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How do neurons die in Alzheimer’s disease

The findings were published Thursday in the journal Nature Neuroscience.

“This is the first time such a link has been established, which is quite exciting and could open new paths to developing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease,” senior author and Gladstone Senior Investigator Dr. Yadong Huang said in a press release.

The team used recent developments in single-cell analysis to study the possible role apoE plays in Alzheimer’s disease. More specifically, investigators looked into how the protein affects the shifting susceptibility of neurons. With a technique called single-nucleus RNA sequencing, scientists could compare individual cells. They could do so inside a certain type of cell and in a range of varying cell types.

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In a study of mice, Gladstone researchers analyzed the brain tissue from healthy rodents and mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease. Additionally, they evaluated publicly available data for human brain tissue. This data included some from healthy brains and others with differing stages of Alzheimer’s disease or mild cognitive impairment.

Both analyses showed the extent of apoE expression varied widely in neurons. This was even the case within the same subtype. The levels of apoE expression was also heavily tied to the expression of immune-response genes. That factor also had notable fluctuations among neurons.

The team also discovered that high levels of apoE turned on genes in the major histocompatibility complex class-I (MHC-I). This is part of a pathway involved in removing excess connections between neurons called synapses in brain development. In the adult brain, MHC-I may also alert the immune system to damaged neurons and synapses.

Huang, who is also the director of the Center for Translational Advancement at Gladstone, as well as a professor of neurology and pathology at the University of California, San Francisco, summed up the findings in this way.

“We think that, normally, apoE turns on the expression of MHC-I in a small number of damaged neurons to produce ‘eat me’ signals that mark the neurons for destruction by the immune cells,” Huang said. “You don’t want to keep damaged neurons around because they could malfunction and cause problems.”

For more on the study, view the press release here.

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The Mediterranean diet is also low in red meat, dairy and saturated fatty acids.”},{“_id”:”YN5C5NZ3ENBBPOAWOK66OQGM4U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1620411081952},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Researchers conducted a nutrition study involving 512 participants with an average age of about 70. Cognitively healthy individuals made up 169 patients. The rest — 343 participants — were identified as having a greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s.”},{“_id”:”K4TQCTM45BB7FNVH2XNQRYUHA4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1620411081953},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The study was conducted as part of a DZNE study that performs nationwide research on the early phase of Alzheimer’s disease. 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High scores emerged from individuals who often ate healthy foods associated with the Mediterranean diet and infrequently consumed foods such as red meat.”},{“_id”:”E7OWRSUTAJEFFA75HHHDIGPUME”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1620411081957},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Researchers evaluated brain atrophy using MRIs and neuropsychological tests. They also examined proteins by analyzing biomarker levels.”},{“_id”:”7VKENGZK6ZC35FD7T24C4BJOZY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1620411081958},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Individuals who ate unhealthy diets had more disordered biomarker levels than people who regularly ate the Mediterranean-like diet. 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Learning what to expect as you get older can help alleviate some anxiety with aging.”},{“_id”:”OV5UXCOMPFFILAELRTSLV6UP7Q”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”SQZ2ARUDYBHIDGHR3IOL5CPHPU”},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”url”:”https://www.ajc.com/life/aging-in-atlanta/”,”content”:”Aging in Atlanta: A series dedicated to serving the 55+ community in the metro Atlanta area”},{“_id”:”RCAXLDRN5JGUNGAO4KCGYGILBA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1620390501307},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Below are some common questions from patients about aging:”},{“_id”:”GVM775TFKJFP5OKHJOZ7RQ5SUM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1620390501308},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Q: I used to be 6 feet tall. Now I am 5 feet, 11 inches tall. Why am I shrinking?”},{“_id”:”6YM63AJASZA2FAO6ZFVW27R6NY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1620390501309},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A: When looking at height loss, some changes are normal, and some are not. You have 24 bones, or vertebrae, in your spine with discs in between each vertebra. These discs begin to lose strength and thin as you age. This thinning process causes you to start to shrink.”},{“_id”:”B3E4KNS6BNDXZAAA3CHWH34QUI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1620390501310},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The bone remodeling process becomes more disordered after age 25. This causes you to break down your bones faster than you rebuild them.”},{“_id”:”QBAIVSM5VJANVCTOXWZ6KYFDDI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1620390501311},”type”:”text”,”content”:”You can help prevent bone breakdown to a substantial degree through weight-bearing exercise, such as walking, jogging, aerobics or resistance training, and through a healthy diet rich in calcium and vitamins. Also, speak to your primary health care provider about appropriate screening for your risk of osteoporosis. Though screening recommendations differ, most organizations suggest screening universally at 65 for women and 75 for men. 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This issue can result from many causes, including pregnancy, childbirth, menopause, overactive bladder muscles, weakened pelvic muscles and nerve damage. The right treatment will require a proper diagnosis. Making the right diagnosis will include a full history of symptoms; a physical exam; urine testing; and possibly more advanced studies, such as urodynamic testing, or ultrasound and X-ray imaging.”},{“_id”:”WWYY2LICNZHLLLJKC7PWQURSKA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1620390501314},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Treatments are helpful, and they include behavioral modifications, dietary changes, pelvic muscle strengthening, medications and surgery. Incontinence or voiding difficulties in men can be a sign of an enlarged prostate or prostate cancer. Generally, I would recommend talking with your health care provider about these symptoms.”},{“_id”:”TVAX252PSVE4ZOV237J626V4MI”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”JEASQYCJJVFURHP2USVGHFVGCY”},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”url”:”https://www.ajc.com/lifestyles/health/physical-activity-any-intensity-will-help-you-live-longer-study-finds/avOdqbC8RxokGuiA0hnTqO/”,”content”:”Working out as you age doesn’t have to be strenuous”},{“_id”:”DXBB3S6Y4RESHBKNMRBRTRXHWY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1620390501315},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Q: Why am I in the bathroom again?”},{“_id”:”2SNU3AVDGFC7NKUXAYH7CGQRVI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1620390501316},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A: Nocturia, or getting up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, is a common problem for many people. About one-third of men over 30 make at least two trips to the bathroom after they’ve gone to bed. This is usually caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH, which is an enlarged prostate. However, there are other causes, including medications; alcohol; caffeine; nighttime drinking and dietary habits; diabetes; heart conditions; and sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea.”},{“_id”:”HGSK44H5IJHZHINMUVNUBVH5W4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1620390501317},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Treatment for nocturia requires a proper diagnosis by your health care provider. This visit will involve a history, an exam and simple laboratory testing to start. Treatments include behavioral modifications, dietary changes, medications or surgical intervention.”},{“_id”:”Z4LBZDYAWNCPZBCMKNSNHHUWWE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1620390501318},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Q: Why do I have so many wrinkles?”},{“_id”:”U72JI6CJWRGTNC3J5EFGV4HNS4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1620390501319},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A: Wrinkles are a natural part of aging that can be caused by several factors. Some common factors can include stress and sun exposure — both of which break down the elastin fibers and collagen in skin. Exposure to air pollutants and tobacco smoke also can play a significant role.”},{“_id”:”22UFLCDAAVCC3ADU2NV6XCSVRY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1620390501320},”type”:”text”,”content”:”As you age, skin becomes less elastic, and the natural oil production in skin decreases, causing it to dry out. You start to lose the fat in the deeper layers of your skin, and the crevices and lines become more prominent. 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The program is funded by Florida’s Department of Elder Affairs to help ease the social isolation of seniors caused by restrictions put in place for the pandemic, said Ann Marie Winter, the agency’s executive director.”},{“_id”:”2OGCJB5C4NF5TIB66MXAB42RQM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120308699},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Social isolation is not going away,” Winter said. “It was an issue before the pandemic, it was an issue during the pandemic and it will continue to be an issue after the pandemic.””},{“_id”:”VSAUG43RERF2RG7ORQWBFN6BRU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120308700},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Many of the agency’s clients are homebound and weren’t able to go to senior centers or join adult day care programs before the pandemic, she said.”},{“_id”:”4ODMMEPLYNAAVD2TA4K3S3XGLQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120308701},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“So this is an opportunity for those clients to participate as well, even when COVID is hopefully no longer an issue,” Winter said.”},{“_id”:”J7AHZF733VBB3PQ5GFSXAW3QPA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120308702},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The online platform, Uniper, offers taped and livestream courses on topics ranging from travel and cooking to exercise and meditation. Participants can also interact with other viewers, turning their screens on and chatting in various peer-led discussions, Winter said.”},{“_id”:”PAQJLE3YCJBUHPEQCROVAEJRYQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120308703},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“It’s kind of like Zoom, but it’s made specifically for seniors,” she said.”},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”copyright”:”Tampa Bay Times”,”address”:{},”syndication”:{},”caption”:”A new program designed to ease isolation “is kind of like Zoom but it’s made specifically for seniors,” said Ann Marie Winter, executive director of the Area Agency on Aging Pasco-Pinellas, Florida. Bill McDonald, 75, is reflected in his television as he participates in an online meeting while at his home in New Port Richey. 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The agency is also working with the Senior Actors Guild and Education Services of Clearwater to bring two performances to the platform — Defying Gravity, which focuses on preventing falls, and Phoney Baloney, where the topic is scams. In addition, the agency plans to use the platform for its own programming.”},{“_id”:”QKPFU5AHQNGQTD225P55KYPJXI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120308705},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“It’s something we’ve been thinking about for some time,” Winter said. “It took a while to find a program that was specifically geared to seniors and had an interactive portion to it.””},{“_id”:”U7YLPNUDQVBLBAH5QUCMWVDBV4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120308708},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Once the program is installed, our clients love it,” Suarez said.”},{“_id”:”IZRZNQWRMRFNJHTZDVL4NI6FBI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120308709},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The center hopes to create some of its own programming on the platform as well, Suarez said. Some ideas include a chatroom to talk about senior issues, health and wellness classes and presentations for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.”},{“_id”:”2W5DJ236IRA7JBORMD3RNBYG5M”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120308710},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Many seniors will likely still prefer in-person activities, but there’s continued interest in virtual programming, said Jeff Johnson, state director for AARP. The organization has had thousands of seniors participate in virtual town halls and other virtual events over the course of the pandemic.”},{“_id”:”ESYDK4L7HBAUBHGP4AVODKWQSQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120308711},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“I think there are people who have always wanted this as an option,” he said. “And certainly there are people who don’t have other options right now.””},{“_id”:”6SSHOXWO35H6VGYVVDR5DGDZYA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120308712},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The pandemic has forced some to acclimate to Zoom, FaceTime and other forms of communication, Johnson said. And now, taking online classes might feel less daunting for some seniors.”