#Age Group

[thepiratekitty]

It's so interesting when you also start to get the viewpoint of older characters and start to understand them better.

They sometimes were not mean. They were concerned. They tried.

But the Protagonist is also not bad for thinking they are mean or overprotective or embarassing. Because we felt this the same way we feel about the other viewpoints now.

the fact that i'm no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once connected to is so heartbreaking. there was a time when I looked forward to turning their age. i did. and i also outgrew them. i continue to age, but they don't; never will. the immortality of fiction is beautiful, but cruel.

[aarunresearcher]

The United States mental health market size was valued at USD 110 Billion in 2024. Looking forward, IMARC Group estimates the market to reach USD 132 Billion by 2033, exhibiting a CAGR of 2.1% from 2025-2033. 

[peterhill75]

Ulster Short Course 24

Lisburn leisureplex hosted the 2024 Ulster Championships this last weekend.  18 swimmers from #teamlarne were looking to start the season off with a little quality racing. With much more important competitions around the corner this meet is now an opportunity to practice racing skills under a little more pressure. Day 1 Sarah McNally and Evan Houston both qualified for finals in 200 breast…

[hinamie]

trick or treat!

[eloisemia]

Understanding Medicare Eligibility For Different Age Groups

Medicare, the federal health insurance program in the United States, provides vital coverage for millions of Americans. However, eligibility criteria vary depending on age groups, leading to confusion among different demographics. Understanding Medicare eligibility for various age groups is crucial for individuals to navigate the complexities of healthcare access and coverage effectively.

For individuals aged 65 and older, Medicare eligibility is relatively straightforward. Most people become eligible for Medicare when they turn 65, regardless of their employment status or health condition. This initial enrollment period begins three months before the individual's 65th birthday and extends for three months afterward. During this time, individuals can sign up for Medicare Part A (hospital insurance) and Medicare Part B (medical insurance) without incurring late enrollment penalties.

However, for younger age groups, such as individuals with disabilities, Medicare eligibility is based on specific criteria. Those under 65 may qualify for Medicare if they have been receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Railroad Retirement Board disability benefits for at least 24 months. This provision ensures that individuals with disabilities have access to essential healthcare services and support.

Another group that may qualify for Medicare before the age of 65 is individuals with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Individuals with ESRD, such as those undergoing dialysis or kidney transplant recipients, are eligible for Medicare regardless of age, provided they meet certain requirements. Similarly, individuals diagnosed with ALS automatically qualify for Medicare benefits upon receiving disability benefits from the Social Security Administration.

Understanding the nuances of eligibility for medicare for different age groups is essential for individuals to make informed decisions about their healthcare coverage. For example, individuals nearing the age of 65 need to prepare for their Medicare enrollment period and familiarize themselves with the available coverage options. This includes understanding the differences between Medicare Part A, Part B, Part C (Medicare Advantage), and Part D (prescription drug coverage) to select the most suitable plan for their needs.

Furthermore, individuals with disabilities must navigate the transition to Medicare carefully, ensuring a seamless continuation of healthcare coverage. This may involve coordinating benefits between Medicare and other insurance programs, such as Medicaid or employer-sponsored health plans, to maximize coverage and minimize out-of-pocket costs.

Additionally, individuals with ESRD or ALS face unique healthcare challenges and may require specialized care and support. Understanding their Medicare eligibility and coverage options is essential for accessing the necessary treatments, medications, and services to manage their conditions effectively.

In conclusion, understanding Medicare eligibility for different age groups is crucial for individuals to access essential healthcare coverage and services. Whether approaching the age of 65, living with a disability, or managing a chronic illness, navigating the complexities of Medicare requires careful consideration and planning. By staying informed about Medicare enrollment periods, coverage options, and eligibility criteria, individuals can make informed decisions to safeguard their health and well-being now and in the future.

[nutrition-needs-children]

Growth, development, and general wellness are all dependent on nutrition, which is essential at every stage of life. At different stages of our lives, we need specific food requirements. Eating fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, dairy goods, and low-fat meats can help in fulfill these basic requirements. There are basically seven types of nutrients: water, minerals, vitamins, fiber, protein, fat, and carbohydrates. Each component is necessary for the body to function properly. To encourage maximum well-being and prevent nutritional deficiencies, it is necessary to understand the specific dietary requirements of various age groups

[haunted-xander]

AA loves their siblings huh.

Probably missed some too!

[dreamdropsystem]

We always talk about how autistic adults are adults, and that's true. but shoutout to the autistics that :

age regress

pet regress

don't feel human

are age stunted by trauma

who feel like a teen/child for whatever reason

who want to be a child again

age sliders in a system

littles in a system

middles in a system

[lazylittledragon]

they just got to have a sleepover and nothing bad ever happened at all

[caffeinewitchcraft]

I don't think it's talked about enough how truly buck wild our level/speed of communication is. We didn't have this 100 years ago! And even then it's only been in the last 20-30 we really embraced technology and our global stage.

