Clara Germani

2 months ago | on.rotary.org | Clara Germani

Share: Share on Facebook Email this PageBill “Chilly” Chillingworth walked out the door of his home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on 7 January — a normal, bright California, USA, Tuesday morning — for a business appointment 60 miles south. He would never see the house again. In the early afternoon his adult daughter called to describe wildfire smoke blooming over canyons that descend sharply to the Pacific near where Chillingworth and his fiancé live.

Jan 20, 2025 | rotary.org | Clara Germani

Share: Share on Facebook Email this PageBill “Chilly” Chillingworth walked out the door of his home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on 7 January — a normal, bright California, USA, Tuesday morning — for a business appointment 60 miles south. He would never see the house again. In the early afternoon his adult daughter called to describe wildfire smoke blooming over canyons that descend sharply to the Pacific near where Chillingworth and his fiancé live.

Nov 15, 2024 | csmonitor.com | Clara Germani

Experts in the field of aging get frustrated with terms like “senior” and “elderly” that describe people just as likely to be in a wheelchair as climbing a mountain. Now, they have one of the world’s major dictionaries ready to change one important age-related reference. Why We Wrote ThisWords matter. As lifespans have expanded, so have the ways people can describe older people, moving beyond age and physical condition.

Nov 15, 2024 | everand.com | Clara Germani

Experts in the field of aging get frustrated with terms like “senior” and “elderly” commonly used to describe a diverse cast of characters as likely to be in a wheelchair as climbing a mountain. Now, they have one of the world’s major dictionaries ready to change one important age-related reference. That lexical undercurrent was at play this week as more than 4,000 researchers, social scientists, and others concerned with the issues of aging gathered here

Aug 20, 2024 | csmonitor.com | Clara Germani

A year of intense concern about the fitness of older national leaders to serve, culminating in President Joe Biden pulling out of the White House race, has surfaced what experts on aging see as a snowballing and largely unchallenged expression of the ageism that permeates American culture. Pressure for Mr. Biden to withdraw probably had more to do with changing perceptions of his capabilities than with how many times he’s circled the sun.