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Geriatricians, who serve adults over 70 years old, possess a deeper understanding of the nuances of how aging affects the body. They specialize in the unique challenges of old age, such as the effects of taking multiple medications.

Without adult children to help in case theyre no longer able to care for themselves, "solo agers" have particular challenges in planning for their futures.

Without adult children to help in case theyre no longer able to care for themselves, "solo agers" have particular challenges in planning for their futures.

Without adult children to help in case theyre no longer able to care for themselves, "solo agers" have particular challenges in planning for their futures.

Without adult children to help in case theyre no longer able to care for themselves, "solo agers" have particular challenges in planning for their futures.

Actor and gardener Paula Wolfson guides me through one of the most beautiful stretches of the East Don River Trail

Prayers and thoughts, prayers and thoughts. I could paper the walls with them. But while enduring an eight-week, full-frontal immersion course in California’s broken nursing home system, our family needed hands-on help. In the middle of the night, I would awaken in tears. My friend Myra led me to Paula Wolfson, elder care consultant at the Palo Alto senior center Avenidas, and to Jewish Family and Children’s Services. Gabe Kralik, a state-certified nursing home ombudsman, provided other res...