Anastasia Canell has a PhD in clinical geropsychology, a specialty that focuses on understanding and helping older people and their families. As a postdoctoral fellow, she works in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and elsewhere, providing psychotherapy for individuals and groups. She also does research and has written and spoken extensively about issues associated with aging, such as the way becoming an older person’s caregiver impacts young adults (18 to 25).
Who’s Afraid of Turning 30? And Why? October 29, 2024 - I was born in 1995, which isn’t too relevant until you realize it was 29 years ago and I am on the brink of turning 30. As friends and relatives approached the “big 3-0” before me, I picked up on…
Could the Key to Successful Aging Be Yodels and Beer? July 30, 2024 - If you had asked my 96-year-old grandfather, “What is the key to successful aging?” he would probably have said, “Yodels and beer.” He was never one to pass up a chocolatey dessert, and he loved a cold lager. The term…
An Unusual Friendship May 29, 2024 - I was sitting in my college dorm room, looking out the window as fluffy snow slowly fell from the sky. Snow in Baltimore was a pleasant surprise, a well-needed respite from my busy sophomore-year course load. I was interrupted when…
Grandma-Sitting April 18, 2024 - Group text message thread of five teenage girls: Hey, would anyone want to come over tonight to hangout? My parents bought Cosmic Brownies and we can rent a movie from Blockbuster. I’m in! What time? I can come over after…
