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7/24/2012 - Survey shows Americans worried about retirement

Many more households are struggling to make ends meet than in 1997, when consumer confidence was high and unemployment was low, says a survey released Monday by the Consumer Federation of America andCertified Financial Planner Board of Standards. “Today the economy is in a far different place, and Americans are worried about their financial future,”… Read more 7/24/2012 - Survey shows Americans worried about retirement

7/21/2012 - Our Ridiculous Approach to Retirement

Seventy-five percent of Americans nearing retirement age in 2010 hadless than $30,000 in their retirement accounts. The specter of downward mobility in retirement is a looming reality for both middle- and higher-income workers. Almost half of middle-class workers, 49 percent, will be poor or near poor in retirement, living on a food budget of about $5… Read more 7/21/2012 - Our Ridiculous Approach to Retirement

7/19/2012 - Who’s Watching Mom?

A new study by researchers at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine offers an eye-opening look at agencies that supply caregivers, companions, homemakers, personal care attendants and non-nursing home health aides to people who need help living independently at home. (Medicare-certified home health agencies, which are federally regulated and provide licensed nurses, were not included in… Read more 7/19/2012 - Who’s Watching Mom?

7/19/2012 - Facing Foreclosure After 50

Once viewed as the most fiscally stable age group, older people are flailing. On Wednesday, AARP released what it described as the most comprehensive analysis yet of why the foreclosure crisis struck so many Americans in their retirement years. The report found that while people under 50 are the group most likely to face foreclosure, the risk… Read more 7/19/2012 - Facing Foreclosure After 50

7/18/2012 - Survey: Medicare patients happier than those with private coverage

Elderly Americans on Medicare are substantially happier with their insurance coverage than their younger counterparts who rely on commercial insurance, according to a new national survey. Read the full article at the Los Angeles Times.

7/16/2012 - Forgetful elderly at greater death risk, researchers say

Elderly people who suffer from a marked decline in memory function that falls short of dementia are more than twice as likely to die within five years than are those with normal cognition, researchers told the Alzheimer’s Assn. International Conference meeting this week in Vancouver, Canada. Read the full article at the Los Angeles Times.

7/15/2012 - Thriving Gut Bacteria Linked To Good Health

A study published in the latest issue of Nature finds diet may be key to promoting diverse communities of beneficial bacteria in the guts of older people. To evaluate this, researchers analyzed the microbiota, or gut bacteria, of 178 older folks, mostly in their 70s and 80s. Read/listen to the full story at National Public… Read more 7/15/2012 - Thriving Gut Bacteria Linked To Good Health

7/13/2012 - Friends of a Certain Age

In studies of peer groups, Laura L. Carstensen, a psychology professor who is the director of the Stanford Center on Longevity in California, observed that people tended to interact with fewer people as they moved toward midlife, but that they grew closer to the friends they already had. Read the full article at The New… Read more 7/13/2012 - Friends of a Certain Age

7/12/2012 - With rates low, it pays to delay Social Security

There aren’t many things good about a zero-interest-rate-policy world for retirees or those planning their retirement. But researchers say there is one bright spot. Most households benefit from waiting to claim Social Security when real interest rates are close to zero, as they are now, according to research just published by National Bureau of Economic… Read more 7/12/2012 - With rates low, it pays to delay Social Security

7/12/2012 - When Threats are Better than Anger New research at Stanford Business School Finds Negotiators Gain More Concessions with Cool Threats than with Heated Words

A large body of previous work had shown that threatening to walk away from a negotiation is a powerful way to get the other party to give in to one’s demands. The problem, though, is that people usually make threats when they are angry. A new study by faculty members at Stanford Graduate School of… Read more 7/12/2012 - When Threats are Better than Anger New research at Stanford Business School Finds Negotiators Gain More Concessions with Cool Threats than with Heated Words