Happy 6th Blogoversary

Photo by Kiran Foster.

It's that time of year again!

January 1, 2018 marks the 6th blogoversary for The Generation Above Me.  Thanks for tagging along--whether this is the first time you have visited the blog or if you've been here from the start.

Below are the Top 20 posts by views over the life of the blog. These views have accrued after six years.  The blog contains well over 300 posts. The Top 10 are relatively unchanged from 2007. 

Presented in ascending order:

20. Books about Dementia
19. The Song of Lunch: Film Review
18. When Breath Becomes Air: Book Review
17. Hello, My Name Is Doris
16. Connecting in the Land of Dementia: Book Review

15. Older Adults Who Are Athletes
14. Quotes about Aging
13. Mean Arterial Pressure: Biomarker of Longevity and Health
12. Shoulder Pain and Ageism
11. Somebody Stole My Iron: Book Review

10. Gum Health: Biomarker of Longevity and Health
9. Robert Peck's Tasks for Older Adults
8. Life Span vs. Life Expectancy
7. Hospital-induced Delirium
6. Label Clothing for Nursing Home Residents

5. Films Set in Nursing Homes
4. Books about Aging
3. Adjusting to Bifocals
2. Films about Aging
1. Films about Alzheimer's and Other Dementias


Have a great 2018, dear readers.

Related:

2017 Top 10 Posts

Healing Dementia: Book Review

Published in 2017.

Approaches to dementia range from medical models to health care models. Every once and a while, I find people who respond primarily through the emotions.  This is the case for dementia advocate Kyrié Carpenter.

Live Longer, Live Better, Avoid the Risks: Book Review

Published July 12, 2017.

Healthy lifestyle choices serve as the foundation of sound health.

As people age, their habits have an enormous impact on their quality of life.

Authors William M. Manger, Ph.D. and Edward J. Roccella, MPH use their expertise in health care research to explain how to increase longevity and health by adopting healthy habits.

As a gerontologist, I have studied and taught classes on healthy aging. This book condenses a lot of literally vital information into one book.

The authors reference evidence-based scholarship in support of their advice for adopting healthy habits; however, the writing style isn't academic or stuffy.  It's clear and direct prose written for the lay reader.

The acknowledgement section lists about two dozen health and medical experts who were consulted to "improve the quality of this book" (p. 289).

The book's core chapters are as follows:

2017 Top 10 Posts

Adapted photo by June Marie.

Over the last year, this blog carried a modest number of posts, around two dozen.  Nevertheless, many received significant views.

Here are the Top 10 posts written / published on this blog in 2017 (in ascending order):

#10. Evansville Hosts Aging Avengers.

The Tristate (IL-IN-KY) enjoyed a visit by the Changing Aging Team led by Dr. Bill Thomas for a day of presentations on how to challenge stereotypes of aging and how to recognize the influential roles that older adults have in our communities.

#9. Lifespan Differs from Health Span

People in industrialized nations are living much longer than their grandparents. However, the last years of their life will more probably include living with chronic diseases and disability.

#8. Older Americans 2016 Federal Report on Aging

Every two or three years, several US government office work together to compile a report of key indicators of well being for older adults.  This post lists the 41 indicators and includes links to the full report and to a few executive summaries of the report.