Good Medical Care for the Elderly and How to Get It

What it means to be a health care proxy

I just watched Keith Olbermann's Special Comment -- MSNBC -- February 24, 2010. Olbermann spoke  movingly about what it means to be a patient advocate for a loved one and about the importance of end-of-life planning, both for the patient and for the loved one(s) who may be chosen to make health care decisions when a patient is no longer able to do so. Olbermann also spoke passionately how important it is for our Congress to make health care accessible to all Americans.

I have to say that, having acted as a health care proxy for my parents at the end of their lives, I wept throughout Olbermann's extremely moving plea.

Palindrome - From AARP for all generations

A palindrome is a word that may be spelled the same backwards and forwards. My last name "Hannah" is a good example. AARP has published a video on YouTube that is a little different. It is named "Lost Generation" and begins with with sentences written on a blackboard, read aloud by a teenager. This video reads the exact opposite backwards as forward.  Not only does it read the opposite, the meaning is the exact opposite. It is a brilliant assemblage of thoughts and values.

This video was submitted by a 20-year old in a contest sponsored by AARP, and titled "u @ 50"  I'm told that this video won second place, but what could possible top this? The concepts are simple, and yet they are brilliant.

See Lost Generation here:

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