6 warning signs your healthspan won’t match your lifespan
A nurse writes about how she watched her mother suffer and how she's aging differently.

Elspeth Raisbeck was a nurse and clinical trainer for 35 years, working in a variety of hospital settings and in the pharmaceutical industry. She’s written for nursing and medical journals since the late 1990s and now writes full-time, focusing on health and wellbeing for women in midlife. he has a Bachelor’s in Nursing, a Master’s in Health Education and Health Promotion, and understands both the science of how we function and the human messiness of living.
Because there are so many rich facets in life, she also writes about people, places, and history for anyone who will listen.
She lives in the U.K. with her husband, dog, and cat. When she’s not writing, she’s walking the dog, doing some yoga, and hiding the evidence of her jam (jelly) doughnut obsession.
A nurse writes about how she watched her mother suffer and how she's aging differently.