},{“_id”:”GA26JPOCGVFQXPTLQWOVFF2BX4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120308713},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“My sense is that a lot of people are still being very cautious about doing anything in public and there’s still obviously a need to connect,” he said. “There’s a need to keep your mind and body active to keep moving and learning and growing.””},{“_id”:”KX3MSZ2WEVGETDHJP754RBSMFI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120308714},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Virtual activities and programs have helped close that gap, Johnson said.”},{“_id”:”GI5BU55VGFAMZGFUAV7FQ7MWQU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120308715},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“I think there are going some people who continue to do online stuff, either in place of or along with in-person activities,” he said.”},{“_id”:”6QB6HEDC7ZDLNPWFKC4VG6DWJE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120308716},”type”:”text”,”content”:”©2021 Tampa Bay Times. 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(Chris Urso/Tampa Bay Times/TNS)”,”type”:”image”,”url”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/JPWGZ462DZCHDCY7H7FRWSQUA4.jpg”,”height”:1134}},{“content_elements”:[{“_id”:”ZRPYYTHRPJHYPFHWNNJZLIHBAQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985068},”type”:”text”,”content”:”As senior vice president and design director of Knoll, Benjamin Pardo is responsible for product and showroom design worldwide. The brand, which was established in New York in 1938 and redefined the American office, has a modern design portfolio that includes furniture, textiles, leathers and accessories. Pardo joined Knoll in 2005 after 17 years with Unifor, an Italian manufacturer of high-end office furniture systems, where he served as president. Pardo lives in a mid-century Manhattan apartment house and collects the work of 20th-century Italian architect Ettore Sottsass.”},{“_id”:”JVTVBYMAKBDMZNR2VWNL4PS5A4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985075},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Pardo joined The Washington Post’s Home Front online chat. Here is an edited excerpt.”},{“_id”:”PRSKUQS5MBCR7JU6UY2RDUAFFM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985078},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A: Designing a modern, comfortable and affordable personalized space for remote work is important. Some people who have been working from home turn to classic designs, such as a Saarinen chair and Florence Knoll table desk. Others gravitate toward workplace-specific furniture, such as a high-performance ReGeneration desk chair and table desk by David Rockwell. Whatever your perspective, think about balance and a place for everything.”},{“_id”:”6X2RFBOK6BGWLDIFUQXXGIMFUM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985080},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Q: What makes your home office special?”},{“_id”:”L3E3DBVQMRGDLHKEIEJ3OEV37I”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985082},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A: My home office draws on distinctly modern approaches in one space. It synthesizes the evolution of the Knoll point of view, bringing together the work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Eero Saarinen and, of course, Florence Knoll herself. Softer touchpoints drive home comfort, too. I have a space to ideate, all while being surrounded by beautiful and functional objects.”},{“_id”:”FJU6GB7BIFESTI7J22Q7W7OJTA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985084},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Q: What contemporary Knoll designs reference your favorite classics?”},{“_id”:”AQIKEIYA5FDGBFFVW7BKRA6DUQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985086},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A: The Fiber chair family from our Muuto brand, which offers a new perspective on Scandinavian design, is a great example of a contemporary interpretation of a classic form. Saarinen thought long and hard about the figure of an object in architectural space. His landmark chairs reflect this idea with proper back support, which allows you to sit fully back in the chair.”},{“_id”:”E7QGYDIWARC7XP37XVTYHDLMLU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985088},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Q: What’s your favorite lounge chair for a modern and comfortable living room where children also live?”},{“_id”:”URSFCRYQGNGMTNP7V7TZ3GSYWY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985090},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A: You need a Womb chair by Saarinen. Designed as a chair for Florence Knoll to sit with her dog, Cartree, it’s a classic.”},{“_id”:”OEVIWV4Y5JEABAQIA5HXTPG2DU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985092},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Q: We have a Finn Juhl teak dining table but have been given conflicting information about how to care for the wood. Do you have advice on using teak oil or similar products to maintain the wood?”},{“_id”:”KGGRIKUQ5JG6LKI7ZCWOLRZ2SI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985094},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A: Teak needs oil. It should be conditioned every three months; it’s most important when teak is outdoors. Your dining table will look wonderful after a quick treatment with the proper wood restorative. I prefer my teak tops outdoors to stay in the natural state bleached by the sun. But both are great options, so do what you prefer.”},{“_id”:”DSLMXH2IVFCJPGDZBJSH3EBA2A”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985096},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Q: Do you have a favorite piece in your home?”},{“_id”:”NOXQVMSA7FGVRCT7R3P4CRARVY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985098},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A: My favorite is always the most recent. I just got four classic Nakashima spindle-back chairs in a small dining nook for breakfast in the country.”},{“_id”:”PNAGANUEM5BNVKGFNEOYHO72KE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985100},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Q: Is there any material that you’re partial to?”},{“_id”:”6DI5L4DPE5ADPPQCEQGRWWLDZM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985102},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A: I love the way Warren Platner used polished steel rods as a decorative and structural element in an entirely different way from Bertoia. His table and chair designs require precise alignment. The result makes a statement in any room. Paired with Saarinen’s chairs, you can create a setting with an enduring mid-century vibe.”},{“_id”:”KQXADOIHGBESZE7KU6NS5B7AVA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985104},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Q: What modern furniture do you recommend for outside?”},{“_id”:”GUK7ME4VKZH3RLCET2OEZP4NVY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985106},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A: I suggest the 1966 Schultz collection. These pieces were developed by Richard Schultz with Florence Knoll. She needed outdoor furniture for her new home in Coral Gables, Fla. It set the standard for contemporary classic outdoor furniture.”},{“_id”:”FL2ZT7DRGFDR3COTEPKN6B5LRY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985108},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Q: I see you collect the work of Ettore Sottsass. What is your favorite piece?”},{“_id”:”Y5GPSWL5MFGWHGM72W36FEEUZQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985110},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A: I have a long history of collecting Ettore Sottsass. I started with his ceramic totems. I own “Chiara di Luna,” “Chocolate” and other untitled works. I have two Japanese Sottsass lacquer pieces in my home office. Then I moved on to glass and other manageable objects. They work well with the Mandarin chair by Sottsass for Knoll and the wonderful Muuto baskets for quick storage.”},{“_id”:”HNVAOHGUENBWFOSHIHX73ULQDI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985112},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Q: Do you have any tips on how to spot an authentic piece when purchasing vintage furniture to avoid buying a knockoff?”},{“_id”:”HXK5COZMHFHFPAAKECCBEDSHXY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985114},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A: Start by going to our website, knoll.com, to see the pieces, forms, materials and dimensions of works. We have an entire section devoted to classics, and the Knoll archive has a complete history of our products. Next, choose a reputable dealer. Check the labels for Knoll’s address. Some pieces even carry a distinctive label designed by the Swiss graphic designer Herbert Matter. Be sure to check back fabrics on upholstery.”},{“_id”:”24UK45RUEZCGNGJQAV24WYIIL4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985116},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Q: My home is a Scandinavian bow house. Is mid-century furniture a good fit with this architecture?”},{“_id”:”SE4YH2KMYNF7DOZ3R6P45S6Q7A”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985118},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A: It is an ideal combination. Start by looking at vintage Scandinavian furniture, but also consider a new perspective on Scandinavian design with Muuto. A good eclectic mix of classic Knoll, classic Scandinavian and Muuto pieces that reflect light and protect a youthful (in spirit, not age) image are a perfect combination. Muuto Fiber chairs pair wonderfully with Saarinen tables. The Muuto Oslo chair also has a wonderful organic form and is perfect for dining and working with Saarinen.”},{“_id”:”R5JKLPWDWBB5NMSYLMNPV6JRC4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985120},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Q: So much of the work of the Bauhaus and modernist traditions is connected to a philosophy and theory on how we should live, same for postmodern design. Where do you think we are headed in terms of design and the philosophy connected to it? What artists display this new direction?”},{“_id”:”E4EPFPZBURCNHKLOYK2MXX5TRI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985122},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A: This question is not so easy. Bauhaus design and American modern tradition were the prewar and postwar ideas of living and working in modern environments; this is true for work in architecture, interiors, furniture and objects. The modern idea asked architecture to create and divide space. It was important to set the stage for the figure that is the occupant of the space. This modern concept in interiors was pioneered by Florence Knoll with the establishment of the planning unit in the late 1940s. For example, these ideas are used by David Adjaye in a space featuring a Saarinen table and his Skeleton chairs from the Washington Collection. Adjaye used Mies’s cantilever form in his chair to make a classic in the making. Using this chair as an example again, think of the novel use of materials in modern design. The use of copper reflecting light in his chair can make the chair invisible at certain times of day or give it a “friend” with a shadow, similar to Harry Bertoia’s classic seating form.”},{“_id”:”VQXPNBYC3NAF3HWEM6XHTYXNVU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985124},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Q: What are your favorite books that relate to the philosophy of design?”},{“_id”:”LF5BRFYHE5BINBRHGQL4CQ77UA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985126},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A: “Harold and the Purple Crayon” by Crockett Johnson. Don’t laugh at me. Read it and imagine.”},{“_id”:”MSXDPUH2QJFMRP2B7TXOWZMCLQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985128},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Q: What tips do you have for building career longevity and endurance in creative fields?”},{“_id”:”KPFZFFF3HZDUVCLXH64FYLFLUI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985130},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A: It all comes down to hard work. Stay current both at work and in your specific field of design. At Knoll, I am always looking at how trends will inform the future and how they will affect the way we live and work. Seek out everything: events at local museums, online design, etc. Read and reference images as often as possible. Look for links between 2-D and 3-D design. For me, it’s reading.”},{“_id”:”RXZISNRX75DMBGZTUQBWWFAGM4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619120985131},”type”:”text”,”content”:”
