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Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of Philosophy Vote Now! Vote for Dr. Lynn Dorman!

Specialty: Developmental Psychology
Portland, Oregon
I am a native New Yorker whose background includes a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology and a law... Full Bio
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Beware May Scams by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health I hate to keep posting about scams but I do keep hearing about older people getting taken in by them If you collect Social Security you got a letter from them saying you will ... Read on »
New Take on an Old Scam by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health As the economy stays pretty bad - the scammers are trying new tactics. This one purports to be from a U.S. citizen complete with name and address and we are to believe she we ... Read on »
Voices in Our Heads: Mother's Day Memories by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health I am heavily invested in politics and even though election season is over politics is never ”over.” After a recent major fundraiser - which got me home very late - after a l ... Read on »
The Top 100 Best Wellness Blogs for Women by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health Masters in Health Care included this blog on their list of 100 Best Wellness Blogs for Women. It's #87 onthis siteand in the category ofFit and Healthy After a Certain Age.Al ... Read on »
Credit Card Scammers by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health There is a company who keeps calling - they use a 506 area code but the number that shows up in your caller ID has too many digits - it is not a real number and you can not ca ... Read on »
Aging and Homelessness by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health I was chatting with a neighbor the other day about wine - when she just blurted out that she had met with her financial advisor last week and was told in no uncertain terms t ... Read on »
Family Folktales- a book review by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health Family Folktales: What Are Yours? by Karen Pierce Gonzalez http://www.folkheartpress.com This is not only a fun book to read, it’s super helpful for those wanting to document ... Read on »
My Friend is Still Ill by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health It's been a week of ups and downs for her - they removed the breathing tube only to have to put it back in and sedate her again. Her son is good at sending daily updates but ... Read on »
When A Good Friend Is Critically Ill by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health I have a very good friend whom I have known for over 45 years. She was hospitalized yesterday and was in critical condition with pneumonia. As she has only one sort-of-good ... Read on »
My cat is angry :D by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health Cats are funny. My cat had a best friend who moved away a few weeks ago and she has no one to play with. Yes there are many other cats in the area but that was her best "bud ... Read on »
The Latest Scams by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health The scammers stay many steps ahead of those trying to catch them We have been warned in Oregon by our Attorney General - and I'm sure it is elsewhere as well [in the USA] : ... Read on »
More About That Running by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health I have been running several times a week since I got my new shoes...I love them that much...they make me feel like dancing - oh yes like running :D Gave them a work out the o ... Read on »
Your Personal Economic Stimulus Plan by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health How has the economic downturn affected you? Are you able to make ends meet with your Social Security Income? Your pension funds? Your other retirement funds? If so - that's ... Read on »
Friends: What a Wonderful World by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health A Twitter friend just sent this to me - just had to post it - it's such a gift! glyconutrients, healthy aging, growing older, aging, nutrition, exercise, eating properly, Read on »
Running – again - again? by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health I posted about running again last summer...did start then and went for many runs – some with a neighbor. Then it got cold, wet, snowy, slushy and well - all those things I us ... Read on »
More thoughts on: 69 going on 70..... by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health I had a birthday almost 3 weeks ago and am still contemplating what this particular age means and why it feels so funny. Just turned 69 and the day itself was a non-event - e ... Read on »
69 going on 70 by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health I've been mulling over the meaning of being 69 and I will post my thoughts as soon as I have finished thinking them. In the interim - post comments on being some certain ages ... Read on »
Downsizing? Live Near Portland Oregon? by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health This week, many of the shelves at Community Warehouse are almost empty! We are nearly out of the following items: Pots and Pans Baking Dishes Toasters Dishes Cooking Ute ... Read on »
Birthdays and Water by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health Birthdays come once a year for each of us. Mine came and went and was a non-event. Last year I promised to have a party every year - that was after 2 good friends had died a ... Read on »
Losing Fat in 2009 by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health Months after starting on the product I use, I am again losing inches. My body is odd - it does things in bunches and then plateaus... So I lost inches at first, then plateaue ... Read on »