The Best Reasons to NOT Get a Flu Shot
The health care brainiacs tell us that flu shots help prevent people from catching the flu in the first place, or at least make flu symptoms less severe if we do come down with it.
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Time to celebrate: International Day of Older Persons
Every day Christy and I take a walk around our quiet Anchorage neighborhood. We regularly bump into other older folks out for a stroll, gardening, maybe playing with pets or grandkids on the front lawn. A sense of wellbeing infuses the air.
You don't want the flu, so get the new vaccine for seniors
Flu shots help prevent people from catching the flu in the first place, or at least make flu symptoms less severe if we do come down with it.
Stay home, the Post Office will come to you
The Post Office has been a fundamental United States institution since 1775. In my opinion it is vastly underappreciated. Most people do not know the scope of what it does for us...
Here's how the coronavirus economy will affect your retirement security
“The aging American workforce and these workers’ lack of retirement readiness will shape employment patterns, the direction of public policy, and the strength of bargaining power for all American workers, old and young.”
Vote without putting yourself at risk
The right to vote is preserved in Alaska for all eligible voters, even during these times of coronavirus pandemic.
Free Money: Want a Check Similar to the PFD Every month?
Who wouldn’t want a nice, big, fat check similar to a PFD payment every month with no obligations? Sound farfetched? Not as much as you might think.
New research: Retirement with dignity or poverty?
Here’s a thought experiment: What would happen if Social Security were suddenly entirely eliminated? The most immediate consequence would be that six million households across the United States would be plunged into poverty or near-poverty...
Shopping during a pandemic has history
...how do we as high-risk older persons safely shop at the grocery store? Actually, the best advice is don't do it.
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Battling the Pandemic in Alaska in 1918: A Familiar Strategy
This article is a reprint from the Anchorage Daily Times, November 7, 1918. It discusses the influenza pandemic of the time in Anchorage and elsewhere in Alaska...
AlaskaCare expands benefits during pandemic emergency
Governor Mike Dunleavy issued a declaration of public health disaster emergency in response to the anticipated outbreak of COVID-19...
Seeking solutions: Alaska seniors plan for big changes. Pt. 3 of 3.
What are the big issues that create uncertainty, havoc, even tragedy in the lives of Alaska seniors?