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9/25/2013 - Senate Aging Cmte. Looks at Baby Boomer Retirement

The Senate Special Aging Committee looks at the wave of retiring baby boomers that is just beginning in the U.S., and how the recent recession coupled with increased reliance on 401(k) or other market-based retirement funds has changed retirement plans for many Americans. Read the full article at C-SPAN.

9/24/2013 - Studies on Hard Retirement for Ethnic Workers, Grandparents

A disturbing new analysis from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) pulls together data that “paint a picture of increasingly inadequate savings and retirement income for successive cohorts and growing disparities by income, race, ethnicity, education and marital status.” It’s one of several recent studies revealing a difficult financial future for tomorrows ethnic retirees and today’s… Read more 9/24/2013 - Studies on Hard Retirement for Ethnic Workers, Grandparents

9/24/2013 - Early imaging, diagnosis of Alzheimer's leads to changes in patient care, better outcomes

UCLA researchers report for the first time that patients with early symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease who are diagnosed sooner than usual using a brain-imaging test receive medications earlier and have significantly better clinical outcomes over subsequent years.

9/24/2013 - Northwestern research could help reduce dementia misdiagnosis

A new facial-recognition test could help diagnose a rare neurodegenerative syndrome characterized by language impairment and help uncover the source of this vexing disability, according to Northwestern University researchers. Read the full article at Chicago Tribune.

9/23/2013 - From Athletes to the Elderly: The Science of Trips and Falls

New research into how we maintain our balance could help athletes and prevent falls among the elderly. Read the full article at The Wall Street Journal.

9/23/2013 - When There’s No Family

“I rarely write about advance directives and end-of-life discussions without a few readers asking, sometimes plaintively: What if you don’t have a family?” Read the full article at The New York Times.

9/22/2013 - The aging in Asia face a new decade like no other

Asia is expected to see one clear demographic trend emerge in the next decade: a widening divide between the southeast, where the working-age population is growing at a strong pace, and the northeast, where the labor force is forecast to shrink. Read the full article at CNBC.

9/20/2013 - Soliciting young minds to help older adults

The young helping the elderly is not a new practice, but designing products aimed at the aging population might be a novel idea. An article in today’s Stanford Report highlights the Stanford Center on Longevity’s Design Challenge, a contest “focused on cognitive impairments – trouble with remembering things, concentration, learning new things or making decisions,” and is aimed at… Read more 9/20/2013 - Soliciting young minds to help older adults

9/20/2013 - Stanford Center on Longevity competition challenges students to design products to help older adults

The Center on Longevity is kicking off a Design Challenge aimed at encouraging undergraduate and graduate students to find solutions that help older adults affected by cognitive impairments to live independently as long as possible. Read the full article at Stanford Report.

9/19/2013 - Retirees Are Optimistic (or Delusional) About Leaving Inheritances

For those who can’t expect hand-me-down wealth, there’s another retirement strategy, one that’s mentioned more and more these days: working longer. “Most people just don’t have the financial resources to stop working full-time in their 60s,” says actuary and consultant Steve Vernon, a research scholar at the Stanford Center on Longevity. Read the full article… Read more 9/19/2013 - Retirees Are Optimistic (or Delusional) About Leaving Inheritances