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A Consensus on the Brain Training Industry from the Scientific Community

October 20, 2014 As the baby boomers enter their golden years with mounting concerns about the potential loss of cognitive abilities, markets are responding with products promising to allay anxieties about potential decline. Computer-based cognitive-training software –popularly known as brain games– claim a growing share of the marketplace. The promotion of these products reassures and… Read more A Consensus on the Brain Training Industry from the Scientific Community

A Consensus on the Brain Training Industry from the Scientific Community

October 20, 2014 Computer-based “brain-games” claim a growing share of the marketplace in aging societies. Consumers are told that playing the games will make them smarter, more alert, and able to learn faster and better. The implied and often explicit promise is that adherence to prescribed regimens of cognitive exercise will reduce and potentially reverse… Read more A Consensus on the Brain Training Industry from the Scientific Community

10/15/2014 - 9 Home Improvements for Your Aging Parents

If your parents are getting up there in years, you may have had the discussion about whether it’s better for them to stay put or go to an assisted living facility. It’s a pretty safe bet that your parents prefer to stay in their home: According to a 2011 AARP research report, almost 90 percent… Read more 10/15/2014 - 9 Home Improvements for Your Aging Parents

10/13/2014 - The rise of unretirement

We are living longer, something to celebrate. The average life expectancy was about 62 years in 1935 when President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, and it’s now nearly 79 years. And, as in many things, the baby boomers are at the center of another revolution: unretirement. Read the full article at Los Angeles… Read more 10/13/2014 - The rise of unretirement

10/14/2014 - A Leap in Lifespans

The annual report on mortality rates by the National Center for Health Statistics, released this week, tells a now-familiar story: In 2012, life expectancy for older Americans continued to climb. Read the full article at The New York Times.    

10/14/2014 - How to Use Early Retirement as a Transition

MARC FREEDMAN: First of all, think of “retirement” as a transition, not a destination. Most people won’t want to spend the next quarter century living a life of leisure—for financial, psychological and spiritual reasons. However, by getting a jump on the post-midlife transition, you’ve likely bought not only some necessary rest and relaxation, but also the… Read more 10/14/2014 - How to Use Early Retirement as a Transition

10/14/2014 - How Exercise Can Boost Young Brains

Encourage young boys and girls to run, jump, squeal, hop and chase after each other or after erratically kicked balls, and you substantially improve their ability to think, according to the most ambitious study ever conducted of physical activity and cognitive performance in children. The results underscore, yet again, the importance of physical activity for… Read more 10/14/2014 - How Exercise Can Boost Young Brains

10/13/2014 - Dementia: 'Poor support' and misdiagnosis of early onset patients

Misdiagnosed or lacking specialist help, many people living with young onset dementia in the North West are not getting the support they need. Difficulties diagnosing dementia, combined with a social support system which is geared towards the elderly, means that those aged between 30 and 65 often struggle. Read the full article at BBC News.

10/12/2014 - The Case for Quitting Your Job

Millions of Americans in their 50s and 60s are delaying retirement and holding on to jobs they have done for years. Many, of course, need the money. But many others say they simply enjoy—even love—what they do. And if that’s the case, why not stay? The answer: Because jumping ship—even if jumping would seem to… Read more 10/12/2014 - The Case for Quitting Your Job

10/12/2014 - Breakthrough Replicates Human Brain Cells for Use in Alzheimer’s Research

For the first time, and to the astonishment of many of their colleagues, researchers created what they call Alzheimer’s in a Dish — a petri dish with human brain cells that develop the telltale structures of Alzheimer’s disease. In doing so, they resolved a longstanding problem of how to study Alzheimer’s and search for drugs to treat… Read more 10/12/2014 - Breakthrough Replicates Human Brain Cells for Use in Alzheimer’s Research