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When You're Old, You Can Finally Be Selfish

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February 28, 2019

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Most people dread the inevitable declines associated with aging. But to hear the residents of the Hebrew Home at Riverdale tell it, senescence gets a bad rap. In Jenny Schweitzer Bell’s short documentary The Blessings of Getting Old, dozens of elderly people how their lives have improved in their twilight years. Read more

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