{"id":7627,"date":"2024-04-17T13:39:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T17:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/?page_id=7627"},"modified":"2024-04-17T13:40:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T17:40:31","slug":"howard-gensler","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/voicesviews\/blog\/howard-gensler\/","title":{"rendered":"Howard Gensler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"bio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Howard-Gensler.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"7625\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Howard-Gensler.jpg 138w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Howard-Gensler-100x109.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Howard-Gensler-108x117.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 138px) 100vw, 138px\" \/>Howard Gensler is a veteran journalist who\u2019s worked at the <i>Philadelphia Daily News<\/i>, <i>TV Guide<\/i> and the <i>Philadelphia Inquirer <\/i>and has freelanced for dozens of magazines and websites. Gensler also wrote the story for the 2012 movie, <i>Hysteria<\/i>, starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy. In between jobs, he worked as a caregiver for his mom.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/03\/the-final-acts-of-a-caregiver\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sunset-200x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sunset-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sunset-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sunset-150x225.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sunset-300x450.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sunset-450x675.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sunset-108x162.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sunset.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/03\/the-final-acts-of-a-caregiver\/\">The Final Acts of a Caregiver<\/a> <span class=\"date\">March 14, 2025<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Howard Gensler<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">After nearly three years of helping my mom, my job had ended. I held Mom\u2019s still-warm hand and mumbled stuff I would have mumbled hours earlier had I known the few drops of morphine and Haldol would have led her<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/03\/the-final-acts-of-a-caregiver\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Final Acts of a Caregiver<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/01\/the-final-days\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/matthieu-marseille-5Y0uH6F7UxQ-unsplash-200x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/matthieu-marseille-5Y0uH6F7UxQ-unsplash-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/matthieu-marseille-5Y0uH6F7UxQ-unsplash-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/matthieu-marseille-5Y0uH6F7UxQ-unsplash-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/matthieu-marseille-5Y0uH6F7UxQ-unsplash-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/matthieu-marseille-5Y0uH6F7UxQ-unsplash-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/matthieu-marseille-5Y0uH6F7UxQ-unsplash-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/matthieu-marseille-5Y0uH6F7UxQ-unsplash-150x225.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/matthieu-marseille-5Y0uH6F7UxQ-unsplash-300x450.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/matthieu-marseille-5Y0uH6F7UxQ-unsplash-450x675.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/matthieu-marseille-5Y0uH6F7UxQ-unsplash-600x900.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/matthieu-marseille-5Y0uH6F7UxQ-unsplash-900x1350.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/matthieu-marseille-5Y0uH6F7UxQ-unsplash-108x162.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/matthieu-marseille-5Y0uH6F7UxQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/01\/the-final-days\/\">The Final Days<\/a> <span class=\"date\">January 24, 2025<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Howard Gensler<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">My mom, Sally, was eating very little during her last week. She was sleeping more, chatting less and she changed her bathroom routine. For a year or so, I would stand in front of her walker in front of her<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/01\/the-final-days\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Final Days<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/11\/anguish-and-oxygen\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/03-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/03-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/03-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/03-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/03-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/03-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/03-450x450.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/03-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/03-900x900.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/03-108x108.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/03.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/11\/anguish-and-oxygen\/\">Anguish and Oxygen<\/a> <span class=\"date\">November 26, 2024<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Howard Gensler<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">When caregiving continues for a few years, there are days when it seems like it\u2019s never going to end, and days when you\u2019re terrified it may actually be coming to an end. One thing is universal, however\u2014the situation rarely gets<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/11\/anguish-and-oxygen\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Anguish and Oxygen<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/10\/feeling-smoothie\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fraiche-living-tropical-green-smoothie-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fraiche-living-tropical-green-smoothie-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fraiche-living-tropical-green-smoothie-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fraiche-living-tropical-green-smoothie-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fraiche-living-tropical-green-smoothie-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fraiche-living-tropical-green-smoothie-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fraiche-living-tropical-green-smoothie-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fraiche-living-tropical-green-smoothie-450x450.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fraiche-living-tropical-green-smoothie-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fraiche-living-tropical-green-smoothie-900x900.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fraiche-living-tropical-green-smoothie-108x108.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fraiche-living-tropical-green-smoothie.jpg 1315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/10\/feeling-smoothie\/\">Feeling Smoothie<\/a> <span class=\"date\">October 16, 2024<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Howard Gensler<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">About six months before what would have been her 99th birthday, Mom began to have trouble swallowing. Liquids made her cough, and foods became tougher to chew, as her teeth, which had done yeoman work for more than nine decades,<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/10\/feeling-smoothie\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Feeling Smoothie<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/09\/wading-through-the-challenges-of-weeping-edema\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sanara33-1024x606-1-300x178.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sanara33-1024x606-1-300x178.