Successful Aging (of note)

"...there is ample evidence that many elderly people
regard themselves as happy and well, even in the presence
of disease or disability. Doctors should be aware
that many elderly people consider themselves to have
aged successfully, whereas classifications based on
traditional medical models do not..."

(From What is successful Ageing and who should define it? by Ann Bowling and Paul Dieppe, British Medical Journal 2006)

weblinks http://eprints.ucl.ac.uk/1559/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aging


of note

have you been back
where you used to go?
to the old part of town
a drawer full of old clothes
fate

dark clothing, flat shoes
got so many wrinkles I can
screw my own knickers on
what I remember is
history

saw the Mayflower
coming in here on a Friday
I have memories of long washing lines
stretch from one place to
another

field: poultry, milking cows
my daughters want to go back
because they’ve never lived it
they talk about the way things
were

it’s good to be put on earth
money doesn’t come into it
learning to slow down: a hard lesson
working in kitchens of
stone

I’ve not composed any music
nothing of note
what have you and I done
except the pas de
double?

speak poem
Phyllis Hollinshead, Harry and Beaty Wantling, Hilda Hewitt, Bob Mather
2007