Category: December – January 2016

  • 2016 Tax Planning that Works for You

    Are you looking for ways to reduce capital gains tax on the sale of your appreciated assets, save and plan for the future or save on your income taxes? A planned gift can help you achieve your goals. It’s possible to increase your income now or in the future and save money on taxes —…

  • Cops, Killers and Corruption in the Aloha State Sunny Skies, Shady Characters

    If truth is stranger than fiction, then this book is the strangest you will ever read. James Dooley, a former investigative reporter for The Honolulu Advertiser, KITV 4 News and Hawaii Reporter, details public corruption and criminality in Hawai‘i during the 70’s and 80’s. A lot of Dooley’s sleuthing formed the basis of the original…

  • Honey, Will You Sign Me Up for Smart911?

    Register now for Smart911!™ Already, 1700 O‘ahu residents are signed up for this free program that saves lives, by filing important emergency information with Smart911. 911 dispatchers need callers to give them vital information so they may dispatch EMTs and Firemen to emergencies. Many victims cannot give proper information: little children, victims of heart attacks…

  • Book Review: A Nutritional Approach to Alzheimer’s Disease

    When it comes to Alzheimer’s disease, anything that offers hope gets attention. Dr. Blake analyses the latest scientific information and results from his clinical trials with Alzheimer’s patients at Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience Institute on O‘ahu, and dishes us up a simple diet — berries, green vegetables, nuts and beans — to prevent and slow the…

  • How You Can Reverse Aging and Disease

    At the end of the year, we realize that another year is going by, and chronologically, we’re a year older. Can we stop that clock and reverse our biological aging this coming new year? The answer is easily “yes” if we make a new year’s resolution to do so and stick to it. This article…

  • Shopping for Home Care

    Remember when you first helped your parents with the holiday decorations? Bringing those boxes of tangled light sets and frosted ornaments down from the attic, you knew something exciting was happening. Those scenes were a preview of family traditions that would be passed on to the generations. Today, as Hawai‘i’s aging population grows, many of…

  • Leeward Y Offers Something for Every Senior

    Laughter, potluck snacks, and fresh coffee are the mid-morning, sounds, sights and smells at the YMCA of Honolulu’s Leeward Y Branch, in the heart of Waipahu. Comfortable chairs and tables in the brightly lit community lounge host yummy potlucks, spirited board games, craft activities and friendly socializing. This “reward” time follows senior health and fitness…

  • Secure the Next Chapter of Your Life

    One challenge to living a good life is learning how to balance the realities of today with what lies ahead — to live in the present while you wisely plan for the future. Since change is always around the corner, you owe it to your future self to consider what you’d like the next chapter…

  • I Love New Beginnings!

    I love New Year’s Day. Without Jan. 1, how would we know when to buy a new calendar? Call me old-fashioned, but I tend to look at that fresh new calendar year on paper like a crab leg and prime rib buffet spread out before me. I have been having my share of new beginnings…

  • A Happy Day in the Park

    As my friend and I searched for interesting activities near the blue jungle gym in Ala Moana Beach Park, we spotted a group of women making dance formations and speaking Chinese. Upon closer investigation, we discovered a happy, healthy dance group. Judy Wu, dance class coordinator, along with thirty women and her husband, were gathered…

  • Lifelong Learning, What’s Stopping You?

    Senior citizens can attend classes on University of Hawaii Manoa campus through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. For 10 years OLLI has been offering non-credit, college-level courses and other activities to encourage older individuals to engage their minds, enrich their lives, and serve the community. While the institute primarily serves mature learners aged 50+, the…

  • The Legacy Relay

    Watching a running relay race is exciting. Running together at full speed and passing the baton to a teammate is thrilling to watch. I would ask you to consider that your estate plan is your relay. The definition of the word relay is “a series of persons relieving one another.” Your baton is your legacy…