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1/12/2015 - This app could help cure Alzheimer’s, and all you have to do is download it

Folding@Home is a software that adds the computing power of your own PC into one giant fold of supercomputers, allowing researchers to run lightning-quick folding simulations. And the initiative has led to some great research. Read the full article at The Washington Post.

1/9/2015 - AARP Members Tour Cutting Edge Tech Show

Members of the AARP’s Nevada chapter toured the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas —demonstrating older adults are comfortable with, and interested in new technology. Read the full article at National Public Radio (NPR).

1/9/2015 - Why elderly couples often die together: the science of broken hearts

It turns out there is some actual science behind the phenomenon called broken heart syndrome, believed to occur when someone loses a close partner or spouse. Death of a spouse is recognised as one of the most stressful things that can happen to a person. But as well as the mental anguish and grief (which… Read more 1/9/2015 - Why elderly couples often die together: the science of broken hearts

1/9/2015 - 20% of elderly likely to have dementia in ’25

The number of elderly people suffering from dementia in Japan will likely reach a maximum of 7.5 million in 2025, meaning one in five people aged 65 or older will have dementia, according to a study team of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry. Read the full article at The Japan News.

1/7/2015 - How Exercise Keeps Us Young

Active older people resemble much younger people physiologically, according to a new study of the effects of exercise on aging. The findings suggest that many of our expectations about the inevitability of physical decline with advancing years may be incorrect and that how we age is, to a large degree, up to us. Read the… Read more 1/7/2015 - How Exercise Keeps Us Young

1/6/2015 - Why you shouldn’t count on your family members to take care of you when you’re old

Americans are strongly underestimating their future needs for long-term care, a potentially costly oversight that could hurt them in their retirement years. Read the full article at The Washington Post.

1/5/2015 - Keeping Older Pedestrians Safe

Walking is a necessity and a health-promoting activity for many of the more than 41 million Americans now 65 and older. It helps maintain bone and muscle strength, mobility, agility and independence. It can help to prevent, delay or control many chronic ailments. And it fosters social interactions and a higher quality of life. However,… Read more 1/5/2015 - Keeping Older Pedestrians Safe

1/3/2015 - The Liberation of Growing Old

Why do we have such punitive attitudes toward old people? In 2050, Americans age 65 and over are predicted to almost double in number to 83.7 million, one-fifth of the population. An aging population does pose real challenges, but increasing numbers of people of working age (as traditionally defined) are unemployed today, while growing numbers… Read more 1/3/2015 - The Liberation of Growing Old

1/2/2015 - 5 powerful benefits of 'pro-aging' thinking

From magazine covers to billboards, youth is glamorized as the image of beauty and the prime of life. We are inundated with the message that aging is something we should dread and perhaps even fight. You may unquestioningly accept this as a fact of life. You may even laugh about being “over the hill.” The… Read more 1/2/2015 - 5 powerful benefits of 'pro-aging' thinking

1/2/2015 - A Sobering Perspective on a Looming Retirement Crisis

Feeling pleased that I had survived another year and the annual predictions of the apocalypse, I made the mistake of picking up “Falling Short: The Coming Retirement Crisis and What to Do About It” (Oxford University Press). Written by Alicia H. Munnell, the director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, with Andrew… Read more 1/2/2015 - A Sobering Perspective on a Looming Retirement Crisis