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“}],”display_date”:”2021-05-04T16:36:21.243Z”,”headlines”:{“basic”:”Knoll’s Benjamin Pardo on living with mid-century modern pieces”},”first_publish_date”:”2021-05-04T16:36:21.243Z”,”taxonomy”:{“sections”:[{“path”:”/life/aging-in-atlanta”,”parent”:{“default”:”https://www.ajc.com/”},”_website”:”ajc”,”parent_id”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”name”:”Aging in Atlanta”,”description”:”Learn from experts about topics including prescription safety, health/fitness, Medicare/Medicaid, in-home care, assisted living placement and more.”,”_id”:”/life/aging-in-atlanta”,”additional_properties”:{“original”:{“parent”:{“AmpNav”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”default”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”BottomNav”:null,”SectionMap”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”ComposerNav”:”https://www.ajc.com/”},”site”:{“section_comments_enabled”:”Yes”,”site_description”:”Learn from experts about topics including prescription safety, health/fitness, Medicare/Medicaid, in-home care, assisted living placement and more.”,”site_title”:”Aging in Atlanta: Live event series”},”navigation”:{“nav_title”:”Aging in Atlanta”},”inactive”:false,”node_type”:”section”,”_website”:”ajc”,”name”:”Aging in Atlanta”,”_id”:”/life/aging-in-atlanta”,”ancestors”:{“AmpNav”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”default”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”BottomNav”:[],”SectionMap”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”]},”order”:{“AmpNav”:1018,”default”:1018,”SectionMap”:1025,”ComposerNav”:1006}}},”_website_section_id”:”ajc./life/aging-in-atlanta”,”type”:”section”,”version”:”0.6.0″}],”tags”:[{“text”:”rct-content”},{“text”:”sp-aging”},{“text”:”spcontent”}],”primary_section”:{“path”:”/life/aging-in-atlanta”,”name”:”Aging in Atlanta”}},”type”:”story”,”last_updated_date”:”2021-05-04T16:36:21.469Z”,”canonical_url”:”/life/aging-in-atlanta/knolls-benjamin-pardo-on-living-with-mid-century-modern-pieces/JY7WAHP7P5EUZDHCRBJ5VATPEA/”,”promo_items”:{“basic”:{“credits”:{“by”:[{“name”:”Sean Drakes, for the AJC”,”type”:”author”,”byline”:”Sean Drakes, for the AJC”,”slug”:”sean-drakes-for-the-ajc”}]},”subtitle”:”Modern aesthetic with vintage touches”,”width”:500,”caption”:”In this file photo, a lounge/TV room features a Saarinen cocktail table of Calcutta marble, the Knoll Bertoia chair, a black Venini Veronese vase, and a Minotti Leger side table. 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The large mixed media piece is by Thrush Holmes.”,”type”:”image”,”url”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/HJJPDQZSOPQTC4LHLEQEBFNANE.jpg”,”height”:363}},{“content_elements”:[{“_id”:”F7BNLZFLFJECVFQMJ5KKTNTLF4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191771},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Margaret Roach is creator of the website and podcast A Way to Garden, and a book of the same name.”},{“_id”:”6KFSXA6UEJEFFJU6TNUEZKJ2FY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191772},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Before pushing that cart of vegetable seedlings to the checkout line, consider a stop in the seed aisle. On offer: potential organic pest control.”},{“_id”:”FPDK6HYUOZCVDMTGSBIEIBTHPQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191773},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A packet of radish seeds could help fight the flea beetles on your new tomato transplants, and nasturtiums sown among your zucchini may limit the damage done by squash bugs.”},{“_id”:”HFJ3DFED6ZHTDAJQCQ7IKN2YB4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191774},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Those are just two of the many strategic pairings suggested in Jessica Walliser’s book “Plant Partners: Science-Based Companion Planting Strategies for the Vegetable Garden,” which takes a new look at a popular subject that has long relied on folklore and conjecture rather than research.”},{“_id”:”KZJLDAECV5BDXCNPQG7OBXOSKM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191775},”type”:”text”,”content”:”She knows that what you have heard about companion planting was probably which crop “loves” which other one, like some kind of Match.com for vegetables. Whatever you have heard, it probably did not include “tomatoes love radishes” or “zucchini love nasturtiums” — or more specifically, that certain insect pests of tomatoes and summer squash don’t love those things and can be thrown off course by them.”},{“_id”:”2KFV7SAKFNH4JANLBXMH3IVJVE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191776},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Walliser — a horticulturist, self-described “science nerd” and the author of two other books on garden insects — wanted to know which pairings would help control pests and improve pollination, providing those and other ecosystem services to desired plants. Not satisfied with anecdotal recommendations, she turned to the scientific literature.”},{“_id”:”XTM474NAGNFIJPH7QLL7GPNJGE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191777},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Admittedly, other than a few studies at botanic gardens and university extension facilities that mimicked the smaller scale of home garden beds, most of the literature she found was derived from research in agricultural settings. Nevertheless, the insights represented a leap forward from folklore, so she dug in.”},{“_id”:”GBAINMLNHRHAZC5T3O7UTB5WPU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191778},”type”:”text”,”content”:”If one idea unites the partnership possibilities Walliser discovered, it is this: Whether in farm fields, home gardens or the natural landscape, diversity is a powerful tool. Monoculture — too much of any one thing — always leaves us more vulnerable to loss.”},{“_id”:”GWEZS63IEVGFBKAQEUZ33N3K2M”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191779},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Rather than replicating the rigid, old-style rows of a farm field in your vegetable garden, Walliser recommends a modern, vibrant jumble of vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers.”},{“_id”:”ZAAT4QC33RCE3FOXVGTUBDU5UQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191780},”type”:”text”,”content”:”And the goal, she writes, should be creating a habitat that supports beneficial insects, which means avoiding pesticides and other chemicals that kill indiscriminately.”},{“level”:2,”_id”:”ABAIU3CH2BEPRKB2QUTXE5MFJQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191781},”type”:”header”,”content”:”Pest Control Plus”},{“_id”:”YZX5TS75HZAWVFMUGV4UU76BRE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191782},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Gardeners have often looked to companion plants for pest control, as well-matched partners can attract natural enemies like syrphid flies and parasitic wasps to act as biological-control agents. But smart pairings can minimize weeds and improve soil, too.”},{“_id”:”ZW4IAOPXURCSXCX5MSZT75LDUE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191783},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A well-chosen, properly timed cover crop — like winter rye, oats, field peas, and crimson or white clover — acts as living mulch, limiting weeds. And some (including rye and oats) provide not just physical barriers, but are allelopathic, containing natural weed-suppressing chemicals. After the active growth phase, their remains, if left behind, provide extended control.”},{“_id”:”VCURXNRQANBZ3A5OPEN5PLOTXI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191784},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Cover crops can help build better soil, too, when they are turned under — that’s why they are referred to as green manure. Legumes, in particular, including the clovers and peas, fix nitrogen in the soil as they grow, and adjacent plants may benefit.”},{“_id”:”2NVIH2ZLKRGDFAVP4OSRY7NEQY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191785},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Other well-chosen plant partners can attract pollinators, whose work improves the yields of insect-pollinated crops. In cucurbits, those additional pollinators could reduce the frustration of shrunken zucchini or cucumbers that didn’t size up to maturity because of insufficient pollination — or plants didn’t bear fruit at all.”},{“_id”:”CVVURYBPGVAMZAS2GLIDPYKBS4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191786},”type”:”text”,”content”:”
“},{“level”:2,”_id”:”CVUJFUC2KBEDRF3CX6JJP4VO5I”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191787},”type”:”header”,”content”:”What About Those Marigolds?”},{“_id”:”GLISPNIJ3VGXJO7WIO34SBZDBQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191788},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Sometimes the problem with traditional companion recommendations is not that they’re ineffective — it’s just that the why and how have been misunderstood. For example, the smell of marigolds doesn’t function as a repellent for every unwanted pest, as was inferred from oft-repeated conventional wisdom.”},{“_id”:”RKO6CICUMJD5JPAGYEVZ73V32I”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191789},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“The idea that ‘their scents send pests packing’ isn’t necessarily how it works,” Walliser said, citing the two marigold-vegetable partnerships that have been well studied: against onion root maggot flies and cabbage root maggot flies. (A 2019 paper from Newcastle University in England credits French marigolds as an effective tool against greenhouse whitefly infestations in hothouse tomatoes, too.)”},{“_id”:”ZNGWBH2S35DEVDH43RQMSL4IXA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191790},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Rather than repelling the flies, the marigolds’ volatile organic compounds may serve to mask the scent of the plant the insect is seeking, interfering with egg laying.”},{“_id”:”SGLUYO6RLVC4TMSBRENEHHLLLY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191791},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“They can’t home in on their host plants, because of the marigolds,” said Walliser, who is quick to add: “I’m not telling you not to plant marigolds — but by understanding better what’s at work, you can make more informed pairings.””},{“level”:2,”_id”:”YC6OOPV6ENDTZHBHELT337TQMA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191792},”type”:”header”,”content”:”Setting a Botanical Trap”},{“_id”:”ASREXIPNRZDE7PMEO6YHKXH52Q”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191793},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A particular insect may seek to lay eggs on a vegetable, or use it as food, or both. To disrupt such host-seeking behaviors, Walliser suggests a scaled-down version of trap cropping, a tactic used for centuries in farming.”},{“_id”:”VPGFPTZQ3FC2RGWNTUSKAJYBKA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191794},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Well-placed plants, grown at a distance from insects’ desired ones, become a decoy — a sacrificial offering. That’s how those radishes work if planted among young tomatoes: The flea beetles have at the radish foliage, not the tomato leaves. A radish trap crop can also protect young eggplants and peppers. Bok choy works as a decoy, too, but if you use radishes instead, you can salvage the roots to eat.”},{“_id”:”Z55KM2QXNNAZ5PVGB7RYDL5GN4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191795},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Where to plant the trap crop? That depends on which insect you’re trying to lure away. If it’s highly mobile (like the Colorado potato beetle or squash bugs) or it’s the offspring of something highly mobile (like imported cabbage worms, the larvae of the cabbage white butterfly), then plant the trap crop on the perimeter of your garden, several feet from the crop you’re protecting.”},{“_id”:”6MGDAWYXBNFG7NBEKSUZOMQRF4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191796},”type”:”text”,”content”:”But if you’re fighting tiny pests with limited mobility, like aphids, mites, flea beetles and whiteflies, Walliser recommends planting the trap crop very close, in alternate rows with the crop you want to protect.”},{“_id”:”MV5VC27ULNCAXI2DSFFRNEXMPE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191797},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Sow or transplant the trap crops a couple of weeks earlier than the crops that need protection, so they get the pests’ attention, at a mass of about 10% to 20% of the total area of the vegetable you’re protecting.”},{“level”:2,”_id”:”RVQGKB2ARRG7VCLOVG4XTLZUZA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191798},”type”:”header”,”content”:”Herbal Remedies, Vegetable-Garden Style”},{“_id”:”4ZHM6V3MFVBBDIHNJHNYKO5LVQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191799},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Who doesn’t want herbs like basil in the vegetable garden?”},{“_id”:”SSSZP7UJNFCKNGSCM2AHYUER5E”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191800},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“I was so pleased to find out that the power of basil was pointed out in various studies,” said Walliser, who plants it liberally in her home garden near Pittsburgh.”},{“_id”:”XXXPQUVKJVG4ZGB5RBRJW46XGQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191801},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Studies show that it can help against thrips that stunt tomato plant growth and cause early fruit drop, and may limit egg laying by adult moths whose larvae are the all-too-familiar (and voracious) tobacco and tomato hornworms. It also works against yellow-striped armyworm moths.”},{“_id”:”GMQGMK3RN5HDHBVRWBW6ZM4C6M”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191802},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Pair your potatoes with catmint (Nepeta) to deter Colorado potato beetles; partner calendula with collards to keep aphids at bay. To limit cabbage worms, plant brassicas with sage, hyssop or chamomile. (The bonus with chamomile: plenty to harvest and dry for tea.)”},{“_id”:”6IILO6HT7BFDTOYXF5Z2S7N4K4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191803},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Other useful herbs include many umbellifers, members of the carrot family (Apiaceae). Flowers of dill, fennel, cilantro, parsley and chervil may attract predators of various species of aphids and caterpillars, luring helpers like parasitic wasps, tachinid flies, ladybugs and lacewings.”},{“_id”:”MS52U7SOCNBQVBAAI3WFXXFZLY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191804},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Umbellifers can help with aphid control among lettuce and leafy greens; with cabbages, try leaving the cilantro to flower. Dill’s ferny foliage has also been shown to protect broccoli from imported cabbage worms, reducing their egg-laying behavior. And if you have Colorado potato beetle problems with your eggplants, dill and cilantro may help there, too.”},{“level”:2,”_id”:”TESXSRGEJBHZVEJVXESUWPTH4E”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191805},”type”:”header”,”content”:”More Flower Power”},{“_id”:”LAEJRIL4SJDDHBG6DKI72SO3BY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191806},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Besides the nasturtiums and the flowering herbs, there are two familiar annual flowers that Walliser has come to rely on after consulting the research: sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima) and cosmos.”},{“_id”:”IVDJENGAOFEWTNEFORQA6KV4QQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191807},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In organic lettuce farms in California, she said, strips of sweet alyssum are alternated with lettuce to enhance biological aphid control.”},{“_id”:”A2VV2VVWHZA3VGXRQ24SDA2B2Q”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191808},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Cosmos help against aphids, too, particularly around brassicas like broccoli and cauliflower. And so do other aster family members, including sunflowers, Rudbeckia, Coreopsis and zinnias, by attracting beneficial predatory insects.”