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Aging is not something to reverse. It’s something to understand, adapt to—and live fully. What does it really mean to age well? That was the question at the heart of Gray Panthers NYC’s July 2026 Transformation Tuesday conversation with Dr. Rosanne Leipzig, geriatrician, educator, and author of Honest Aging: An Insider’s Guide to the Second Half of Life. In conversation with Gray Panthers board member Ron Roel, Dr. Leipzig offered a refreshingly direct perspective on aging: n

I’m just going to say it: not having dementia is a low bar to set for a political leader….no matter your political party. In the last couple of years, we’ve seen the increasing age in our political leaders and many calling out their age, assigning a casual “diagnosis” of dementia, but then still re-electing them. In contrast, there have been some congressmembers who have proposed legislation to make sure that we aren’t doing so. In 2023, Representative Scott DeJarlais propose