Just when I think I’ve seen it all, you show up once again. Confident and self-assured, acting like my friend. You think I won’t notice if you slide in the back door, I know who you are – I just put you on ignore.  I’ve heard about you, read about you, know your subtle ways. Still I find you charming as we meet up face to face. I have heard the horror stories friends of mine have told Still it’s nice to meet you – growing old.  I know you’re no demon, but know you’re not a saint. I believe you might just have some charm. Still I have some questions if the answers can be shared, Before we stroll together – arm in arm.  Is pickleball the only sport that I’m allowed to play? Will the tightness in my back and shoulders ever go away? Is it true this hair of mine will surely keep on grow’n? Not out of my head – but out my ears and nose.  I know you’re no demon, but know you’re not a saint. I believe you might just have some charm. Still I have some questions if the answers can be shared, Before we stroll together – arm in arm.  I anticipate we’ll have the time to know each other well. You’ll have lots of stories that I hope you’re free to tell. Maybe I can teach you something as we share this cup. Growing old is mandatory – but not growing up.

Song for Tim

A track which celebrates the person who was ...

When Your MInd Used to Bounce

地方では高齢化が進み、なおさら人手不足になっています。
更に食品や光熱費の高騰化で倒産が増えています。
東京商工リサーチによりますと、昨年に倒産した焼肉店が45件とのことです。原因は輸入肉と電気代の高騰化で採算が合わなくなったとのことです。とくに小さいお店は資金力不足で打撃を受けました。
円が110円くらいまで戻ることも大切ですが、基本経済のブーストが何より大切です。未だに株価上昇と円安のシーソーゲームが続いています。
すでにシーソーゲームでないはずなのに。

日本の高齢化社会と経済問題に関する考察
	地震や火災による被害とその影響 (00:01)
		地震被害と犠牲者への追悼 (00:09)
			2025年1月14日時点で、ノ半島の地震で犠牲となった方々の遺体が発見され続けている。
			遺族にとって複雑な心情であるが、追悼の意を表明。
			葬儀業界の関係者として、被災者の心の安らぎを願う。
		ロサンゼルスの火災被害 (00:33)
			ロサンゼルスでの火災により16名が死亡、多くの家屋が焼失。
			火災の原因として、消防予算の削減や交通麻痺が挙げられる。
			過去の糸川での火災を例に、風や乾燥が火災拡大の要因となることを指摘。
		冬季の火災予防の重要性 (01:16)
			冬の乾燥した季節には火の取り扱いに十分注意が必要。
			火災のリスクを減らすための啓発が必要。
	地方の高齢化と経済問題 (01:25)
		地方の高齢化と人手不足 (01:30)
			地方では高齢化が進み、労働力不足が深刻化。
			食品や高熱費の高騰により、地方の中小企業の倒産が増加。
			焼肉店の倒産例では、輸入肉価格や電気代の高騰が原因。
		地方移住の課題 (03:44)
			地方移住を検討するも、燃料費や車移動の必要性が生活コストを押し上げる。
			古民家の断熱性の低さが高熱費の増加を招く。
			地方生活の魅力と課題を比較し、移住の難しさを指摘。
		地方での労働環境の違い (05:04)
			地方では最低賃金が都市部より低く、労働者が集まりにくい。
			葬儀業界では仕事内容の理解不足や厳しい労働条件が人材不足の要因。
	高齢者の就業と経済活性化 (06:01)
		高齢者の就業状況と課題 (06:58)
			高齢者の76.4%が非正規雇用で働いている。
			地方では農業や小売業などで高齢者が働く割合が高い。
			高齢者の就業は経済的必要性だけでなく、社会参加や健康維持の目的もある。
		高齢者のスキルアップと支援 (09:32)
			高齢者の労働市場を活性化するためには、リスキルやキャリアアップ支援が必要。
			テレワークや時短勤務など、多様な働き方の導入が鍵となる。
			政府の支援が不可欠であり、企業も高齢者のスキル向上に投資する必要がある。
		消費税廃止による経済活性化の可能性 (07:31)
			消費税を廃止することで経済が活性化する可能性があると指摘。
			財務省がリスクを取らない姿勢が経済停滞の一因とされる。
	日本の高齢化社会の未来 (09:18)
		高齢者の就業率の上昇 (09:18)
			日本の高齢者の就業率は過去10年で大幅に上昇。
			65歳から74歳までの就業率が特に高い。
			福祉分野での高齢者の就業が目立つ。
		高齢者労働市場の重要性 (09:32)
			高齢者の労働市場を把握し、適切な支援を行うことが重要。
			高齢者の経験やスキルを活かすことで、経済の復活が期待される。
			政府と企業の連携が必要不可欠。
		今後の課題と展望 (10:00)
			高齢者のスキルアップ支援や働き方の多様化が求められる。
			高齢者パワーを活用しない限り、日本経済の復活は難しい。
			政府の積極的な支援と企業の投資が鍵となる。
	結論 (10:07)
		日本の高齢化社会における課題は多岐にわたるが、高齢者の労働力活用が重要。
		地方の課題解決や経済活性化には、政府と企業の協力が必要。
		高齢者の経験とスキルを活かした社会参加が、持続可能な社会の実現につながる。