},{“level”:2,”_id”:”4QIDNKZATJBGTI5XIQRHLM3KZ4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191809},”type”:”header”,”content”:”Tolerance and Vigilance (Just Don’t Overdo It)”},{“_id”:”ANAWSSN6IRDXBNQRAGXAF3GQGI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191810},”type”:”text”,”content”:”One thing is certain: There is seldom a season in the vegetable garden without a pest infestation of some kind. As organic gardeners, Walliser recommends that we develop a realistic tolerance for some pest pressure.”},{“_id”:”MXBOCWFC4RAZHAX2EBJOHPJA7Y”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191811},”type”:”text”,”content”:”She also urges that we do our part by practicing good garden hygiene, removing faded or diseased foliage as it appears.”},{“_id”:”EDV76NKP25G67KM34ID3HHU6UQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191812},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Partnering companion planting with smart mechanical controls, for me, is key,” said Walliser, who puts row covers on vulnerable crops to protect against flying pests during sowing and transplanting.”},{“_id”:”P6ULJPUSBFFOVA6XNTVKRJMERM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191813},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“I know squash bugs will be problematic,” she said. “And even if I plant nasturtiums with my squash, I still keep an eye out.””},{“_id”:”72OQLX37GFGI3AFU5VZVGHYR5U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191814},”type”:”text”,”content”:”She wraps a piece of duct tape, sticky side out, around the flattened fingers of one hand, she said, “and wherever I see cluster of eggs on the leaf undersides I tap them, and they end up on the tape.””},{“_id”:”66HXTRYLB5ESTPAWS33AEAI5WA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191815},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The same technique works on the undersides of brassica leaves for cabbage white butterfly eggs, and at the base of squash stems, if female vine borers have deposited their progeny.”},{“_id”:”VPNXLSXGGRFYBEGYKPIXZHCKE4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191816},”type”:”text”,”content”:”And please, she said, give everybody enough room. In the enthusiasm to cram in every possible plant partner, she warned, we can go overboard. Make a garden plan, and be strategic.”},{“_id”:”PHUGLT4NAZBXZFKC6ZYDDBJ6YQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123191817},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Plants, including the companions, compete for resources like water and nutrients, and there can be too much of a good thing.”}],”display_date”:”2021-05-04T16:35:50.203Z”,”headlines”:{“basic”:”Why diversity is an advantage in a vegetable plot”},”first_publish_date”:”2021-05-04T16:35:50.203Z”,”taxonomy”:{“sections”:[{“path”:”/life/aging-in-atlanta”,”parent”:{“default”:”https://www.ajc.com/”},”_website”:”ajc”,”parent_id”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”name”:”Aging in Atlanta”,”description”:”Learn from experts about topics including prescription safety, health/fitness, Medicare/Medicaid, in-home care, assisted living placement and more.”,”_id”:”/life/aging-in-atlanta”,”additional_properties”:{“original”:{“parent”:{“AmpNav”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”default”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”BottomNav”:null,”SectionMap”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”ComposerNav”:”https://www.ajc.com/”},”site”:{“section_comments_enabled”:”Yes”,”site_description”:”Learn from experts about topics including prescription safety, health/fitness, Medicare/Medicaid, in-home care, assisted living placement and more.”,”site_title”:”Aging in Atlanta: Live event series”},”navigation”:{“nav_title”:”Aging in Atlanta”},”inactive”:false,”node_type”:”section”,”_website”:”ajc”,”name”:”Aging in Atlanta”,”_id”:”/life/aging-in-atlanta”,”ancestors”:{“AmpNav”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”default”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”BottomNav”:[],”SectionMap”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”]},”order”:{“AmpNav”:1018,”default”:1018,”SectionMap”:1025,”ComposerNav”:1006}}},”_website_section_id”:”ajc./life/aging-in-atlanta”,”type”:”section”,”version”:”0.6.0″}],”tags”:[{“text”:”rct-content”},{“text”:”sp-aging”},{“text”:”spcontent”}],”primary_section”:{“path”:”/life/aging-in-atlanta”,”name”:”Aging in Atlanta”}},”type”:”story”,”last_updated_date”:”2021-05-04T16:35:50.401Z”,”canonical_url”:”/life/aging-in-atlanta/why-diversity-is-an-advantage-in-a-vegetable-plot/CB7PYNQKVJCHHGCLTUTNFXZQH4/”,”promo_items”:{“basic”:{“credits”:{“affiliation”:[{“name”:”NYT”,”type”:”author”}],”by”:[{“name”:”JESSICA WALLISER”,”type”:”author”,”byline”:”JESSICA WALLISER”}]},”subtitle”:”A photo provided by Jessica Walliser shows a garden with chamomile among brassicas. (Jessica Walliser via The New York Times)”,”width”:2250,”caption”:”A photo provided by Jessica Walliser shows a garden with chamomile among brassicas. Forget whatever you’ve heard about which plants “love” which other plants. This isn’t Match.com for vegetables: There’s a science to it. (Jessica Walliser via The New York Times)”,”type”:”image”,”url”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/FNVBKC52RVC2TOVFOWCFRRPCGE.jpg”,”height”:3000}},”_id”:”CB7PYNQKVJCHHGCLTUTNFXZQH4″,”teaseImageObject”:{“credits”:{“affiliation”:[{“name”:”NYT”,”type”:”author”}],”by”:[{“name”:”JESSICA WALLISER”,”type”:”author”,”byline”:”JESSICA WALLISER”}]},”subtitle”:”A photo provided by Jessica Walliser shows a garden with chamomile among brassicas. (Jessica Walliser via The New York Times)”,”width”:2250,”caption”:”A photo provided by Jessica Walliser shows a garden with chamomile among brassicas. Forget whatever you’ve heard about which plants “love” which other plants. This isn’t Match.com for vegetables: There’s a science to it. (Jessica Walliser via The New York Times)”,”type”:”image”,”url”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/FNVBKC52RVC2TOVFOWCFRRPCGE.jpg”,”height”:3000}},{“content_elements”:[{“_id”:”FLHGPJCSMBFBTHFYF5XYOJYJEY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619119478613},”type”:”text”,”content”:”(This article is part of a series on resilience in troubled times — what we can learn about it from history and personal experiences.); Jason Diamond’s most recent book is “The Sprawl.””},{“_id”:”NVKKF52DNBFYVLTWO44J6H6MHY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619119478629},”type”:”text”,”content”:”I was laid off in December. I can’t say I wasn’t anticipating it. Everything was falling apart everywhere, including the media world. But when it happened, the first thing I worried about — before questions of how I’d make money or what I’d do about insurance — was if I’d lose the routine that I had developed, lost and then worked so hard to get back.”},{“_id”:”AWPU56DZZFHP3DGLXNUVRQRSUI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619119478631},”type”:”text”,”content”:”We all had our routines before the pandemic, and so many of them were upended. Just about any personal routine, if it wasn’t halted outright, changed somehow, from the mundane to the essential. The older man I used to see slowly savoring an espresso every day at the coffee shop had to take it in a to-go cup and drink it outside. Until lockdown, a friend had gone uptown to see his parents every Sunday morning, but he had to stop. Children stopped going to school and much of the workforce stopped going to offices. Trying to maintain a routine was difficult enough with the world feeling as if it was going to pieces; trying to set new ones without any clear indication of what the future held felt downright impossible.”},{“_id”:”5ACSZZDLNBF37HXC2EENRB6E5U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619119478633},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Life is a series of routines. We go to sleep, we wake, we work, we play. But for some, routines and rituals help us function against the chaos of the world and, in many cases, our minds. Some minds just aren’t made for routines; that’s why I’ve had to work extra hard and discipline myself to live and work a certain way.”},{“_id”:”7Z5DEWMFNBEPJM46GRGMP62Y7A”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619119478635},”type”:”text”,”content”:”I grew up constantly uncertain, thanks to an unstable home life as a child, parents who moved around a lot and, starting at 16, being without a home of my own. The trauma from those experiences began to prey on me, it wore me down and mingled with my diagnoses of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, depression and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, making it almost impossible for me to concentrate, work, and generally be productive and happy on a daily basis.”},{“_id”:”2FFBOOVIGJH43CTSQ7UABCLGRA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619119478637},”type”:”text”,”content”:”At some point, by chance, I started to realize that the more I implemented boundaries and schedules — waking and eating and meditating at specific times, working out, writing down the next day’s schedule — the more I started to feel not only some control but also happiness. By setting routines for myself, I was able to shield myself from chaos.”},{“_id”:”2LPP2OSLWVBSRJWYWQLHIYJY5U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619119478641},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“It helps you feel like you’re in control,” Charles Duhigg, who wrote “The Power of Habit,” said in an interview. “It helps you remember how to do things that — maybe because of your ADHD — you’d forget because of short-term memory.””},{“_id”:”B5LTTFKTXNHNTMDTTAYL25FM34″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619119478643},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In his book, Duhigg explores the sort of ouroboros — the ancient symbol of a snake eating its own tail — I was performing on myself. I needed some sort of cue, a routine and then a reward. I hadn’t thought of rewards as part of the process, but they are essential.”},{“_id”:”RHK6V6TV4RENNMXBGOGRVGUM5I”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619119478645},”type”:”text”,”content”:”For me, I thought the reward was peace of mind. What I didn’t realize was I was also giving myself other little trophies: If I went to the gym five days every week, there was a little voice in my head that would say, “You’ve earned two slices of pizza.” When I’d clean the house on Sunday morning, I’d always crack open a beer by afternoon. And sometimes you aren’t even conscious of the rewards you’re giving yourself for routine, and I find those are the most important ones. With those rewards, I’m being good to myself, telling myself I did something, so I earned something.”},{“_id”:”VMORH72WSZCNPBGKJJFAIQJ2BI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619119478647},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“You’re forcing yourself to anticipate rewards,” Duhigg said. “All of that is really good.””},{“_id”:”LYELD2QZB5FBLAOSHXNH74URIE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619119478649},”type”:”text”,”content”:”For Esmé Weijun Wang, author of the essay collection “The Collected Schizophrenias,” “Routines and rituals are a core part of maintaining my mental health,” she told me. Wang’s routines include “my analog planner, where I journal, manage my appointments and jot down tasks — that, along with an array of other notebooks and binders, organize things in a way that help life to feel less overwhelming.””},{“_id”:”5LD2P6W5RZHNDNQENDKMYKVVUA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619119478651},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Equally important — and perhaps more challenging — is maintaining your routines. So, while writing down appointments is important, reminding myself to wake up at a certain time, to meditate, my 1 p.m. work and phone break are the acts of reminding myself where the calm waters are going to be in what could turn out to be a rough sea.”},{“_id”:”V7X23FX5O5BQTFTR7QNNIF2AM4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619119478653},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“When you change a habit in your life that you previously found to be important,” Duhigg said, “you just need to be cognizant of how you change that habit deliberately.””},{“_id”:”PFL4BMLHZZFTRA5TMCKC7NOQ3Y”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619119478657},”type”:”text”,”content”:”But sometimes, outside forces overwhelm the ability to maintain. After five years of consistent routines, the pandemic hit. The first day working from home, my routine fell apart. We were told it would be a week, then two, then next month, then late summer, then maybe after Thanksgiving. Sooner or later, we’d go back to the office, maybe. I started sleeping in later; when the gym closed, I had to figure out a new way to work out; and as every little thing I had considered part of a normal day for me started to go away, I didn’t realize how depressed I was.”},{“_id”:”6N6FWTZQMVCY7CFDDQ6HSNO6CA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619119478659},”type”:”text”,”content”:”By the time I started lifting myself out of my depression, realizing that I was going to have to learn to adapt, it was fall. There was still no office or gym or place I could go to safely see people in person and talk to them. I avoided my therapist for months because I felt awkward doing sessions on Zoom. I’d skip morning meditation from time to time. I would open and eat a bag of chips in a few minutes. It was the kind of spiraling I thought I had figured out how to correct.”},{“_id”:”C3G2NOVGTBBSLHIE4LPMPAUSJ4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619119478661},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Then, one morning, I pulled out one of my old journals to see what I had done right in the past. I had notes about what in my routine worked and what didn’t, how drinking coffee at certain times made me feel more anxious or how checking Twitter before 8 a.m. almost always put me in a bad mood. I had left myself little reminders in case I got lost.”},{“_id”:”BB5OFLPM6RDFPFHJ66TFU2LODM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619119478663},”type”:”text”,”content”:”One day, I went to walk my dog and decided, for no reason whatsoever, that the soundtrack that morning would be Brian Eno’s “Ambient 1/Music for Airports,” an album the composer wrote and recorded to help calm anxious travelers. I told myself I’d walk for the duration of the first track — 17 minutes, 22 seconds — before going home. I was doing something I did every morning, but as I turned a corner, I realized I was also setting myself up for the day, and I felt a comfort I hadn’t felt in months. Eno’s wordless, drifting tape loops of piano rhythms simply served as the background noise to my unplanned walking meditation — and a reminder of how necessary it was.”