Aging 2.0: Live Healthier, Longer And Smarter | Forbes The world’s population is aging, and the United Nations’ World Population Aging report paints a striking picture of the future. It states, “Population aging is unprecedented, without parallel in human history—and the twenty-first century will witness even more rapid aging than did the century just past,”[1](see [...]
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What We’re Reading: August 21, 2017
'Granny pods' become a solution for retirees with limited budgets | CNBC Like many boomers, Jane Baldwin faced a difficult question: "Where do I go next?" The 67-year-old retiree was living alone in Wyoming, and had grown tired of cold winters. She wanted to be closer to her family in Oakland, California. Not ready to [...]
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What We’re Reading: July 24, 2017
Local Group Promotes Positive Disability Awareness | WDBJ7 A local support group teamed up with the Roanoke Stars for the first annual No Dunking Allowed basketball event. The goal is to raise awareness about wheel chair basketball and positive disability awareness. People from all over southwest Virginia came out watch and cheer on their favorite [...]
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What We’re Reading: July 17, 2017
Sweepstakes Entries And Your Aging Parent: Know The Danger| Forbes Here's a true story about a 91 year old we'll call "Jenny" who loved the sweepstakes and entered dozens of them. She was very optimistic that many entries would better her chances. Jenny had been showing signs of diminished capacity for about two years, with [...]
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What We’re Reading: June 12, 2017
Moment of silence marks six months since Pulse massacre | CBS News ORLANDO, Fla. -- The fence around Pulse opened early Monday for an intimate ceremony marking six months since the mass shooting that left 49 dead and 53 injured at the Orlando nightclub, reports CBS Orlando affiliate WKMG-TV. Survivors, staff and family members of [...]
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What We’re Reading: May 22, 2017
Older Americans Month LGBTQ Elders “Loud and Proud but Deeply Angry at Trump Treatment |LGBTQ Task Force As this country pays tribute to its older people during Older Americans Month, I must loudly protest the Trump Administration decision to erase approximately 3 million older Americans in important federal surveys,” said Barbara Satin, an 82-year-old transgender [...]
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What We’re Reading: May 8, 2017
This is how Americans would like to die | Market Watch When it comes to getting older, many Americans are on their own. A majority of people in Japan (55%), Italy (78%) and Brazil (82%) all believe their government is responsible for financing the aging population, according to the study by The Economist and the [...]
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What We’re Reading: April 17, 2017
10 Smart Ways to Make a Home Safer for Your Aging Parents | Reader’s Digest Just under six percent of American households are multi-generational, with three or more generations living together under one roof. And as the U.S. population ages (there are almost 50 million people aged 65 and over in this country), that number [...]
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What We’re Reading: April 10, 2017
Aging isn’t killing us, lack of sleep is |The New York Post In news that will come as no surprise to anyone over the age of 30, new research has found it gets harder to sleep as we get older. But it’s not young children, partners or weather sabotaging our precious rest, but biology, according [...]
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What We’re Reading: March 6, 2017
Most 'anti-aging' remedies are bogus, but here's what you should know about aging from 20s to your 60s | Business Insider It's generally accepted that with each decade of our lives comes a new visible marker of age. To combat these tell-tale signs, dozens of "anti-aging" products and routines are marketed at people (mostly women) [...]
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