Our communities are still experiencing huge upheavals around this and we don't acknowledge it because of all the benefits being wired in brings. You can find jobs and resources and entertainment, sure, but you also have to have accounts here, here and here to access healthcare or a rent portal or TV.

On one end we have an elderly class that is overwhelmed. They learned complex systems already! Taxes, licensing, registration. They know where the offices are - right down the street. Why the change? "Because this site simplifies it." Does it? Does it really? Is it really more simple when someone has to have reliable access to a computer, the wherewithal to make/check an email, and the ability to navigate ten different sites to access the one they want? Why can't they go meet their doctor in person when that's the way it's been since they were children? Why did they learn to make eye contact and shake hands if not for this?

On the other, we have a younger generation that has been tasked with absorbing a huge amount of information since day one. Their brains have to work differently because the tools given to them are different than the ones older generations received. Of course they can find a primary care physician. The site operates like the one they were forced to learn in high school to turn in assignments! And why should they know how to do taxes or balance a checkbook? They were tasked with learning how to navigate the internet - they know where the information is. In a sea of "right now" demands and "this shouldn't take long because you can Google it" assignments, they have to be selective in what takes their attention.

We are currently between a time of "trust the process" and "immediately." So many people feel unheard or ignored because of this. The elderly feel isolated, helpless, and stonewalled. The youth feel anxious, mocked, and bullied.

The world changed and it happened invisibly.

[carlocarrasco]

Dimayuga and Tan top Under-15 category of 2025 National Age Group Triathlon Subic Bay race

Diego Jose Dimayuga and Lauren Lee Tan dominated the Under-15 (Youth) category in the 2025 National Age Group Triathlon (NAGT) at the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Freeport Boardwalk in Zambales yesterday. Dimayuga of Get Coach’D Academy, finished the 500 meter swim – 10 kilometer bike – 2 kilometer race 30 minutes and 55 seconds to beat teammate Pio Mishael Latonio (31:34) and David…

[deadsetobsessions]

Sea Cryptic! Danny AU- Pt.4

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Danny was sitting in the back, his backpack obnoxiously taking up the seat next to him, when the door to the lecture hall creaked open near silently.

“What are you in here for?” Danny asked the guy who crept into class. He sympathetically took his backpack off the Seat of Shame and allowed the guy to sit down. Funnily enough, they had the same hair and eye color.

“Gen Ed. Undecided. You?” The guy grunted quietly back.

“Environmental studies. I’m Danny.”

“Tim.”

With the implicit understanding of two people in a required class they could not give less than two fucks about, Tim and Danny tuned back into the lecture. When the class was assigned group work, Danny looked over to see Tim softly snoring, head slammed down on the table.

“Tim. Wake up, dude.” Danny poked his shoulder.

“Huh? Class over?”

“Nah, we got group work. Discussion board.”

“Oh shit, thanks for waking me up. Wanna team up?”

Danny shrugged. “Sure. We should aim to post it in the middle so the professor doesn’t read our answers to the class.”

“Yeah, sounds like a good idea. Any idea what we’re talking about?”

“Kind of?”

“Good enough for me.”

——

Tim Drake kept seeing Danny Fenton around on campus.

“Danny! Dude, what are you doing?”

Danny turned, gloved hands full of crumpled trash. “Picking up after the student population, apparently.”

“Didn’t think environmental studies was that serious.”

“Global warming is very serious, you jerk,” Danny smirked at him, crossing the grass to put the trash into the trash can. “Reduce, reuse, oil shouldn’t be spilled in water and all that.”

“Basic stuff,” Tim grinned. Nice, he basically had a friend past Bernard now!

They were friends, right?

“And yet humanity fails to comprehend it. Incredible. Incredibly stupid that is.”

“They get it. Major corporations just don’t care.”

Danny sighed. “True that. You on your way to your next class?” He took off his biodegradable gloves off (nitrile and nylon, baby!) and chucked them into the trash.

“I’ve got free time, actually. Prof cancelled for his daughter’s surgery.”

“Oh, shit, that’s rough! You wanna go downtown and join the strike?”

“A strike? What for?” Even as he asked, Tim hiked his bag higher onto his shoulder, ready to go. They fell into step as the two left campus.

“Apparently, Quillan Pharma was doing some shady shit at their manufacturing plants. I think it’s like killing kids, and pouring toxins into the ground.”

“Oh, shit.”

“Yeah. Oh! Poison Ivy’s gonna be there!”

Tim blinked. He casted a sideways look at Danny. Sure he’s been here long enough to know… but it couldn’t hurt to check. “You know she’s an eco-terrorist, right?”

