No geriatrician could pass up on the opportunity: a performance of a flute concerto written by a living composer in his 100th year by one of the greatest orchestras in the world, the Boston Symphony Orchestra. It took place without any formal linkage to the almost 4,000 delegates attending the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) […]
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Liz Wager: Life in the fast lane
Has anyone ever studied why life speeds up the older you get? John Mortimer (in The Summer of a Dormouse – which should be required reading for any geriatrics rotation) puts it beautifully … “In childhood, the afternoons spread out for years. For the old, the years flicker past like the briefest of afternoons. The […]