Living Choices, Corporate Ageism, Sleep Health 6-16-26
Our June 16, 2026 episode covered innovative housing options as we age; how ageism in the workplace is sabotaging corporate America and sleep health focused on preparing to sleep. Elizabeth Magallon Fleury took us through Architectural Digest’s article on senior citizens living in cruise ship condos, co-housing communities, and Florida’s retirement wonderland. Linda Sherman pointed out the New York Foundation for Senior Citizens free Home Sharing Program. We were glad to discover the Furnished Finder site. Ellen Khalifa commented on the Modern Elder Academy’s Golden Girls housing models, designed for women on moderate incomes.
We discussed Elizabeth White’s article on the need for systemic knowledge and long-term workforce planning and how counterproductive it is to lose older workers because of ageism.
Finally we shared personal habits for better sleep hygiene, including reading print books in bed.
Presented by Elizabeth Magallon Fleury, CAPS, Life’s Encore Planning
Architecture Digest 6-3-26 Not Your Grandma’s House: Meet the Senior Citizens Living in Cruise Ship Condos, Cohousing Communities, and Florida’s Retirement Wonderland by Frances Dodds
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/senior-citizens-how-we-live
We referred to:
Motion Picture & Television Fund Retirement Home (MPTF)
“MPTF makes an effort to keep its residents stimulated with opportunities for creative projects. For example, there’s a once-a-month meeting for MPTF Studios, where residents can discuss ideas they have for film projects or short films, to be produced by the resident film crew and aired on the closed-circuit MPTF TV channel. Then there’s the Grey Quill Society, a memoir-writing group that gathers weekly and publishes collections of their pieces, some of which have been read aloud by the likes of Jon Hamm and Matthew McConaughey at fundraising events.”
Grey Quill Society – we did this article 2-25-25 for News for the Ages
Presented by Ellen Khalifa LA Times 2-10-25 Writing Group – Memoirs – at Motion Picture & Television Fund Retirement Home by Deborah Netburn
Furnished Finder was referred to in the article.
Linda spotted a linked Architectural Digest (AD) article that includes a reference to the New York Foundation for Senior Citizens Home Sharing program.
AD 9-12-25 young people making it work in NYC
Ray mentioned The World Residences at Sea
Architectural Digest gives you a wealth of photos with their articles.
Presented by Ellen Khalifa, Habits Coach for Healthspan and Wellspan
MSN May 2026 Corporate Ageism by Elizabeth White
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ageism-is-just-corporate-self-sabotage-america-s-brain-drain-is-costing-shareholders-billions/ar-AA22Bg7v
Elizabeth White is an advocate and writer focused on the economic realities facing older adults. She is the author of “55, Underemployed and Faking Normal” (Simon & Schuster) and founder of NUUage, a coliving housing initiative for older adults aging alone on moderate incomes.
Elizabeth White will be one of our 3 featured speakers on August 20, 2026 Living Choices Rethinking Aging Club episode recording.
Noted phrase “Biologize the argument” (“We tend to lump all older people together and biologize the argument”)
Presented by Debbie Howard, Aging Matters International
NY Times 6-11-26 Phone Detox Sleep Health by Jancee Dunn
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/11/well/summer-challenge-phone-digital-detox-sleep.html
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