As a MetLife Foundation Journalist in Aging Program, through the Gerontological Society of American and New American Media — my articles published in the Providence Journal and Psychology Today are reprinted with artwork.
Here are the articles on the NAM website in a format that is full of additional articles and resources by writers on the aging beat.
Articles published include:
Baby Boomers: Start Turning Nursing Homes Upside Down – New America Media
Psychology Today/New America Media, News Analysis, Rita Watson
Is It All In Our Minds? Memory and Aging – New America Media
newamericamedia.org/…/is-it-all-in-our-minds-memory-and-aging.php
From Trauma to Dancing—Eldercare Will Challenge Boomers
www.voicewaves.org/…/from-trauma-to-dancing-eldercare-will-chall…
From Trauma to Dancing – Eldercare Will Challenge Boomers
news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id…
Earlier articles
Choosing a nursing home requires vigilant research – Providence Journal
Choosing a nursing home requires vigilant research – published August 6, 2012
Rita Watson The decision to entrust a spouse or relative to nursing home care is fraught with anxiety. Referrals from friends and visits to facilities are helpful. Yet, gleaning facts from state websites or www.Medicare.gov can be difficult because of incomplete or misleading […]
Sex makes for happy seniors, Providence Journal (November Gerontological Society of America Report)
Rita Watson: Sex makes for happy seniors BOSTON It’s official. Seniors who are enjoying sex are happier than those who are not. This is more than just anecdotal; we now have evidence that was presented at the November Gerontological Society of America, the 64th Annual Scientific Meeting. The findings presented said that older married individuals who […]
Happily Married Seniors are Enjoying Sex
Sex makes for happy seniors from theProvidenceJournal/December 4, 2011RITA WATSON It’s official. Seniors who are enjoying sex are happier than those who are not. This is more than anecdotal; we have evidence that was presented, in November, at the Gerontological Society of America’s 64th Annual Scientific Meeting. According to a new […]
Cognition: Advances against Alzheimer’s (Providence Journal)
ProvidenceJournal01:00 AM EDTonSunday, April 3, 2011By Rita Watson BOSTON Memories — we treasure them. Often people with dementia can retell stories from long ago, but forget what it is they had for lunch just hours earlier. Recently, there have been glimmers of promising research, from a mechanism to switch off […]
Alzheimer’s: A caregiver crisis and nursing home challenge
While research continues and clinicians look forward to promising studies slated for the July International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease (AAICAD) inParis, caregivers and families are asking, “But how do we get through today?” For patients as well as families the challenges can be overwhelming as The Huffington Post and AP reported yesterday in its […]
Advances against Alzheimer’s
Advances against Alzheimer’s RITA WATSON/April 3, 2011BOSTON Memories — we treasure them. Often people with dementia can retell stories from long ago, but forget what it is they had for lunch just hours earlier. Recently, there have been glimmers of promising research, from a mechanism to switch off what is thought to be […]