The Lake Oconee Boomers Team
5 Things Your Surgeon Wants You to Know
By Dr. David Gelber Cutting people with sharp objects is generally considered socially inappropriate, and, outside of the operating room, ...
China’s Ruling the World an Impossibility
By Troy Parfitt It’s known in argumentative logic as a slippery slope or domino fallacy: without sufficient evidence or corresponding ...
Parenting Your Aging Parents
By Robert Moskowitz Dear Robert: My mother is planning to be remarried next month. She is an 81 year old ...
Understanding Older Generations At Work
By Jennifer FitzPatrick, MSW, LCSW-C Mandatory retirement has been illegal in most industries for decades, but some managers are still ...
Figure Out What Success Means to You
This is an excerpt from Nice Start, © 2010 Mark Chussil. “Success” is an excerpt from Nice Start: ...
Fifteen Tips for Being the Indispensable Employee
By Robert A. Hall, MEd, CAE Some employees are more valuable than others. Sorry if I’ve hurt your self-esteem and ...
Avoid a “Facelift Funeral” with Create a Great Funeral Day
By Gail Rubin Stephanie West Allen was stunned when her significant other suddenly died in 1988. She hardly remembers the ...
Chemotherapy’s Bad Name
By Elaine Jesmer Chemotherapy. The word brings people’s worst fears to life. But worse than any of the symptoms is ...
An Excerpt from Retire To–Not From
By Phil SaylorAuthor of Retire To-Not From Retire is a word I never liked. The word retire, along with dramatic ...
5 Tips for Eating Well in Tough Economic Times
By Gretchen Scalpi There’s no question that many people are having difficulty keeping up with household and food expenses in ...
Why Can I Hear But Not Understand?
By Frank Goldberg, HAS, BC-HIS “The Hearing Aid Guru” Nationally Board Certified in Hearing Instrument Sciences There are several types ...
Loving your Heart: Veggies and Sweat Versus Prescription Drugs
By Ross Blair, CEO, Planprescriber.com America has a big problem with heart disease — both in terms of the number of ...
Baby Boomers: The New “Dress for Success” Rules
By Kate Forgach Forever 21 is a retail phenomenon among the younger set, but despite the trend of businesses catering to ...
Where Shall We Go This Year?
By John Graves You are retired! Congratulations. Now what do you do? There are so many choices. Family. Community. Hobbies. ...
Medicare Open Enrollment: What You Need to Know This Year
By Karen Peebles, Community Outreach Manager, Care Improvement Plus Medicare’s fall open enrollment period is undergoing some adjustments this year, ...