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When an ambulance call comes across the radio scanner, I listen to learn if it’s someone I know. Frequently they’ll say “an elderly female” or list an age. Then it dawns on me that I’d be classified as “elderly.”

There are a lot of indicators that I’ve been around quite a while. Today as I worked on the computer, I remembered when computers only allowed you to open one program at a time. Actually, I remember when there were no personal computers.

As I get older, I am more watchful about my health. I am especially concerned about keeping my brain functioning well. Alzheimer’s and dementia are m...