},{“_id”:”AMNU6P55HBDD3BS7AGKCCF7VUQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619119478665},”type”:”text”,”content”:”That was when I started putting my routine back together. Within a week, I was back on some sort of normal schedule of when I woke up, when I walked the dog, when I let myself look at Instagram. I was getting to as comfortable a spot as one could be in during a pandemic. Then I got the Slack message that I was needed in a meeting with a human-resources person. I knew what was coming next.”},{“_id”:”EPA4K4RHC5HIBHG76JK5QQUIVI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619119478667},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Obviously, I was feeling all of those things one feels when they lose a job. It hurt. My finances were going to take a hit. The one main channel of communication I had with anybody besides my wife was cut off. But I realized there was nothing I could do besides pick myself up and start making out my schedule for the next day. Tomorrow, and every single day after that, my routine and rituals were in my hands only. 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He asked the bishop why he wanted him to lead the center that was focused on helping homeless people.”},{“_id”:”WLNU6AN6YBDXXPEPQ7F65W72JY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519239},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“He looked me straight in the eye and replied, ‘I asked a bunch of priests who they thought the biggest wheeler and dealer hustler was in our diocese, and your name was the only name on the list,’” he wrote about the bishop’s reply.”},{“_id”:”LNFNC55LNFGFJMVE2NBPOLEBSQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519240},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The anecdote is one of about 70 compiled in “Father Joe: Life Stories of a Hustler Priest,” released April 12, Carroll’s 80th birthday.”},{“_id”:”PGPAPRDA5JEJZIOOF7A2MS4ULU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519241},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Although retired 11 years, Carroll still is hustling. He has signed copies of his book available to anyone who buys it directly from www.FatherJoeHustlerPriest.com, and he said he plans to use an upcoming TV appearance to also promote “Sleepy Bear,” a sleep-inducing gummy bear made with cannabis compounds and melatonin that was developed by his grand nephew, Patrick Carroll.”},{“_id”:”MWI2J5LGKNFL7FVKWLL2A7H4ZE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519242},”type”:”text”,”content”:”He has slowed down, however, and progressing diabetes has left him disabled. He uses a mechanical wheelchair since both feet were amputated, and he has lost vision in his right eye. A typical day involves watching Fox News at his small home across the street from Father Joe’s Villages in downtown’s East Village, but he does venture out for events and enjoys going to area casinos about twice a month.”},{“_id”:”KHIWWEXCB5GW3LZENYAJWX4HEY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519243},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Carroll said he had been approached to have his life story told in the past, and he once called off an attempt to write his biography after the book reached 1,200 pages.”},{“_id”:”BEYQ6HJMRRBJ3BECJKLFKW4JX4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519244},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“I said, ‘I think my life is interesting, but not 1,200 pages worth,” he said.”},{“_id”:”B3T3LXW2EVEQ7HUV6OC2SY4J7E”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519245},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Another writer walked away with a $25,000 advance and was never seen again, and someone once wrote a screenplay that Carroll said didn’t depict his story correctly. Specifically, it showed him deciding to help homeless people after meeting a family on the streets of San Diego.”},{“_id”:”6JTBT3S5BRCXFLFGO5JOUD2KHY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519246},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Nothing could have been further from the truth,” he said, explaining that he was pushed into the job by Maher, who gave him a choice of either running the St. Vincent de Paul Center or leading a parish in the Mojave Desert town of Needles.”},{“_id”:”KQPNCRHVFVBFNJNMYIWGYLHA5Q”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519247},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Hmmm, San Diego or Needles?” Carroll joked about making his decision.”},{“_id”:”SQD3OQAHUVECXFBRUVIQQYYAGI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519248},”type”:”text”,”content”:”He agreed to work on the new book with Kathryn Cloward, a musician who had written a series of children’s books. Although she had never written a biography, Carroll was comfortable handing her the job because he had known her since her childhood. She had received her first Communion from Carroll, and her mother once was his secretary.”},{“_id”:”SGDXZ4GX4RC63H74NAWFZ75HIQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519249},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“It’s not really an autobiography,” Carroll said. “I’m a storyteller. That’s why it has stories instead of chapters. It’s a series of stories about my life.””},{“_id”:”S3BQIG4XOVEXZGYEWGGGW3Z6DI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519250},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Those stories go back to his childhood in the Bronx, when his family of 10 lived in a two-bedroom apartment and he had his first job at 8 years old in a butcher shop.”},{“_id”:”NDYG4CMNMVBTTBE42TRQRDVOBI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519251},”type”:”text”,”content”:”He also reveals he was not a perfectly behaved youth.”},{“_id”:”N6NT6ROXNNHNNAEDEHCP7S4OH4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519252},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“As teenagers, we’d go into the police station garage at night and steal the cop cars,” he wrote. “We’d drive around the block and leave the cars elsewhere so when the cops came back on duty, their cars were gone. Yes, we did some bad things.””},{“_id”:”3Q47MFXCZVB55J6NILJDOAPVNM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519253},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Carroll said one of his favorite stories in the book is “Five Finger Discount.” After enrolling at the University of San Diego in 1969, he was sent to a seminary school in Washington, D.C. , where he developed a booming business.”},{“_id”:”6ALNNBPPT5AKDJ3HL3NUFI7RYA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519254},”type”:”text”,”content”:”His brother-in-law had an electronics shop and could buy TVs, typewriters and other products at wholesale, and he agreed to sell them at the same price to Carroll, who would take them by train back to D.C. and sell them to priests and seminarians for a profit, but at a lower cost than at retail stores.”},{“_id”:”BHAQ4PAH7JGJBLPN4MJACFLWKA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519255},”type”:”text”,”content”:”On return trips, Carroll bought liquor in D.C., where it was less expensive because D.C. didn’t tax alcohol, and then bring the bottles by train to his grateful family in New York.”},{“_id”:”WJUOIS7QKZA4FPE7XVOUQIWRZQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519256},”type”:”text”,”content”:”While he had a penchant for making money, he was reluctant to embrace the moniker of hustler, which was introduced in a 1984 commercial.”},{“_id”:”74FFCZZ72VFAVIBPQ7S4CKIOYE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519257},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Carroll had been tasked with raising money for a shelter for the St. Vincent de Paul Center, which was doing little more than handing out peanut butter and jelly sandwiches when he was assigned to it in 1982.”},{“_id”:”EOEBL7W3ZREX3OHIAJ6SIJUA5A”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519258},”type”:”text”,”content”:”After two unsuccessful years of fundraising, the center got a break when Channel 10 general manager Clayton Brace decided to make it the focus of the station’s annual fundraiser. Brace hired a producer to make a commercial.”},{“_id”:”FKOWRLOW3JH3VM3DIGMIQFHKAQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519259},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Carroll showed up to the shoot and was handed a script that read, “Hi, I’m Father Joe. I’m a hustler. I’m here to hustle you out of your money.””},{“_id”:”CXXTTIVDYBDYNEWZB757O3Z4TA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519260},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“I said, ‘I can’t say that!” Carroll wrote. “I’m a priest. Are you kidding me?””},{“_id”:”IVCER4ZIJVCKHKBFIWKN4YWTAA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519261},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The producer talked him into it, and the commercial aired on Oct. 6, 1984, during a San Diego Padres game.”},{“_id”:”65J6ZD3HVFDYNCTK3WCBLXLUR4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519262},”type”:”text”,”content”:”It happened to be game four of the National League championship, a must-win game that ended with Steve Garvey hitting a two-run homer to break a tie at the bottom of the 9th inning, one of the most memorable moments in the team’s history.”},{“_id”:”44UDZP3FSFAD5OEU5WFH2AJIY4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519263},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Everyone saw it,” Carroll said. “From that moment on, I became known as the hustler priest.””},{“_id”:”DYLBCVRT6JEF5L5MXLRZNVTXMA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519264},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Commercials of Carroll asking people to donate their cars, planes and other vehicles to the St. Vincent de Paul’s Center aired nationally. Carroll said he couldn’t go into restaurants without people recognizing him, and he still is stopped and asked to pose for photos.”},{“_id”:”H2EHTSDH35ELNNLG4F2STZDPEA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519265},”type”:”text”,”content”:”At a golf tourney in Palm Springs, former President Gerald Ford spotted Carroll and asked, “Do you really sell all those cars?””},{“_id”:”5YCWPCWPRNHSZESS5OLYTGXV4Q”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519266},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Many stories in the book are just two pages and about small anecdotes, such as converting a bathroom into an office at the St. Vincent de Paul thrift store. They also include monumental moments, such as going through a pile of rejection letters and uncovering a surprise $250,000 donation from the Copley Foundation, which Carroll said helped validate all future fundraising.”},{“_id”:”KXZXWVOROBHZNNITRDBJDWS7NY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519267},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In another story, Carroll wrote how Maher was upset with him when the budget for the projected $3.5 million shelter under construction had grown to $7 million. He was relieved of all duties except publicity, but got his job back when then-Padres owner Joan Kroc delivered a check for $3 million. The St. Vincent de Paul Joan Kroc Center opened in 1987.”},{“_id”:”2VSKUODJV5B5THLBDEEWU2M7VI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519268},”type”:”text”,”content”:”For the people who claimed a shelter would devalue the neighborhood, Carroll said property in the area was $18 a square foot before the center was built, and it now is more than $500 a square foot.”},{“_id”:”QGUIALA3BJFJNG7YNHQZZ2WI4Q”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519269},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Carroll is no longer active in any decisions at the nonprofit and is not sold on the “housing-first” approach that it and many other service providers are following. He said he believes homeless people with drug and alcohol problems need to have programs to overcome those issues, and he suspects many who receive housing won’t agree to receive help and fall back into homelessness.”},{“_id”:”XQGWDLELIZGC3AVL6TAIL6SPQY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519270},”type”:”text”,”content”:”He said he also disagreed with changing the name of the St. Vincent de Paul Center, which he considered sacred, to simply Father Joe’s Villages.”},{“_id”:”Y5NEJ77VBZGPLMTNENXVQVL3GM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519271},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“I almost could never say the name Father Joe’s Villages,” he said. “But I’ve gotten used to it.””},{“_id”:”AUENQU7MOVEJZELEYR2E3XBQ2Q”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519272},”type”:”text”,”content”:”___”},{“_id”:”RB5SJ6PRDRA5JGVL6KP7ZEIDO4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519273},”type”:”text”,”content”:”(c)2021 The San Diego Union-Tribune”},{“_id”:”LOVQF7GYVZF2BG7KAZFNWMIGBQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519274},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Visit The San Diego Union-Tribune at www.sandiegouniontribune.com“},{“_id”:”6WTXMRPRWFGBRK6KUJPP34BXIY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619123519275},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.”}],”display_date”:”2021-05-04T16:34:04.460Z”,”headlines”:{“basic”:”Father Joe celebrates 80th birthday with stories about life”},”first_publish_date”:”2021-05-04T16:34:04.460Z”,”taxonomy”:{“sections”:[{“path”:”/life/aging-in-atlanta”,”parent”:{“default”:”https://www.ajc.com/”},”_website”:”ajc”,”parent_id”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”name”:”Aging in Atlanta”,”description”:”Learn from experts about topics including prescription safety, health/fitness, Medicare/Medicaid, in-home care, assisted living placement and more.”,”_id”:”/life/aging-in-atlanta”,”additional_properties”:{“original”:{“parent”:{“AmpNav”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”default”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”BottomNav”:null,”SectionMap”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”ComposerNav”:”https://www.ajc.com/”},”site”:{“section_comments_enabled”:”Yes”,”site_description”:”Learn from experts about topics including prescription safety, health/fitness, Medicare/Medicaid, in-home care, assisted living placement and more.”,”site_title”:”Aging in Atlanta: Live event series”},”navigation”:{“nav_title”:”Aging in Atlanta”},”inactive”:false,”node_type”:”section”,”_website”:”ajc”,”name”:”Aging in Atlanta”,”_id”:”/life/aging-in-atlanta”,”ancestors”:{“AmpNav”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”default”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”BottomNav”:[],”SectionMap”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”]},”order”:{“AmpNav”:1018,”default”:1018,”SectionMap”:1025,”ComposerNav”:1006}}},”_website_section_id”:”ajc./life/aging-in-atlanta”,”type”:”section”,”version”:”0.6.0″}],”tags”:[{“text”:”rct-content”},{“text”:”sp-aging”},{“text”:”spcontent”}],”primary_section”:{“path”:”/life/aging-in-atlanta”,”name”:”Aging in Atlanta”}},”type”:”story”,”last_updated_date”:”2021-05-04T16:34:04.695Z”,”canonical_url”:”/life/aging-in-atlanta/father-joe-celebrates-80th-birthday-with-stories-about-life/SDELOITE25DEJKBK6JWZRI4WDI/”,”promo_items”:{“basic”:{“credits”:{“affiliation”:[{“name”:”TNS”,”type”:”author”}],”by”:[{“name”:”Nelvin C. 