Category: February – March 2016

Faithful Companions

Pets are great at any age. Do you remember your first pet and learning how to care for Spot or Fluffy? It doesn’t take much time and effort to keep a mature pet. The love, attention and companionship they give seems so much more than the protection, food and exercise we offer. The Humane Society…
New Ways to View Alzheimer’s Disease

Candy Crowley, CNN chief political correspondent, once said about her mom, who had Alzheimer’s disease in 2012, “I want to tell you how much I miss my mother. I miss her most when I’m sitting across from her.” Crowley, her siblings and numerous families have similar reactions and remorse when they realize that their aging…
Help Your Employees with Retirement

As a small-business owner, one of the greatest benefits you can provide to your employees is a retirement plan that helps them save for their financial future. Your contributions to a retirement plan are a deductible business expense, and a strong compensation package helps you compete for and retain talented people. As an employer, you…
Kūpuna Can Grow Readers

Justin was in kindergarten when Kalihi Kai Elementary School began Golden Moment Hawai‘i, a collaboration between Kristy Yamaguchi’s Always Dream Foundation (ADF) and Hawai‘i P-20 to bring “Always Reading” into Hawai‘i public schools. It’s a very simple program: it offers kindergarten children a wide variety of books, which parents commit to read to their children…
Our Contributors

Generations Magazine calls upon Hawai‘i’s experts — from financial and legal advisors to health care professionals and noted chefs — to produce informative and meaningful resources for our local seniors and their families. We are grateful for their contributions. MIGUEL GONZALEZ, President, Catalyst Factor Agency Public Relations, is a former newspaper reporter with the Los…
Message From The Editor

Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias that affect us in our later years can be especially troubling. I believe we fear that dementia will squash our independence and make it impossible to multitask — an activity based heavily on recent memory. Maybe we fear that the future will not have a role for “elders.” In past…
Facing Alzheimer’s: The Perspective of Three Experts

The Alzheimer’s Association of Hawaii estimates that by 2025, there will be 35,000 Alzheimer’s disease patients over the age of 65 in the state. Almost as many elderly patients will suffer from other related dementias associated with hardening of the arteries or Parkinson’s disease. As our population ages, planning and delivering care to dementia patients…
Water Does Matter

There are many common misunderstandings about water, H20, the second most important resource our bodies need to function properly. Here are some common questions and misconceptions: Some say water is water. Most of us think that bottled, purified water is better for us to drink because it has gone through a filtration process. We prefer…
Disability: Facts and Faces

Perhaps the most misunderstood Social Security program is disability insurance, SSDI. Some people mistakenly think that beneficiaries are “on the dole” and getting easy money for minor impairments. That’s not the case. The Social Security Act has a very strict definition of disability. To receive a disability benefit, a person must have an impairment expected…
Knowledge is a Gift

We talk a lot about gifts and how to structure your gifts for maximum benefit. But one of the best gifts we can give ourselves is knowledge to stay healthy. Aging gracefully also preserves our savings and financial resources for our later years and for our heirs. Many nonprofit organizations offer public information about your…