As two over-75-year-olds we’ve become very aware of the challenges of ageing! Instead of writing about the arts and other interesting aspects of our current privileged lives, we’ve decided to be forthright about some of the issues we face, and our attempts to manage them creatively. We are keen to make sure we keep body, […]
2. General Health and Fitness
We’ve decided to take a proactive and preventative approach to our health, so we are getting ourselves checked out by professionals to make sure we can stay as fit a possible for as long as possible, and are less likely to become a burden on each other or a wider support circle. Because of living […]
3. Exercise – body and mind
One of our big differences as a couple has always been our attitudes to exercise. Tanya says: As someone blessed with relatively good health and fitness most of my life, I have been startled to realise that I can no longer take my physical skills for granted! I already have two bionic hips and one […]
4. Managing Money Matters and More…
Since we began living together, we’ve always had wills- we’ve tended to update them before overseas trips in case a plane dropped us out of the sky together! – and arrangements for Enduring Powers of Attorney, in case of serious health or mental fitness problems at some stage. At present, we’re working on ways of […]