Podcast jFuneral S5 215 20250114 高齢者就労

I did a performance at a senior facility in New Hampshire in a specialized area for approximately forty residents. Some of these folks were in ‘Geri-chairs’ (large, cushioned, lounge-type chairs with wheels on them), some in wheelchairs, some sitting on the seat of their walker and a few in regular chairs with their canes close by. The staff was out of the room. I assumed they felt comfortable leaving me alone with the residents knowing if something happened, I would call out for assistance. I performed a couple of songs and noticed not one person applauded or made any sort of sound or motion to convey they were enjoying my music. In fact, they didn’t respond at all. They just…stared at me. 
A lot of them were reclined back with their mouths open and a vacant look on their faces. While in the middle of a third song, my mind started wandering to random thoughts of, “Why am I here?” “These people are zombies.” “A radio would be just as good for these people instead of paying me.” But…I am a professional. I was getting paid and it’s my job to perform as if I was at Carnegie Hall, regardless of the lack of response.
So, I started into my fourth song and when I was halfway through, I happened to glance down at the hand of a man who was about two feet in front of me to my left, leaning back in a Geri-chair, with his mouth open and a vacant, eyes-wide-open look on his face. I noticed his index finger was moving up and down in perfect time to the tempo of the song I was singing. I then look over to a woman off to my right in a wheelchair and she was ever-so-slightly moving her head to one side, again, in perfect time to the tempo of my song. I then looked off to the left and noticed another woman moving her foot, ever-so-subtly, and yes…in perfect time to my song. I couldn’t believe it. I was such a fool. I was so embarrassed and ashamed of myself. There were people inside of those bodies. And…they were enjoying my music.
I soon came to realize if those three displayed some subtle signs of enjoyment, there must be more of them who weren’t capable of doing so because they didn’t have control of their bodies. I finished my show and immediately went over to a staff person and asked about the residents. She shared some stories about some of them. When I got home, I started writing a song to honor and represent this particular group of the senior population.

A Person Inside

‘I salute him with the most heartfelt respect and admiration’ PHILIP PULLMAN

‘One of Britain’s greatest writers’ FINANCIAL TIMES

‘Alan Garner’s world is unbearably beautiful and dangerous’ GUARDIAN 

 In this lyrical and revelatory memoir, Alan Garner, Booker shortlisted author of Treacle Walker, traces the line of his life: from a working-class childhood in the landscape of Cheshire during World War II, through a grammar school education and on to the University of Oxford, and then home to see if he could become what he most desired: a writer.

We see the serendipitous moments that drove his course, from coming-of-age in a period of great cultural change, to crossing paths with a famous mathematician while out long-distance running, to the fateful day he chanced across Blackden, the medieval hall, miraculously located next to the giant telescope at Jodrell Bank, that was to become his lasting home and the setting for Treacle Walker.

As Garner tells us, a lifetime of working with a pen produces the powsels and thrums of research, imagination and story. These oddments can be shaped into something more than its parts: a vivid tapestry of a creative life that will inspire any reader, and what a celebration it is.

'Better than anyone else writing in English today' THE TIMES

‘A unique genius’ NEW STATESMAN

‘One of the most distinct and profound writers we have’ GUARDIAN

Powsels and Thrums, By Alan Garner, Read by Robert Powell

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I call you today to set your sights on higher spiritual ground. No matter where you are in your circumstances.

Retreaded LIFE AFTER 65

When Your Age Starts to Catch Up: music for seniors

در این اپیزود درباره پیچ و خم‌های پیری صحبت می‌کنیم؛ از نگرانی‌ها و سردرگمی‌ها تا لحظه‌ای که تصمیم می‌گیریم مسیر تازه‌ای برای زندگی‌ خود بسازیم. انتخاب، حتی در سال‌های بازنشستگی، می‌تواند نقطه‌ی آغاز باشد.


