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Vaccine Boosters to be Available in September Pending Approval
Amid concern over waning immunity, officials plan to approve a third dose of Moderna and Pfizer vaccinesWith only 52% of the nation fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and a growing number of breakthrough infections occurring due to the Delta variant, there is concern that the current vaccine dosage is not enough to keep elderly and immunocompromised people safe from the virus. U.S. officials recently announced that vaccine boosters in the form of…
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Guardianship or Exploitation? How Conservators Abuse the Elderly
Laws designed to protect the elderly are easily exploited for financial gainOverheard in conversation, Mary Jane Mann’s story might be mistaken for that of an elderly victim of guardian abuse in the recent Netflix film, “I Care a Lot.” But for her, the story was all too real. Mann was a vibrant, 85-year-old woman living independently in Sacramento, California, when a family disagreement — beginning when…
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“The Farewell”
A true story based on an actual lie sits at the intersection of grief, honesty and clashing cultures in this filmWe’ve all withheld the truth from someone, justifying that it would be better if they didn’t know some piece of upsetting information. We say we’re protecting them from that burden. Lulu Wang’s 2019 semi-autobiographical feature “The Farewell” explores this conflict in an emotional, uplifting film laced with enough comedy to bring laughter and tears in…
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How Dance Can Help People With Functional Limitations Become Their Best Selves (Interview)
Dance for PD (Parkinson’s disease) connects professional dancers with those living with PD to help enhance their mobility and their livesIn 2001, the Mark Morris Dance Group opened a new purpose-based building in Brooklyn, New York. The company wanted to serve their immediate community, and they did that through Dance for PD, a program that teaches dance to those affected by Parkinson’s disease. One of the founding dancers and the current Dance for PD Program…
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“Notes on the Existence of Ghosts”
A young poet explores the curious nature of absence, and the many shapes it can takeI understand the gravity of a train from the empty space and afterbirth air I encounter when I run down to the platform twenty seconds too late. It is the same with all things of such weight – to know them best when you have just missed them. Snow angels; the power of an outline…
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Our Monthly Tip: Frame Your Beloved’s Life Through Photos Clipped in a Vintage Frame
Vintage frames add an affordable, elegant touch to a memorial collageOur Tip of the Month Many of us gather at a memorial service or celebration of life to recount our favorite memories of the loved one who died. You can bring another element to this cherished practice by asking your guests to help you to create a photo collage in a vintage frame to display…
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Redesigned Funeral Spaces Offer New Ways to Say Goodbye
Dutch architecture firm Hofman Dujardin redesigns the funeral experienceThe funeral experience is deeply personal and emotionally fraught. And for Hofman Dujardin, it’s time that our funeral spaces reflected that. Inspired by personal experiences, the founders of the Amsterdam-based design firm created a beautiful and elegant funeral space in 2018, aimed at provoking social interactions and reflection. “The lack of places for worthy send-offs…
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“Okko’s Inn”
A film following a child who deals with the grief of her parents’ death with the help of two child ghosts“Okko’s Inn” is a 2018 anime film on Netflix directed by Kitaro Kosaka, based on a series of children’s novels written by Hiroko Reijō and illustrated by Asami. The title character, Okko, loses both of her parents in a car accident within the first five minutes of the film. She is sent to live with her…
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Newly Discovered Unmarked Graves Point to Abuse at “Residential Schools”
Remains have been found at the sites of former boarding schools for Indigenous children in CanadaStarting in the late 1800s, hundreds of thousands of Indigenous children in Canada were sent to federally funded, church-run “residential schools” to be forcibly assimilated into Western colonial culture. This was part of a broader effort to strip Indigenous citizens of their heritage and traditions, a program that Canada’s National Truth and Reconciliation Commission now…
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