“Okay, but like… people suck sometimes. And all she’s asking for is like don’t kill the planet. And she doesn’t do that whole mind control thing too much anymore! The Sirens are so cool. Plus, one of my best friends at home might actually kill me if I don’t try to get her autograph. Poison Ivy is like, Sam’s personal hero.”

Tim snickered. “Yeah, okay. Mind if one of my friends join? His name’s Bernard.”

“The more the merrier,” Danny nodded. “Ooo! Hot chocolate. Want some?”

Danny bought three drinks as Tim trailed behind, texting Bernard.

“He said yes.”

“Cool! We should meet up somewhere before the drinks get cold.”

Well, Danny got the autograph. Tim got a new friend, and Bernard got a drink from his crush.

——

“Oh, you’re the glowing dude that Batman always talks about!”

Danny blinked, eyes scanning the wing-like cape and the yellow emblem on the hero’s suit. Danny was indeed glowing, stars and nebulas freckling across neon green skin, and glowing hair the color of a white dwarf star, tinged with the blue from his ice core.

“I… have absolutely no idea who you are,” Danny lied, like a liar. He’s found a surprising niche of entertainment in messing with the local vigilantes and he’ll be damned if he missed this opportunity.

He heard a snicker from the comm lines as Red Robin visibly brushes it off.

“I’m Red Robin. Why are you picking up trash?”

“Picking up after you humans, apparently.”

The both of them blink, feeling a weird sense of déjà vu. A moment of awkward silence passed before they both shook it off.

“Are you here to help? No offense, but the track record for you people is terrible.” Danny strode over and grabbed a bag. He opened it, and shook it at Red Robin’s face. “See? Batarangs, these odd bird looking ones, the R’s. Seriously, pick up after yourselves!”

“Oh, woah, can we have these back?”

Danny yanked the bag back before Red Robin could get close. “Pay me. These were incredibly tedious to pick up. Especially the batarangs. I mean, I even found a whole bunch of old rusted ones in the middle of the bay. What did you do, dump an entire bag in there from the air?”

Red Robin sighed and took out a wad of cash, with tracking fluid all over it. Danny grimaced, smelling the odd scent on the money. “That’s not real cash. It smells off. Are you trying to give me counterfeits because you’re broke?”

Red Robin gaped, oddly offended. “No! They’re real!”

“Doesn’t smell like it. It’s stinkier than the trash. Go get the one with the money, the litterer. Tell him I’ll be back the next full moon. I don’t want to talk to you anymore.” Danny grumbled, disappearing on the spot to watch Red Robin flounder with the stack of cash and the piles of dead bodies on the shore.

“What the fuck even is my life these days?” Red Robin wondered out loud, stuffing the cash back into his pocket. He looked over the plastic wrapped bodies and slumped, sighing.

Oddly enough, Danny felt a sense of sympathy. Well, he’s not getting paid for sympathy. He’s not getting paid at all tonight, actually. Danny flew off, plunging once more into the depths of the significantly cleaner waters, and used his ice to scoop out oil stains.

Danny glanced around and sighed. He had a lot of work to do.

——

“So you’re saying he’s like a werewolf mermaid fae child immortal god thing, right?”

Bruce grunted.

“B, what the hell are you smoking these days? You know drugs are bad, right? Do we need Superman to give you that PSA?” Jason snickered.

Tim, massaging his arms from having to haul an ungodly amount of dead bodies, grunted. He’s so similar to Bruce that it gave the people currently in the cave hives.

“He said full moon. I don’t think we can track him with regular stuff. The bugs kept shorting out.”

“Oh boy,” Dick sighed. “Don’t fall off the spiral cliff, Tim. You’ve got midterms to think about so no stalking the guy.”

“Yet,” Tim shot back, changing out of his suit.

Bruce grunted, setting aside a huge stack of cash.

[peterhill75]

South Lakes 2024

This seasons South Lake Meet took place this weekend in Craigavon. Well done #teamlarne guys on another weekend of racing. A few more qualifiers for Ulster and Irish Age groups as well as Dave McCullagh

Another weekend and another swim meet. 2024 just keep on delivering on the competition front. The format of this meet saw session 1 run as short course covering the 4 strokes over 25m and then the other four sessions the format switched to long course for the range of olympic events. Session One Four of our youngest athletes made the early morning trip to Craigavon and each swam all 4…

[leos-regression-cove]

Nursery/Daycare idea:

A growth-chart style graphic for Littles next to the door of the nursery that functions similar to a clip-chart so that Caregivers don't need to use cues from their Little to figure out how old they feel and so that Littles don't need to pick a hard number, but instead it's more organized by "height" (more like baby, toddler, preschooler, elementary school, middle school, middle and adult).

And then if you have two Littles you can have multiple clips and kiddos and move them around to keep track. This could also be helpful if you're a flip or are working with another flip!

Here's how I envision it looking :D

Original image from firstgradegalore.blogspot.com

[aprito]

(tw blood) the kids spend so much time with each other it's heartwarming