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Category Archives: Aging

Retirement Communities
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July 18, 2017 by Jean

Several months ago, I began to think seriously about what I will do when the hassles and physical work involved …
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Category: Aging, home ownership, Living | Tags: downsizing, lifecare communities, living alone, living in Maine, retirement communities, retirement finances, retirement homes
Old Dogs and New Tricks
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July 4, 2017 by Jean

For most of my life, I assumed that our ability to learn new things declines dramatically as we age, as …
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Category: Aging, Intellectual activity, Living, Time/Activities | Tags: choral singing, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, intellectual stimulation, living in Maine, Maine Humanities Council, Maine Music Society Chorale, Maine Senior Colleges, Master Gardener Volunteers, McLaughlin Garden, Portland Public Library, time utilization, volunteer work
The Plan
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March 6, 2017 by Jean

Over the holidays, during an annual celebratory dinner with friends, one of our party said that she had recently spent …
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Category: Aging, home ownership, Retirement finances | Tags: aging, assisted living, continuing care communities, downsizing, independent living, living alone, long term care, retirement communities, retirement finances, retirement homes
Generational Transition
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January 30, 2017 by Jean

I have a vivid memory from my grandmother’s funeral in 1975. She had died at age 85, the last of …
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Category: Aging | Tags: aging, health and aging, social relationships
Help From Friends
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November 28, 2016 by Jean

I recently joined a Facebook group for “elder orphans” – older people without spouses, partners or children. This is a …
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Category: Aging, Social relationships | Tags: aging, elder orphans, friendship, living alone, social relationships
Health: The Wildcard in Retirement
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July 22, 2016 by Jean

Recently I found myself marveling at what a good summer this has been. Maine has been having sparkling summer weather …
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Category: Aging, health | Tags: aging, garden, health and aging, retirement
The Unexpected Flowering of New Friendships
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May 31, 2016 by Jean

When I contemplated retirement, I expected it to be a time for the flowering of friendship. I was looking forward …
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Category: Aging, Social relationships | Tags: aging, friendship, retirement, single women, social relationships

I am Jean Potuchek, a professional sociologist who has just stepped into the next phase of my life, retirement, after more than thirty years of college teaching. This blog is about my experience of that new phase of life.

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