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4/18/2013 - Walking While Old: Seniors Face Greatest Death Risk

Parents worry a lot about the safety of children crossing the street. It looks like they should be worried about Grandpa, too. Older people are at higher risk of being killed by a car while walking, according to new data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read the full article at National… Read more 4/18/2013 - Walking While Old: Seniors Face Greatest Death Risk

4/18/2013 - Low-interest-rate environment exposes seniors to fraudsters

Senior citizens are being lured into riskier investments — and often outright scams — as carefully laid retirement plans have been scuttled by five years of low interest rates. Read the full article at The Washington Post.

4/17/2013 - Hospital Dangers for Patients With Parkinson’s

It was supposed to be a short stay. In 2006, Roger Anderson was to undergo surgery to relieve a painfully compressed spinal disk. His wife, Karen, figured the staff at the hospital, in Portland, Ore., would understand how to care for someone with Parkinson’s disease. Read the full article at The New York Times.

4/17/2013 - Is there really a retirement saving crisis?

According to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, households are going to face real challenges in retirement. Our National Retirement Risk Index projects that 53% of today’s working households are not going to be able to maintain their standard of living once they stop working. Yet really smart economists who compare optimal savings… Read more 4/17/2013 - Is there really a retirement saving crisis?

4/15/2013 - Worries Multiplied for Elderly

Alzheimer’s disease, high blood pressure and heart disease are the three most common chronic conditions in assisted living facilities: 82 percent of residents have at least one of them, according to a new government study. But what is alarming is how these ailments overlap. Read the full article at The New York Times.

4/15/2013 - For the Elderly, Diseases That Overlap

Alzheimer’s disease, high blood pressure and heart disease are the three most common chronic conditions in assisted living facilities: 82 percent of residents have at least one of them, according to a new government study. But what is alarming is how these ailments overlap. Read the full article at The New York Times.

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L.A. population will be much older, more settled, study says

The future of Los Angeles will be a grayer one, as aging boomers, slowing immigration and shrinking birthrates radically change the face of the county, a new study from USC predicts. Read the full article at Los Angeles Times.

Happiness Experts Provide Advice on Living to 100

U.S. News’s e-book, How to Live to 100, contains money, health and happiness keys to more enriching and, possibly, longer lives. Three of the book’s experts, including Laura Carstensen, a professor of psychology and director of the Stanford Center on Longevity, recently got together and spoke about happiness. Read the full article at U.S News &… Read more Happiness Experts Provide Advice on Living to 100

4/15/2013 - How Exercise And Other Activities Beat Back Dementia

The numbers are pretty grim: More than half of all 85-year-olds suffer some form of dementia. But here’s the good news: Brain researchers say there are ways to boost brain power and stave off problems in memory and thinking. Read/listen to the full story at National Public Radio (NPR).