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Cepeda/The San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS)”,”type”:”image”,”url”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/O2LEXYULUVGPRA2ZOOKYLY6PZY.jpg”,”height”:1000}},{“content_elements”:[{“_id”:”FHDZ2P7IZVFEBAMQ4CWDI6VC7M”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619125951925},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Every year, hundreds of millions of people visit beloved U.S. national parks. While most visitors may have a good time, others could have used some advice before their visit.”},{“_id”:”CRUWBLJ3LNF4LF45EEZU4I7YJY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619125951926},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Even though visiting a national park may seem like a straightforward endeavor, expert insight can help you make the most of it. That is particularly true this year because the pandemic continues to affect park rules (such as masking), accessibility (some have reinstated reservation systems) and more.”},{“_id”:”WG5NRP7LNRBY3LSRONRX6BCEKY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619125951927},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The Washington Post spoke to four national parks experts to get the best tips ahead of your trip.”},{“level”:2,”_id”:”DPBEYYIMMFBGVDL2DZZ7RLRZEI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619125951928},”type”:”header”,”content”:”Plan your trip in advance”},{“_id”:”67P2HZS7PZGCZIF4DAVS2LD5ZE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619125951929},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Once you decide on taking a national park trip, start doing your homework. Cynthia Hernandez, public affairs specialist for the National Park Service, recommends that visitors start their research months ahead of time to plan a visit with fewer crowds, secure a campsite, and book any necessary permits or reservations.”},{“_id”:”RKQAYER2P5GKTM7GRPO3PRZYAI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619125951930},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Then, the day before your trip, or the day of, check park websites or the National Park Service app to make sure nothing has changed.”},{“_id”:”VSBUQ2NVQRCDLFA3YGCKBVHWMA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619125951931},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“We just really want visitors to be informed so they can have a great trip,” Hernandez says. “No one wants to show up and realize that a specific entrance to the park is closed.””},{“_id”:”5CDQMPYK2JFUJLLHNOCQM7CVI4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619125951932},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Doing your homework also means finding out about perks such as fee-free days, which you can take advantage of if you’re on a budget, or avoid if you’re hoping to dodge crowds. The park system has a wealth of great alternatives to the big marquee parks where most visitors flock.”},{“_id”:”KNI72PUGSZBUTPSFV437OZVYFI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619125951933},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Visitors should be prepared to follow coronavirus protocols at parks. Masks are required at indoor park facilities and outdoor ones where social distancing is not possible.”},{“level”:2,”_id”:”LLMBP7DV75C2LEYCQ6UFIPDP64″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619125951934},”type”:”header”,”content”:”Check the essentials list and prepare for the elements”},{“_id”:”KXUEVCINOVGHBDUDX6AZMDEKFA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619125951935},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Hernandez says it is important for visitors to be prepared for sudden changes in temperature and weather, particularly during the summer.”},{“_id”:”MMB4QKCZEBGGRI2SPSRK7JOKCI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619125951936},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Pack extra layers of clothing, and definitely more water than you think you need,” she says. “We have a good 10-essentials list of things you could use in parks, like maps, water, good shoes, a first aid kit, that kind of thing.” That list is available at nps.gov/articles/10essentials.htm.”},{“_id”:”DWHND6WYQFCYXA5U6W3YDIYMCA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619125951937},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In addition to the park’s environment and climate, it’s important to keep your own health and fitness in mind.”},{“_id”:”TFCND7N4TJEEFLVQQJ5D5ND7BU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619125951938},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“They should think about their physical limitations before embarking on a hike,” Hernandez says. “Going down a trail, it might seem kind of easy . . . but by the time they turn around, it’s uphill and you have used up a lot of your water supply toward the end of the day – it’s just not a good situation to be in.””},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”copyright”:”Handout”,”address”:{},”caption”:”A grizzly bear walks in Yellowstone National Park. 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Every year, there are reports of park visitors approaching wild animals and suffering injuries as a result. No matter how good you think the shot will be, don’t try to get close to animals for the photo op.”},{“_id”:”EUJGY5BHWBBE3B7AAGRNZDO3FI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619125951941},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“I’ve seen people try to put their kids in front of black bears [for pictures],” says Phil Francis, chairman of the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks. “Not too smart.””},{“_id”:”6BCZRMC7HRF2NEHVBX3SSOHRNY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619125951942},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Not only is it illegal to intentionally disturb wildlife (including feeding, scaring, touching them, etc.), each park has different rules for how much distance visitors should keep from wildlife. Most, but not all, require a minimum of 25 yards for the majority of animals, and 100 yards for predators including wolves and bears.”},{“level”:2,”_id”:”RFZJQCDJ75A6JO6NLZXJF77VU4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619125951943},”type”:”header”,”content”:”Stay on dedicated trails for safety and environmental reasons”},{“_id”:”XSCUGRZRLVD2XDQB2F6NA7SBNI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619125951944},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Staying on trails is beneficial to the parks and their visitors. 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That is particularly important during the pandemic. Will Shafroth, chief executive of the National Park Foundation, says parks have had staffing problems in the past year, and that garbage cans received less maintenance as a result.”},{“_id”:”HNKNOJZ74ZDSTDBTFG6HJU4NGE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619125951950},”type”:”text”,”content”:”My Private Ranger guide Kent Taylor, who runs private park tours, says visitors should follow the old camping adage and “pack out what you pack in,” disposing garbage well outside of the park regions. He avoids throwing his trash out in park trash cans, or even in communities around the parks.”},{“_id”:”PDADU7PRCBDJBOQSZYMUULGLPQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619125951951},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“At Yellowstone, 35,000 people a day are visiting that park. 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For folks starting out (or wanting new ideas!), it seems to me having some commercial tonics and syrups, or the recipes you can glean from a good cookbook, would be a real boon and might reduce the fear of risking a bunch of ingredients to experiment and produce something you’re not happy with.”},{“_id”:”DSM5HTECP5FDZJ4II6QBCUFTYM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1620145877318},”type”:”text”,”content”:”- M. Carrie Allan”},{“_id”:”SRRT4G2QSZB5VKUXHAYAWKPQ7Q”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1620145877319},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Q: I am a big fan of a gin and tonic, but how would I make one without alcohol in it? Does alcohol-less gin exist or would I have to do some experimentation with add-ins (syrup?) to the tonic?”},{“_id”:”GC23S4Z45ZAFRFZXFKFJN5QN3M”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1620145877320},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A: Alcohol-free gin absolutely exists! M. 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One thing, though: Very few of these nonalcoholic liquor alternatives are meant to be sipped or drunk on their own; a good place to start for understanding how best to use them in mixed drinks is actually their own brand websites (such as the ones for Ghia, Gnista and Seedlip), which often include recipe sections.”},{“_id”:”KHZEBIXPJVAVLMVABUBRW3B5FE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1620145877325},”type”:”text”,”content”:”- J.B.”},{“_id”:”RFZGLMQJDZBKTGGGOCJVS2V7AE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1620145877326},”type”:”text”,”content”:”
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Some will say, of course, that if it contains anything besides pasta, pancetta, cheese, eggs, salt and pepper, it’s not carbonara. If that’s you, consider joining this support group.”},{“_id”:”EGL23BUANBB3LPALE6OYYQTRIQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619124438539},”type”:”text”,”content”:”One weekend afternoon, after I’d slept in and forgot to have anything meaningful to eat all day, I was craving something like carbonara, but wanted to go heavier on the protein. Thus, frittata carbonara. It can certainly be brunch or lunch, but with a side of roasted asparagus drizzled with balsamic vinegar, why not make it dinner tonight?”},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”copyright”:”For The Washington Postr”,”address”:{“locality”:”Arlington”,”country_name”:”USA”,”region”:”VA”},”syndication”:{},”caption”:”Asparagus can be roasted as the frittata bakes. 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Here, those flavors are baked into a frittata, similar to a crustless quiche. It comes together quickly: cook chopped bacon (or use guanciale or pancetta), then whisk it into eggs with cream and Parmesan before pouring the mixture back over the rendered pork fat. It puffs nicely as it bakes. 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“},{“level”:3,”_id”:”5OVIHQLELFBU7FIVTRPCOBKEAU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619124438557},”type”:”header”,”content”:”DIRECTIONS”},{“_id”:”G7J7VAFORJBGLC2XZVZ4FQY4OY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619124438558},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Position the racks in the lower third and middle of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees. Spread the asparagus on a large, rimmed baking sheet, drizzle with the olive oil and sprinkle with a pinch of salt. Using tongs, toss until coated.”},{“_id”:”SOLPHFVOAJETXOWNM6ED6WVBD4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619124438559},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In an 8- to 10-inch wide ovenproof, preferably nonstick skillet over medium to medium-high heat, cook the bacon, using a wooden spoon or spatula to move it around so it cooks evenly, until it renders its fat and just starts to crisp around the edges, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from the heat, but leave the bacon in the pan.”},{“_id”:”TQCSG4JROBDZVETLAKTU523UQI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619124438560},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, cream, 1/4 teaspoon of salt and the pepper until smooth. Stir in the Parmesan and add the bacon, leaving the remaining bacon grease in the pan. Add the egg mixture back into the pan and cook over medium heat until the frittata starts to set around the edges, about 5 minutes.”},{“_id”:”A6HT57KDHFEMJGGPIAIYW3AKHU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619124438561},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Bake the frittata and the asparagus at the same time. Transfer the skillet to the center rack of the oven and bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the frittata is puffed and fully set. Place the asparagus on the lower rack in the oven and roast for 10 to 12 minutes, or until bright green and tender. Remove the asparagus from the oven, drizzle with the balsamic vinegar and toss to coat.”},{“_id”:”6CGZBHEYYRGRZLKA3O6Q4GKM2M”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619124438562},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Slide or flip the frittata onto a plate, garnish with Parmesan and more cracked black pepper, if desired, slice and serve with the balsamic asparagus.”},{“_id”:”YBZLUM3T45D2NL27JWF6NGTKZI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619124438563},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Nutrition (based on 6 servings) | Calories: 445; Total Fat: 37 g; Saturated Fat: 16 g; Sodium: 787 mg; Carbohydrates: 5 g; Dietary Fiber: 1 g; Sugars: 2 g; Protein: 23 g.”},{“_id”:”TKT7EWC4J5CETAPLVQ3L2LP5HQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619124438564},”type”:”text”,”content”:”
