by Dayle Friedman | Oct 23, 2018
The Call to Get Going GET GOING! I don’t know if it was the middle of the night, under cover of darkness, or in broad daylight. I don’t know if it was by sea, in some rickety raft, or over land, in an overcrowded truck. I don’t know if the decision to leave was...
by Dayle Friedman | Mar 23, 2018
Tamar Dashefsky got her introduction to life in a nursing home when she was 22 years old and working as a medical clown. She was dressed as a fairy, but found it didn’t take magical powers to alleviate the suffering of the people she met. Tamar was distressed...
by Dayle Friedman | Mar 15, 2018
It was important to us to learn about aging in the Arab Israeli community. Sakhnin is a city of about 30,000 residents in the Galilee region of Northern Israel. We were fortunate to visit the Sakhnin Elder Day Care Center. When we called the staff for restaurant...
by Dayle Friedman | Mar 6, 2018
Seventeen professionals from the US visited Israel last month to learn about challenges and innovations in the field of aging. Our first encounter with aging in Israel was the Holon Children’s Museum, which offers an experiential glimpse of aging through its...
by Dayle Friedman | Feb 7, 2018
Years ago, my family’s matriarch, Grammy Anne, lay in intensive care. The family was shocked and confused. Just last year this dignified, spunky 86 year-old had been taking college courses. Now, she was connected to tubes from every orifice, delirious and barely...
