, 2020March 21, 2024Myth Busters Myth: Older Adults Are Too Old To Change I know we are all happy to learn that the science disputes this myth. Older people have not only the capacity, but […]
May 2, 2020March 21, 2024Myth Busters Myth: As People Grow Older, They Become Less Happy Fifty-five percent of younger people believe this to be true about seniors. Interestingly, the facts are just the opposite: people fifty and […]
March 12, 2020March 21, 2024Myth Busters Myth: Seniors Can’t Understand Things As Well As Young People My first reaction when I read the research on this was, you are kidding, right? It turns out that, sadly, it’s true. […]
February 15, 2020March 11, 2024Myth Busters Myth: Most Older Adults Live In Nursing Homes And Cannot Get Around By Themselves This myth makes me so angry I could rip the fender off a tractor-trailer with my pinky– the one on my bad […]
November 30, 2019March 21, 2024Myth Busters Myth: Anti-Aging Is Possible Let me lay my cards right on the table, I hate the term “anti-aging.” Why? First, because there is no such thing, […]