ASCOG Advocate: June 3, 2013

Tim Wiles, dressed up
as a Mudville player.

On this day, in 1888, this poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer was published by the San Francisco Examiner.  The poem began this line:  "The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville Nine that day..."

What was the name of the poem?

A U.K. citizen chose to end their own life because they had dementia.

Video:  A window into the daily struggles of long-term care.

Analysts believe the cost of Medicare will continue to decline.

With nearly 10,000 Boomers coming of retirement age every day, Social Security and Medicare still face big challenges.

What does "successful aging" mean?