🕯️ About Older Adult Life
Life after 55 brings extraordinary change - not just in our own circumstances, but in the world around us. Technology reshapes how we age. Healthcare transforms what's possible. Economic realities shift beneath our feet. Relationships evolve. Purpose needs reimagining.
Most content for older adults either patronizes or pretends nothing's changed.
Older Adult Life exists to help you navigate these transitions with both practical tools and deeper insight - because you deserve better than platitudes, and this chapter of your life deserves to be lived fully.
What This Publication Does
Older Adult Life helps you navigate real transitions...
Whether you're facing retirement or reinvention
Deal with health challenges or caregiving decisions
Understand technology that frustrates more than helps
Resolve financial issues, and find income opportunities
Overcome loss, loneliness, or shifting relationships
Answer questions about purpose and what matters now
We help technology serve you.
You'll find practical frameworks, honest exploration, and the respect of being treated like the capable adult you are.
Clear, no-nonsense guidance on:
aging-in-place solutions that actually work
avoiding scams and digital traps
health tech and medical navigation
staying connected without frustration
privacy, security, and independence...
No jargon. No condescension. Just what you need to
make informed choices about the technology shaping your daily life.
Older Adult Life examines
what's actually happening.
helps you navigate real transitions...
Drawing on investigative research, I look at:
why helpful technology doesn't reach the people who need it
how systems fail older adults (and what works instead)
economic realities affecting this life stage
policy decisions that impact your independence
what the evidence actually says about health, wellness, and aging
Understanding these systems helps you navigate them more effectively.
We connect practical and profound
This publication addresses both:
Immediate, practical needs
What technology do I actually need?
How do I handle this transition?
And deeper questions of meaning
What makes this chapter worth living? \
ow do I find purpose now?)
Because thriving in this stage means attending to both the mechanics of daily life and the meaning that makes it matter.
Who Writes This?
I'm R.A. Murphy, and I've lived through nearly eighty years of extraordinary change - not just in technology, but in everything.
Back in the 1960's, I was a soldier, then a hippie, then a college graduate starting a career in computer technlogy. Life moved rapidly through decades of transformation in how we work, connect, age, and find meaning.
My background includes:
35+ years as a programmer, IT director, trainer, and university instructor, then spent 15 more years trying to keep up with the internet. Ultimately, I've spent decades helping people understand complex systems clearly and navigating the transitions I write about.
I'm not standing outside this experience as some expert - I'm a companion traveler who knows these questions from the inside and brings an investigator's rigor to finding answers that actually help.
Who This Is For
This publication is written for people who:
are navigating life's later chapters with intention, not resignation
want straight talk without condescension or false cheerfulness
value practical tools backed by real understanding
are curious about what makes this stage rich, not just manageable
recognize that technology matters but don't want to be overwhelmed by it
believe purpose doesn't retire just because you did
If you're looking for substance over sentiment - you'll find it here.
What You Can Expect
Weekly insights delivered to your inbox.
Practical guidance grounded in investigation and experience.
Honest exploration of both the mechanics and the meaning.
Resources, tools, and frameworks you can actually use.
No fluff. No patronizing. No pretending this chapter is simple when it's not.
Just clear-eyed companionship for the journey you're actually on.