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We’ve monitored Zoom funerals, weddings, graduations, christenings, bar and bat mitzvahs, alternately laughing and weeping at inanimate screens as we tried to make sense of a world turned upside down.”},{“_id”:”N6C5S2GQGRHJ3GVUZ75JH2FJFI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619115585176},”type”:”text”,”content”:”But I wonder how many have turned to poetry as a source of comfort, release, connection, understanding, inspiration and acceptance.”},{“_id”:”LOTJNRGVXBGNVMOBYOOKISRCOA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619115585177},”type”:”text”,”content”:”One person who has long valued poetry as both a personal and professional aid is Dr. Norman Rosenthal, a psychiatrist in Rockville, Md., who pioneered the use of light therapy for seasonal affective disorder. A clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown Medical School, Dr. Rosenthal said he has used poems as a therapeutic assistant, with rewarding results among his patients.”},{“_id”:”OMCFSLSPRZFMZNUX3NZLGBVMMU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619115585178},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“I have loved poetry ever since I was able to read, and it has been a personal source of comfort and solace to me at different times in my life,” he told me. “As a therapist, I have collected poems along the way that I thought had the power to heal, inspire or, at the very least, bring joy.””},{“_id”:”G5HTZPL7IVB3HOWD24ZVVNP5QY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619115585179},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Now anyone can access and benefit from the short poems he has found to be so therapeutic and the soul-restoring messages he has gleaned from them. Dr. Rosenthal has compiled them in a new book, “PoetryRx: How 50 Inspiring Poems Can Heal and Bring Joy to Your Life,” complete with helpful takeaways and discussions of the circumstances under which they were written.”},{“_id”:”C4MMJM535VA2NFH5LHSAZ45VMA”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”35AF6INJWNEFZB5EFHM2PMVDI4″},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”url”:”https://www.normanrosenthal.com/poetry-rx/”,”content”:”PoetryRx: How 50 Inspiring Poems Can Heal and Bring Joy to Your Life”},{“_id”:”O2TTPO7CC5D2NKGJVZP3UN742M”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619121490835},”type”:”text”,”content”:”While we herald vaccines as potential saviors from the threat of a devastating virus, Dr. Rosenthal said, “Poetry can serve as a vaccine for the soul.” In a world that is so marred by loss and deprived of pleasure, he believes poetry can help fill in the gaps, offering a brief retreat from a troubled world and hope for a better future.”},{“_id”:”BQKO4UJRXZBEJNPZHE53MXSENY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619115585181},”type”:”text”,”content”:”For Margaret Shryer, a Minnesota great-grandmother, poetry has been like a good friend, a reliable source of inspiration and consolation that has helped her remain sane during the many Covid months mostly confined to her apartment in a senior residence.”},{“_id”:”JBVJTY4ELFGC7LM2DZBJB33LTE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619115585182},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Poetry generally picks me up,” she told me. “There’s a nugget of truth in every poem, and I flip through them to find ones that resonate with me and will get me going. I read them aloud. Every time you go back to a poem, you read it with a different set of ears. To people who think they don’t like poetry or understand it, I say ‘What about lyrics? That song you love? That’s poetry.’ Some of the most moving poetry can be found in lyrics.””},{“_id”:”4HJ3Q6HCRZHA5HWNH65R735WKQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619115585183},”type”:”text”,”content”:”I used to believe that poetry did not “speak” to me, but I now see how wrong I was. I lived for 44 years with a husband, a lyricist, whose beautifully crafted, heartfelt lyrics touched my every fiber and continue to uplift and inspire me a decade after his death. The special beauty of Dr. Rosenthal’s book for me is his discussion of what each poem is saying, what the poet was likely feeling and often how the poems helped him personally, as when he left his birth family in South Africa for a rewarding career in the United States.”},{“_id”:”E52GK2TGINDDLD23D534S756VY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619115585184},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Amanda Gorman’s The Hill We Climb inspired and inspiring poem that stole the show at President Biden’s inauguration in January has shown millions of Americans the emotional and social power of poetry and, I hope, prompted them to use it themselves.”},{“_id”:”DKD2NM6JGFHWJDRZ5GEK46CF24″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619115585185},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Dr. Rafael Campo, a poet and physician at Harvard Medical School, believes poetry can also help doctors become better providers, fostering empathy with their patients and bearing witness to our common humanity, which he considers essential to healing. As he put it in a TEDxCambridge talk in June 2019, “When we hear rhythmic language and recite poetry, our bodies translate crude sensory data into nuanced knowing — feeling becomes meaning.””},{“_id”:”BX7C6L7IG5GMDIGPINE33QXU6Y”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619115585186},”type”:”text”,”content”:”According to Dr. Robert S. Carroll, a psychiatrist affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center, poetry can give people a way to talk about subjects that are taboo, like death and dying, and provide healing, growth and transformation.”},{“_id”:”QWG4MPT27BEZJGCMDOP4HRPBFU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619115585187},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Referring to the pandemic, Dr. Rosenthal said, “This crisis affects more or less everyone, and poetry can help us process difficult feelings like loss, sadness, anger, lack of hope. Although not everyone has a gift for writing poetry, all of us can benefit from the thoughts so many poets have beautifully expressed.””},{“_id”:”47FNFPJZOVAYFCWLU3IOIVDZEM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619115585188},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Indeed, the book’s first section features the poem One Art by Elizabeth Bishop, about loss that can comfort those who are suffering. She wrote:”},{“_id”:”HDC4DBTEKRFWXEGD4K74VAWO5U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619115585189},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture”},{“_id”:”2AK3SYQINRB2HDQ73OH26OY444″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619115585190},”type”:”text”,”content”:”I love) I shan’t have lied. It’s evident”},{“_id”:”PY4MZEJSMNA65CXUYH6VWNDEBU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619115585191},”type”:”text”,”content”:”the art of losing’s not too hard to master”},{“_id”:”XN5BVHXJURDKHPLNCSBZIC4OO4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619115585192},”type”:”text”,”content”:”though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.”},{“_id”:”GJ4X77KWOBFGRMQVQVZDICD234″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619115585193},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“When people are devastated by loss they should be allowed to feel and express their pain,” Dr. Rosenthal said in an interview. “They should be offered support and compassion, not urged to move on. You can’t force closure. If people want closure, they’ll do it in their own time.””},{“_id”:”757HHAENVJCBRHBISJODTGLPYU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619115585194},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Closure was not a state cherished by Edna St. Vincent Millay, who wrote that”},{“_id”:”UITTLMFV65CNJHSMS4AP3TLAAY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619115585195},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Time does not bring relief; you all have lied”},{“_id”:”5427UXLI5REIBC6R6KFMP7HD6U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619115585196},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Who told me time would ease me of my pain!””},{“_id”:”X4ZZ7523YBGAVHAYXKKIMEEUJU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619115585197},”type”:”text”,”content”:”However, Dr. Rosenthal pointed out that for most people, time does bring relief, despite what his friend Kay Redfield Jamison wrote in her memoir “An Unquiet Mind.” For her, relief “took its own, and not terribly sweet, time in doing so.””},{“_id”:”BTDLSFTN3FDWFPWMKUZA4KCROQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619115585198},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Poems, I now realize, thanks to Dr. Rosenthal, can be a literary panacea for the pandemic. They let us know that we are not alone, that others before us have survived devastating loss and desolation and that we can be uplifted by the imagery and cadence of the written and spoken word.”}],”display_date”:”2021-05-04T16:29:58.601Z”,”headlines”:{“basic”:”When the doctor prescribes poetry”},”first_publish_date”:”2021-05-04T16:29:58.601Z”,”taxonomy”:{“sections”:[{“path”:”/life/aging-in-atlanta”,”parent”:{“default”:”https://www.ajc.com/”},”_website”:”ajc”,”parent_id”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”name”:”Aging in Atlanta”,”description”:”Learn from experts about topics including prescription safety, health/fitness, Medicare/Medicaid, in-home care, assisted living placement and more.”,”_id”:”/life/aging-in-atlanta”,”additional_properties”:{“original”:{“parent”:{“AmpNav”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”default”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”BottomNav”:null,”SectionMap”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”ComposerNav”:”https://www.ajc.com/”},”site”:{“section_comments_enabled”:”Yes”,”site_description”:”Learn from experts about topics including prescription safety, health/fitness, Medicare/Medicaid, in-home care, assisted living placement and more.”,”site_title”:”Aging in Atlanta: Live event series”},”navigation”:{“nav_title”:”Aging in Atlanta”},”inactive”:false,”node_type”:”section”,”_website”:”ajc”,”name”:”Aging in Atlanta”,”_id”:”/life/aging-in-atlanta”,”ancestors”:{“AmpNav”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”default”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”BottomNav”:[],”SectionMap”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”]},”order”:{“AmpNav”:1018,”default”:1018,”SectionMap”:1025,”ComposerNav”:1006}}},”_website_section_id”:”ajc./life/aging-in-atlanta”,”type”:”section”,”version”:”0.6.0″}],”tags”:[{“text”:”rct-content”},{“text”:”sp-aging”},{“text”:”spcontent”}],”primary_section”:{“path”:”/life/aging-in-atlanta”,”name”:”Aging in Atlanta”}},”type”:”story”,”last_updated_date”:”2021-05-04T16:29:58.806Z”,”canonical_url”:”/life/aging-in-atlanta/when-the-doctor-prescribes-poetry/IIDGF3WG3NBWVHDFJBJKPEM6ZQ/”,”promo_items”:{“basic”:{“credits”:{“affiliation”:[{“name”:”NYT”,”type”:”author”}],”by”:[{“name”:”GRACIA LAM”,”type”:”author”,”byline”:”GRACIA LAM”}]},”subtitle”:”No caption. 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It’s often difficult to immediately recognize when someone’s mental state is endangered, but Wilma Jenkins is ready to help older adults identify and cope with the causes.”},{“_id”:”DD2GUMOU35BWPNFVZIOI3AN4DU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619114116261},”type”:”text”,”content”:”At 82, Jenkins has lived with her own depression for more than 30 years after two siblings died.”},{“_id”:”TDEUXLPLWBBAZBCKADIJ65TOXA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619114116262},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“They self-medicated themselves to death, and it wasn’t until they were gone that we began to talk about depression in the family,” she said. “For so long, there’s been such a stigma associated with mental illness that no one wants to talk about it, especially in my African American community.””},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”address”:{},”syndication”:{},”caption”:”Seen here on the way to her 80th birthday party, Atlanta’s Wilma Jenkins acknowledges both a family and a personal history of depression.”,”source”:{“system”:”photo center”,”name”:”AJC”,”edit_url”:”https://ajc.arcpublishing.com/photo/ZOG3SOKOZFG57HFCCEGHK7LAEY”,”source_type”:”staff”,”additional_properties”:{“editor”:”photo center”}},”taxonomy”:{“associated_tasks”:[]},”type”:”image”,”distributor”:{“mode”:”reference”,”reference_id”:”8aec2b8c-455c-4816-903d-79fc8fdf8019″},”version”:”0.10.3″,”url”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/ZOG3SOKOZFG57HFCCEGHK7LAEY.png”,”licensable”:false,”planning”:{“internal_note”:”Wilma Jenkins, contributed photo”},”credits”:{“affiliation”:[{“name”:”Courtesy of Wilma Jenkins”,”type”:”author”}]},”subtitle”:”Wilma Jenkins speaks candidly about depression”,”width”:315,”creditIPTC”:”Courtesy of Wilma Jenkins”,”_id”:”ZOG3SOKOZFG57HFCCEGHK7LAEY”,”additional_properties”:{“fullSizeResizeUrl”:”/resizer/50i1et9FYJANxGZ4CGesfMksGrQ=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/ZOG3SOKOZFG57HFCCEGHK7LAEY.png”,”owner”:”[email protected]”,”comments”:[],”proxyUrl”:”/resizer/50i1et9FYJANxGZ4CGesfMksGrQ=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/ZOG3SOKOZFG57HFCCEGHK7LAEY.png”,”originalUrl”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/ZOG3SOKOZFG57HFCCEGHK7LAEY.png”,”published”:true,”resizeUrl”:”/resizer/50i1et9FYJANxGZ4CGesfMksGrQ=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/ZOG3SOKOZFG57HFCCEGHK7LAEY.png”,”ingestionMethod”:”manual”,”thumbnailResizeUrl”:”/resizer/tJ4v5QxBwfL5aLCGyoae20pZGrI=/300×0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/ZOG3SOKOZFG57HFCCEGHK7LAEY.png”,”version”:1,”originalName”:”AAJC 050221 AGING LEAD 1WILMA.png”,”mime_type”:”image/png”,”restricted”:false,”template_id”:594,”galleries”:[],”_id”:”D4IPBWQTTZH6TAIKXP36VJ4KBQ”},”created_date”:”2021-04-22T15:21:23Z”,”last_updated_date”:”2021-04-22T15:22:19Z”,”slug”:”AAJC 050221 AGING LEAD 1WILMA.png”,”height”:315,”image_type”:”photograph”},{“content_elements”:[{“additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[]},”_id”:”6JSF7PSO7ZCTLPFWGL27G7ZU4M”,”type”:”text”,”content”:”“For so long, there’s been such a stigma associated with mental illness that no one wants to talk about it, especially in my African American community.””}],”subtype”:”blockquote”,”citation”:{“type”:”text”,”content”:”Wilma Jenkins”},”_id”:”O3N3ZSNLGZBL5E5BANXA7EIDTM”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”IM3WPGE5XNAFBHPYHWBL7XDJPE”},”type”:”quote”},{“_id”:”O6AMBVISNVFFLAZTUB4YV4SRHE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619121542905},”type”:”text”,”content”:”When Jenkins retired in 1993, she signed up with the Atlanta Regional Commission’s senior volunteer network. Last year, she trained to give workshops on mental health and conducted one in February 2020 before COVID commenced. She’s been sheltering alone in her South Fulton home ever since.”