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"I grew up having Sunday dinners with grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and the rest of our family where we heard stories from the past, ate memory-laden foods and listened to my grandparents, my mother and others harmonizing to songs from the '20s, '30s and '40s. As a teenager with a then-novel small cassette tape recorder, I got it all on tape." Thus begins the article by John Kunz in the "In Focus” section of this issue titled "Joys and Sorrows--Heart, Mind and Meaning in Old Age." The section traces different paths to caring for older adults and, perhaps, for the elders within those who do the caring. Full Story

RUMI’S POETRY OF AGING Rumi's Poetry on Aging Full story. (Drawings by Tyler Cohen)

Front Page

• Lessons From Professor Shalala

Potomac Sources

• Values -- More Than Dollars -- Clash in Social Security Debate

Forum

• Con: No New Taxes
• Pro: Defusing the Time Bomb
• Social Security Reform: How About a National Sales Tax?

Inside Aging Today

• Arthritis and What to Do About It: Recommendations From CDC

In Focus : Joys and Sorrows - Heart, Mind and Meaning in Old Age

• Expanding Lives: Research and Practice in Psychology, Religion
• Joys and Sorrows: Heart, Mind and Meaning in Old Age
• Rumi's Poetry of Aging
• The Good, the Bad and the Poignant
• When Joys Mix With Sorrows

Business and Aging

• What's Ahead for Older-Adult Fitness? A Surprising Answer

The Aging Spirit

• Lou Glasse Brings Advocacy Spirit to Politics and Church
• New York's Rose Kryzak: An Advocate for Elders to the Last Breath

Creative Currents

• Alzheimer's Videos Fall Short
• Transitional Keys: Easing the Turning Points in Older Life

ASA Update

• Joint Conference Examines the Changing Face of Aging