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Computer trainers help Boston baby boomers reach Internet speed
One chilly Saturday morning, the mostly gray-haired students sat facing their laptops as Carl Baty, 63, stepped behind a lit projector and…
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Boston elders turn memories into living history
By learning the rudiments of penning a memoir, older Boston residents are creating a sort of eye-witness history of the city, its…
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Report highlights challenges for Boston’s elders
BOSTON – A divide separates older Bostonians from younger city residents in terms of access, while there are also distinct differences in needs…
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Rose Hawthorne: Founder of the modern hospice movement
Rose Hawthorne (1851-1926) was the daughter of author Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife, Sophia Peabody. After suffering deep personal tragedy, she found…
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Value of life
Should physician-assisted suicide be legal in Massachusetts? Some say the measure helps people seeking to avoid a painful death, others believe unintended…
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Boston Post cane tradition continues today
In 2001, Brian O' Grady, the Director of the Council on Aging in Williamstown, Mass., was cleaning out a closet in…