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sanara33-1024x606-1-150x89.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sanara33-1024x606-1-768x455.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sanara33-1024x606-1-100x59.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sanara33-1024x606-1-200x118.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sanara33-1024x606-1-450x266.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sanara33-1024x606-1-600x355.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sanara33-1024x606-1-900x533.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sanara33-1024x606-1-108x64.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sanara33-1024x606-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/09\/wading-through-the-challenges-of-weeping-edema\/\">Wading through the Challenges of Weeping Edema<\/a> <span class=\"date\">September 19, 2024<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Howard Gensler<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">After my mother\u2019s second broken hip, she began sleeping in her recliner in the living room. It was easier and she was small, so she slept just as well. I slept on the couch less than 10 feet away, but<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/09\/wading-through-the-challenges-of-weeping-edema\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wading through the Challenges of Weeping Edema<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/08\/100-feet\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/151201-hospital-stock-300x197.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/151201-hospital-stock-300x197.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/151201-hospital-stock-150x98.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/151201-hospital-stock-100x66.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/151201-hospital-stock-200x131.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/151201-hospital-stock-450x295.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/151201-hospital-stock-600x394.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/151201-hospital-stock-108x71.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/151201-hospital-stock.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/08\/100-feet\/\">100 Feet<\/a> <span class=\"date\">August 20, 2024<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Howard Gensler<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">When you\u2019re caring for someone in their late 90s, you can become fairly familiar with the local emergency room. One night while I was out, Mom fell by her front door. She pushed herself about 15 feet on her back<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/08\/100-feet\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">100 Feet<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/07\/the-parade-of-aides\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jon-tyson-QNkQ5JZPoX4-unsplash-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jon-tyson-QNkQ5JZPoX4-unsplash-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jon-tyson-QNkQ5JZPoX4-unsplash-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jon-tyson-QNkQ5JZPoX4-unsplash-113x150.jpg 113w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jon-tyson-QNkQ5JZPoX4-unsplash-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jon-tyson-QNkQ5JZPoX4-unsplash-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jon-tyson-QNkQ5JZPoX4-unsplash-100x133.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jon-tyson-QNkQ5JZPoX4-unsplash-150x200.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jon-tyson-QNkQ5JZPoX4-unsplash-200x267.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jon-tyson-QNkQ5JZPoX4-unsplash-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jon-tyson-QNkQ5JZPoX4-unsplash-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jon-tyson-QNkQ5JZPoX4-unsplash-600x800.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jon-tyson-QNkQ5JZPoX4-unsplash-900x1200.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jon-tyson-QNkQ5JZPoX4-unsplash-108x144.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jon-tyson-QNkQ5JZPoX4-unsplash-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/07\/the-parade-of-aides\/\">The Parade of Aides<\/a> <span class=\"date\">July 16, 2024<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Howard Gensler<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Working as a caregiver for a friend or family member is a rewarding but stressful job. When my mom qualified for an aide (thanks to the pooled income trust and Medicaid), it gave me a break during the day to<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/07\/the-parade-of-aides\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Parade of Aides<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/05\/the-pooled-income-trust\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/stethoscope2-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/stethoscope2-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/stethoscope2-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/stethoscope2-100x67.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/stethoscope2-200x133.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/stethoscope2-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/stethoscope2-108x72.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/stethoscope2.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/05\/the-pooled-income-trust\/\">The Pooled Income Trust\u00a0<\/a> <span class=\"date\">May 15, 2024<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Howard Gensler<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">By the time my parents were in their mid-80s, they had gone through their savings and were living off Social Security. My mom received around $1,700 per month and my dad, who often worked as an independent contractor, received around<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/05\/the-pooled-income-trust\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Pooled Income Trust\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/04\/moms-hip-and-my-road-to-becoming-a-caregiver\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/femoral-fracture3-240x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/femoral-fracture3-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/femoral-fracture3-120x150.jpg 120w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/femoral-fracture3-100x125.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/femoral-fracture3-150x188.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/femoral-fracture3-200x250.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/femoral-fracture3-300x375.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/femoral-fracture3-108x135.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/femoral-fracture3.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/04\/moms-hip-and-my-road-to-becoming-a-caregiver\/\">Mom\u2019s Hip and My Road to Becoming a Caregiver<\/a> <span class=\"date\">April 25, 2024<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Howard Gensler<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">When your parents reach a certain age, or a particular physical or mental state that makes it harder for them to live independently, there are difficult decisions to be made: assisted living, nursing home, home health aide, move in with<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/04\/moms-hip-and-my-road-to-becoming-a-caregiver\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mom\u2019s Hip and My Road to Becoming a Caregiver<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Howard Gensler is a veteran journalist who\u2019s worked at the Philadelphia Daily News, TV Guide and the Philadelphia Inquirer and has freelanced for dozens of magazines and websites. 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