پیری و معرکه گیری
بقلم: معصومه پور طاهریان
ویراستار:  رباب خمیس 
تدوین صدا: نسترن پور طاهریان
راوی: فریبا صادقزاده

اپیزود 2- پیری و معرکه گیری

About a friend of mine's grandmother who was always very kind to me. 

Oh, Grams

Inherited metabolic diseases aren’t just for the young.

James Nurse talks with François Maillot and Ida Schwartz about their systematic review revealing how IMDs can first be diagnosed well into older age. From Fabry disease to alkaptonuria, they discuss diagnostic delays, missed clues, and why it’s time to think about geriatric metabolic medicine.

Diagnosis of Inherited Metabolic Disease in Older Patients: A Systematic Literature Review
Maria-Rita Moio, et al
https://doi.org/10.1002/jimd.70038

Geriatric IMD: Diagnosing inherited metabolic disorders in older adults

Memory decline might not be just a natural part of aging. Researchers at Virginia Tech have discovered that it is connected to particular molecular changes in the brain, and that fine-tuning these processes can actually enhance memory function. 


Verse 1
Under the quiet hum of thought, the circuits start to sing
Neurons shimmer, mapping out forgotten remembering
Age bends the wires but doesn't break the flow
The code rewrites itself where the synapses still glow

Chorus
Enhanced function, bright pulse of design
Old mind reborn in a quantum line
Signals flicker where memory fades
Restored connections, the mind remade

Verse 2
In the hidden depths of gray, a spark begins to rise
Molecular dances rewriting what time denied
Virginia minds decoding how recall can renew
The ancient song of thinking, now tuned and shining through

Chorus
Enhanced function, bright pulse of design
Old mind reborn in a quantum line
Signals flicker where memory fades
Restored connections, the mind remade

Bridge
Each forgotten name, each faded sound
Rebuilt in rhythm where data's found
Through measured fire and electric sea
The self returns, enhanced, and free

Final Chorus
Enhanced function, a signal reborn
Through living code and synaptic storm
Past and future bound in one refrain
The spark endures, the mind remains

Enhanced Function

I have always loved music. I learnt piano as a child and have dabbled with guitar without ever learning it ... until now! I have been in choirs most of my life but have not really delved into making music until the last few years. After initially playing around with Garage Band, I moved on to Logic Pro and that's how nearly all of my music has been produced.

I use digital software, guitar and keyboards to produce my original music. I compose and edit using Logic Pro. Other people's vocals or collaborative vocals for any track really are very welcome! 

I love the interaction on Soundcloud and the comments from other musicians and composers are so helpful and supportive. Keep making music everyone!

If you like the artwork on many of these tracks, please visit www.summerlandsart.co.uk

Retired the beginning of 2023. Been writing music seriously for about six years. Thanks for listening - and sharing!

singer/songwriter/musician, husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, pickleball enthusiast and instructor, from NYC, residing in VT

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元葬儀社の社長が贈る葬儀社に向けた葬儀・葬送ビジネスを中心としたマーケティング方法、一般の人へは終活、相続、遺言のことを「旅のデザイナー®」として「死に方改革®」の視点でお話をします。
現在、日本で唯一の葬儀・葬送ビジネスをメインにしたポッドキャスターです。
私が「元」葬儀社なのは、現在妻が葬儀社を営んでいて、実際、私はAIやITを利用した終活に従事しているからです。
Happy Ending! Reform of Death by planning ahead and being prepared.
Talking about death opens up everyone's life.

Daniël Majoor, also the producer behind the Alio Forte project,  has been involved with electronic music since childhood.

Growing up with the music of Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis, OMD, Ultravox, Depeche Mode, and later the Ambient scene, he tried to emulate his idols with the few instruments he had. Daniël was primarily interested in sounds and learned to create his own sounds on borrowed synthesizers and keyboards.

Daniël is self-taught, doesn't read music, and taught himself to play. 

Daniël doesn't see himself as a musician, but rather as someone who "paints" with sound. Just as a painter mixes his colours, Daniel continually experiments with new sounds until he has found the right atmosphere.

For the record: Daniel has no desire to promote himsel through an organization or agency to gain more listeners or fans. If you send  a message with this intention, you'll go straight into the archives, and you will be reported as a spammer.

Songs and music I have written, solo or recorded by others, plus audio from additional projects 

JIMD Podcasts is home to the Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease podcast and the JIMD Shortcast. We're also proud to showcase Metabolic Mysteries and the new Footprints in IMD podcast.

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