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3/12/2015 - An Overnight Nursing Home for Dementia Patients

Many with Alzheimer’s are at their most active after dark. A New York care facility has launched an after-hours camp-style program to entertain them until the morning—and help their caregivers get some sleep. Read the full article at The Atlantic.

3/11/2015 - Training the Mind to Ward Off Falls

Falls are the leading cause of accidental death among older people, and physical activity is one of four steps recommended by organizations like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help prevent them. But compared with the other three — adjusting medications, having one’s vision checked and creating a safe home environment — exercise… Read more 3/11/2015 - Training the Mind to Ward Off Falls

3/11/2015 - Two Generations, Retired and Together

“This is historically unprecedented, where you have older people and their still-older parents,” said Phyllis Moen, a sociology professor at the University of Minnesota. “Families are having to figure out those intergenerational relationships.” Read the full article at The New York Times.

3/11/2015 - Retirement Reality Is Catching Up With Me

“I am an idiot. That, at least, is the impression I get from personal finance websites and magazines and books. They all seem to say I’m doing pretty much everything wrong when it comes to my financial life, basically because I don’t pay that much attention to my finances.” Read the full article at The… Read more 3/11/2015 - Retirement Reality Is Catching Up With Me

3/11/2015 - The Rub: Remodel or Move?

A wave of retirements among baby boomers in the coming decades will have a big impact on residential real estate, in ways that are upending some conventional assumptions. Baby boomers are working longer or opting for “phased” retirements, in which they work at least part time after leaving their primary careers. They are changing the… Read more 3/11/2015 - The Rub: Remodel or Move?

3/9/2015 - The Far-Reaching Effects of a Fall

Those 65 and older constitute about 13 percent of the population but account for three-fourths of all deaths caused by falls. About 40 percent in this age group fall at least once a year; one in 40 of them end up in the hospital, after which only half are still alive a year later. Read… Read more 3/9/2015 - The Far-Reaching Effects of a Fall

3/9/2015 - America’s boomers and undocumented immigrants need each other

Ai-Jen Poo, author of “The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America,” argues that Mr. Obama’s executive order on immigration is essential to sustaining the workforce needed to support aging boomers. Read the full article at PBS NewsHour.

3/9/2015 - Aging Population

The world is getting older. Imagine a graph that looks like a steep mountain trail. We are climbing at a rapid rate to an unprecedented increase in the aging population. The world will contain one billion people over 60 by the year 2020. Read the full article at Huffington Post.

Stanford launches smartphone app to study heart health

A free iPhone app allows users to contribute to a study of human heart health while learning about the health of their own hearts, and uses a new software framework developed by Apple. Read the full article at Stanford Medicine. MAR 92015 R

3/6/2015 - Retirement in a Community. But Which One?

Choosing where to live could be the single most important and difficult decision retirees will make. While it’s not impossible to undo a wrong decision, making the right one the first time is far less painful, emotionally and financially. Read the full article at The New York Times.