These articles, written by Miss Rona Barrett, have appeared in the Santa Ynez Valley News.
This orphaned senior was very dear to me
The science of… whatta ya call those things again?
Something to sink our teeth into
HOPE for 21st Century’s Great Depression
This topic could be hazardous to your health
Dehydration: I’ll drink to that!…
A Forgotten Memory in No Time
Don’t get your tassels in a tizzy!
If it’s not one thing, it’s your mother…
A tale of two very different travellers
Getting a stent: chalk it up to groin pains
Old’s cool – not old school: take two
Dementia: The cocoon of confusion
No great brain but a big smile
A short version of the longevity issue
SAY WHAT? A male decibel-measuring contest
Have I told you lately that I love you?
The old age farce awakens
All the world’s a stage and…I can’t remember the rest
Well, I Can Dream, Can’t I?
22 Very Important Words
An Expression of the Properly Human Attitude
Going Batty Over Fears of Aging
Until Separate Beds do Us Part?
A Perfect Storm Heads Our Way
Seniors Say the Darndest Things
Battling the ‘Why Them, Not Me?’ Stare
A Prescription for Disaster
Caring For Our Roots
Seniors the ‘Perfect Victims’ for Scam Artists
Ding Dong! The Witch is…Me
Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, It’s Over the Brink I Go — Caregivers Need Respite, Too
Caregivers Boot Camp Would Give Our Homefront Warriors a Fighting Chance
We Don’t Stop Laughing Because We Grow Old...
Family Caregivers Serve as Unsung Heroes on the Homefront
Old Is Cool, Not Old School
All Our Community Is a Stage — So Get Up There!
A Mindful Way to Be ‘In the Moment’
Where Words Fail, Music Speaks*
When Harry Met Max — Intergenerational Programming Connects Young and Old
The Parent to my parent
“Darling, I just don’t see myself in a wheelchair”
Act IV: Our new reality
Let’s resolve to take this job and love it
Support resources help prepare for the end
A couple of true stories for you
Who’s afraid of the woman in the mirror?
My mind to me a kingdom is
Can’t remember what I’m forgetting
A concerned person solves a problem
‘Tis better to hand over than take away
Wacky weather, wacky bodies, and everything hurts
Opening our eyes to ‘invisible seniors’
Take this survey about aging…please
An open letter to our ‘tweet young things’
The birds and the bees…
Going home with Edward G. Robinson
Trumpeting our role as guardian angels
