June 20, 2011

Welcome to Notre Dame Health Care’s blog. Here we aspire to give aging a modern look and feel. In a culture that spends billions of dollars promoting youth, we at Notre Dame experience the positive face of aging every day. In our residents, we recognize the sunset season of life as a time for sharing wisdom gained, enjoying the world at a comfortable pace, and most of all experiencing a spiritually enriching time. Age-ing and Sage-ing is a blog that will explore the riches, the glories, the joys and the sorrows of growing older.

We know that sage-ing isn’t actually a word- but it should be. Think of someone who you identify as a sage. More than likely you identified someone who is wise, perceptive, knowledgeable and adaptive in all kinds of situations. Now think again, this same person did not get there through inertia. Wisdom comes through doing, being, and acting. Sageing involves more than deep thinking and reflection –it requires perceptive action.

Therefore, we are taking the liberty of making it a verb and linking it to what we at Notre Dame know best – aging. So welcome to Age-ing and Sage-ing!

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