Written by Paul C Bastante, CAPS, for The Agewise Institute & Sponsored by 101 Mobility North Jersey It is the Quietest — And Most Heartbreaking — Sentence We Hear from seniors: “The hardest words many older adults never say out loud are: ‘I don’t want to be a burden.’” If you work in aging-in-place, healthcare, caregiving, or if you simply love someone getting older, you’ve heard this sentence before. Maybe not word-for-word. But you’ve heard it. You hear it when someone sto

Written by Paul C Bastante, CAPS, for The Agewise Institute & Sponsored by 101 Mobility North Jersey What Tony Bennett Understood About Aging Better Than Most People Realize “Mmm, the good life, let's you hide all the sadness you feel inside...…” There’s something haunting about that song. A preview of The AGEWISE Podcast Episode 2 with Linda Fau from Visiting Angels in Wayne, N.J. On the surface, Tony Bennett made “The Good Life” sound smooth, classy, elegant — the soundtrac

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Written by Paul C. Bastante, CAPS , for The AGEWISE Institute. Proudly sponsored by 101 Mobility North Jersey , OPM Remodeling & My Jersey Handyman Super Agers: What They’re Doing Differently—and What we Can Learn from Them! Aging in place. Certified Aging in Place principles. Home safety. Rehabilitation. These are the daily vocabulary words for clinicians and families navigating later life. But in recent years, another term has entered the conversation—one that sparks c

Ageism quietly undermines home safety and aging in place. Learn how PTs, OTs, and social workers can fight bias to improve independence and outcomes