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Why No Sex in Nursing Homes?

In this editorial, a psychologist well versed in issues of aging points out the appalling lack of privacy people experience in nursing homes. He shows how sexual expression and relations there have gotten to be impossible for residents and calls for taking the Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987 seriously in its requirement that nursing homes help people attain and maintain their highest sense of physical, mental, and social well-being---which includes the right to self- and sexual expression.
 

Ten Things Science Says Will Make You Happy

What makes people happy? Here are 10 actions, strategies, habits uncovered and recommended by researchers who have studied people all over the world.
 

The Older You Get, the Farther Out "Old Age" Gets

Have you noticed that the teenagers you know consider "old age" to be a lot younger age than you do? A recent survey of about 3,000 people, ages 18 and older, found that the older people were, the later they viewed old age to be and the younger they felt, in terms of number of years, compared with their biological age. Read about the survey and listen to the audio clips of some of the interviewees.
   

The Most-emailed Article at The Sun Magazine

When you see the epigram from Dogen, you know that this article will be about more than "How to Bury a Dog."

 

Find Purpose and Live

Feeling that your life has meaning or purpose is probably an important factor in improving your health and lengthening your life. This article explores ways and resources to help you "bring your own purpose into view."
   

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