},{“_id”:”P3RIXVX6NBE45EQUPX6Y7LMPDE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619114116264},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“And I’m continuing to deal with depression,” she said. “Not being able to go out and do things is not so good for me. Sometimes I’ll just get in my car and drive; that’s helped me be less depressed. Sometimes I pick up lunch and eat it in the park. I’m also in two book clubs that have Zoom meetings, and every Sunday I have a Zoom meeting with my family.””},{“_id”:”KVQNAB4NLRFELEMXTAKQRXLJTQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619114116265},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Recognizing that an older person is depressed can be a challenge, said Tori Sorrells, part of Piedmont Healthcare’s Sixty Plus services, a group of social workers who deal exclusively with older adults whose mood disorders are often a form of depression.”},{“_id”:”MZAUDZYW6BG37AOBEY5AX4FBJE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619114116266},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“An older adult who has other things to manage, like chronic pain, may focus on those complaints and under report anxiety,” said Sorrells. “But they’re often at higher risk for these issues because of things like bereavement – they’ve outlived many of their friends and family. They may experience loneliness and isolation.””},{“_id”:”PWIV66RFW5DIZJGYFVH56OLHS4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619114116267},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The pandemic has played into those problems, Sorrels said.”},{“_id”:”CXJ4QCQSGVBJNOF32OZ7QMLHFE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619114116268},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“In order to be physically , cognitively and emotionally healthy, we need to move, eat a healthy diet, get enough sleep, manage stress and be socially connected,” she said. “Yet in the pandemic, we’ve told older adults to go home and shelter in place, and at home they’re often alone. And senior centers have typically not been open, so many older adults saw an immediate drop in their social connections which has contributed to depression and increased anxiety.””},{“_id”:”DY2IQLKB7JEQFDUDG5W4HBSZW4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619114116269},”type”:”text”,”content”:”At the same time, Laura Morse, a licensed professional counselor in Atlanta, sees older adults reluctant to ask for help.”},{“_id”:”FN3VFVCUQBGKLEVFVWO67BBK6A”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619114116270},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Many older clients come from a generational or cultural view where you didn’t ask for help or talk about your feelings,” she said. “They’re aging, they may miss their families, they don’t have access to friends or a sense of purpose like they used to. And now the whole world has gone through shock, trauma and grief, and symptoms of depression and anxiety show up.””},{“_id”:”ZK3357LW2NAFPBDUSTVJPGDLBE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619114116271},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Whether a person asks on their own or has a family member or physician who notices changes in appetite, sleep and activity, Morse said professional help can make a difference. “A trained mental health professional who understands that this is a valid, normal experience can help you do something about it; there are ways to change. Therapy can help people feel understood and heard in a space where they can say anything without retribution. There’s something beneficial and hopeful about having that space and time.””},{“_id”:”7A66JB6CTZDTZNVENW4OLUYGAE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619114116272},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Fifty-nine-year-old Eric Schwartz said he’s been in therapy “long term” for mild depression and sees nothing but benefits.”},{“_id”:”2QPD7NZIOFGMHCFDHN3T4JXGR4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619114116273},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“I have the sense there are people who think if you see a therapist something is wrong with you, and you can’t fix your own problems,” said the Northlake resident. “But that didn’t deter me from seeking help. The fact is, adulthood is hard, with the demands of being a functioning parent, spouse and contributor to society, and balancing all that while taking care of yourself, is not easy. And if for any reason you didn’t escape childhood without some damage, it’s even more challenging. For me, the benefits have made me a better father, husband and worker who’s functioning at a much higher level. I’d like to let people know it’s OK to ask for help. In fact, it’s a sign of strength. Don’t let a stigma prevent you.””},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”address”:{},”syndication”:{},”caption”:”Fifty-nine-year-old Eric Schwartz said he’s been in therapy “long term” for mild depression and sees nothing but benefits.”,”source”:{“system”:”photo center”,”name”:”AJC”,”edit_url”:”https://ajc.arcpublishing.com/photo/QKS2HZ2KWBEZDLHSASK6J474CI”,”source_type”:”staff”,”additional_properties”:{“editor”:”photo center”}},”taxonomy”:{“associated_tasks”:[]},”type”:”image”,”distributor”:{“mode”:”reference”,”reference_id”:”8aec2b8c-455c-4816-903d-79fc8fdf8019″},”version”:”0.10.3″,”url”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/QKS2HZ2KWBEZDLHSASK6J474CI.png”,”licensable”:false,”credits”:{“affiliation”:[{“name”:”Courtesy of Eric Schwartz”,”type”:”author”}]},”subtitle”:”Finding ways to deal with depression”,”width”:1174,”creditIPTC”:”Courtesy of Eric Schwartz”,”_id”:”QKS2HZ2KWBEZDLHSASK6J474CI”,”additional_properties”:{“fullSizeResizeUrl”:”/resizer/1jfyGK3zSpaWCXcGttRczHU4rPk=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/QKS2HZ2KWBEZDLHSASK6J474CI.png”,”owner”:”[email protected]”,”comments”:[],”proxyUrl”:”/resizer/1jfyGK3zSpaWCXcGttRczHU4rPk=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/QKS2HZ2KWBEZDLHSASK6J474CI.png”,”originalUrl”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/QKS2HZ2KWBEZDLHSASK6J474CI.png”,”published”:true,”resizeUrl”:”/resizer/1jfyGK3zSpaWCXcGttRczHU4rPk=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/QKS2HZ2KWBEZDLHSASK6J474CI.png”,”ingestionMethod”:”manual”,”thumbnailResizeUrl”:”/resizer/Ax1_j7BPZ1wYpoeBEEIUSb_qvvA=/300×0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/QKS2HZ2KWBEZDLHSASK6J474CI.png”,”version”:0,”originalName”:”AAJC 050221 AGING LEAD 1ERIC.png”,”mime_type”:”image/png”,”restricted”:false,”template_id”:594,”galleries”:[],”_id”:”IXLFJTD5SBAP5GFWGGLTCH7N7E”},”created_date”:”2021-04-22T15:21:23Z”,”last_updated_date”:”2021-04-22T15:21:23Z”,”slug”:”AAJC 050221 AGING LEAD 1ERIC.png”,”height”:1565,”image_type”:”photograph”},{“content_elements”:[{“additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[]},”_id”:”2OIP63NJCRD5BBJY5SSI2OZONA”,”type”:”text”,”content”:”“ . . . it’s OK to ask for help. In fact, it’s a sign of strength. Don’t let a stigma prevent you.””}],”subtype”:”blockquote”,”citation”:{“type”:”text”,”content”:”Eric Schwartz”},”_id”:”KAXAMXHO7ZF3BJSPGFFLUZU2SY”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”SU7GXKA7OFG57NYBWXWEGJTWH4″},”type”:”quote”},{“_id”:”2IWPZYK2W5C4JPOGJWDDWOBBOQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619121542918},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Schwartz, a management and technology consultant, was laid off during COVID and has been sheltering at home with his spouse. He’s coped by keeping up his professional network, exercising, participating in educational webinars and doing more volunteer work with his congregation at The Temple in Midtown, where he chairs the racial justice committee.”},{“_id”:”G3BEX2SXZVF5VA7FBCEFFXRHI4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619114116275},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“We do a lot of education and some advocacy around criminal justice reform and voting rights, and that has kept me busy,” he said. “In fact, I’ve been able to do a lot of it because I had the strength and awareness of what I need to do for self-care to function well.””},{“_id”:”HNVQOHV7ZNDBFDMEORGIAMYIBQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619114116276},”type”:”text”,”content”:”One local organization keeping a close eye on seniors’ mental health is the Atlanta Regional Commission, where Mary Newton has been the Innovations Team project coordinator since 2015. This year, grants have enabled the team to start a community coaching program that sends a staffer into neighborhoods to connect older adults with a variety of services, including those around mental health.”},{“_id”:”QNLJNT6CQJHHFPM4UGAFIUOHTI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619114116277},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“There’s a common misperception that isolation and depression are normal parts of growing older, but when I grew up, my grandmother and grandfather lived in the same house as us,” said Newton. “Our system of socialization has changed. We’re also not marrying as much, so there are more single people. And the Baby Boomer generation has been more independent, but when people retire, they don’t necessarily have the same family connections. So mental health challenges are often exasperated by isolation and loneliness””},{“_id”:”LWFLXLBJ7BERDIGVBVURUFABHA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619114116278},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The country is seeing higher numbers of mental health cases, particularly as the largest generation of older adults moves into retirement and beyond, said Newton.”},{“_id”:”MAZWGXOUZRF6TJMWRJYVSXKMOM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619114116279},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“The problem is mushrooming, and it’s very real,” she said. “Being lonely and isolated is as bad as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.””},{“_id”:”2PACDAQQQFGJ5KIKN3REKBKTDI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619114116280},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The good news is that help is available, though it might require some searching to find the right treatment, said Morse. “Don’t stop asking for help because someone says, ‘I don’t have the answer.’ There are many ways to get that answer. Just don’t stop looking.””},{“_id”:”CHFXOFFV4NFTLL54WWYESSY3KU”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”WF2D3OJCBZGDXFVYQYJKJVTI3A”},”type”:”divider”},{“_id”:”2RGIV4C4HFBOVGJWIG7RLDO2YY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619121542926},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Help for yourself or a loved one who exhibits signs of mental health distress is available through the following resources:“},{“_id”:”BGEPN7C6X5BGPJEZQW5MWHPCAA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619121542927},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The Georgia Department of Human Services, division of Aging Services lists connections for individuals as well as caregivers on a range of age-related concerns. 404–657-5258, aging.georgia.gov.”},{“_id”:”TK36MLF2DZBEXPEQYUHFRIPLYU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619121542928},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Empowerline is a resource from the Atlanta Regional Commission for aging, disability and caregiver concerns. Live chats connect callers to professionals. 404-463-3333, empowerline.org.”},{“_id”:”KKQQ3CDOYNA7RIK6OTGGBGUGAM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619121542929},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Piedmont Sixty Plus Services offer a variety of support for older adults. A chat line makes instant connections. 404-605-3867, piedmont.org/sixty-plus/sixty-plus-home.”},{“_id”:”7UXDFZVNFBFO7GRZBA6ARGB74E”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619121542930},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Psychology Today is one of the largest online sites for mental health support and includes a link to find local therapists. 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That was followed by the percentage of trips taken within 15 miles of home, race/ethnicity, length of trips that began and ended at home, minutes per trip and the number of hard braking incidents with deceleration rates.”},{“_id”:”NYK5GWHFW5HBZBDX3GEV65YBP4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1620142638890},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Driving is a complex task involving dynamic cognitive processes and requiring essential cognitive functions and perceptual motor skills. 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Treatment costs are average, but it’s hard to get care and patient outcomes are poor.”},{“_id”:”BRDNR55WAJGBJPU5BEKWUWAYVQ”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”PQKNWBIEYFBM5N4W3RSL6U3B2U”},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”url”:”https://www.ajc.com/classifieds/jobs/free-tuition-for-senior-seniors/Wht3gTUhy7STTc0Q2KIa2I/”,”content”:”Georgians 62 and older can take college classes for free”},{“_id”:”2P6BD3Q2PZHAZKT5XYPHD4D47A”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619806268019},”type”:”text”,”content”:”While Georgia may not be the best state to retire, its capital city has been considered among the best places to spend post-working days.”},{“_id”:”DK447ZQKHNBCBKJ2YNFMX5FMJA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619806268020},”type”:”text”,”content”:”RetirementLivng included Atlanta on its list of the best places to retire in 2021. It noted that the city is “an affordable option for retirees with a low cost of living, favorable tax rates. Residents can expect a relatively low cost for assisted living care when compared to the national average, although the number of senior living facilities could be higher. Atlanta weather is generally comfortable with only 32 days 90º and above and 36 days under 32º, and the crime rate is low.””},{“_id”:”LMV6MKM5JVBRZBN2NEOONSN5PY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619806268021},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Below is the ranking for all states MoneyWise says are the worst ones for retirement in order from worst to best. Some states tied because they had the same average rank according to the site’s methodology.”},{“_id”:”TDW5IQPJ6VAHZNWCEEG4B5QE7E”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1619806268022},”type”:”text”,”content”:”50. 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