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10/9/2014 - How to care for your aging parents from a distance

Concern about mom or dad’s health and well-being is top of mind for many baby boomers today. Worrisome signs of your parent’s frailty, progressive memory loss or the decline in health require more and more of your help and attention. But what if you live a good distance away? Whether you live an hour away,… Read more 10/9/2014 - How to care for your aging parents from a distance

10/9/2014 - Do brain games work?

We spend more than $1 billion a year trying to keep our minds limber. But we’re often left asking the same big question. Read the full article at The Boston Globe.

10/8/2016 - Are grandkids to blame for the 70% jump in seniors’ debt load?

What a difference a decade makes, at least when it comes to the debt load that seniors face. A study released Thursday by TransUnion of approximately 10 million consumers finds that between 2009 and 2014, every single age group except those 60 and older saw a reduction in their average debt load per person (made up of… Read more 10/8/2016 - Are grandkids to blame for the 70% jump in seniors’ debt load?

10/7/2014 - Could A Skin Cancer Drug Cure Alzheimer's?

Approximately 500,000 people die each year because of Alzheimer’s disease, and millions more live with it every day. It’s a daunting disease to tackle, but that hasn’t stopped Paige Cramer, who as a Ph.D. candidate helped discover an off-label use for a cancer drug that could help Alzheimer’s patients – if the claim can be confirmed by… Read more 10/7/2014 - Could A Skin Cancer Drug Cure Alzheimer's?

10/7/2014 - Atul Gawande: "We Have Medicalized Aging, and That Experiment Is Failing Us"

The latest book from surgeon and best-selling author Atul Gawande may not change your whole life, but it could very well improve how it ends. In Being Mortal, Gawande, a longtime staff writer for the New Yorker, takes on the utter failure of the medical profession when it comes to helping people die well, and the short-sightedness of the elder… Read more 10/7/2014 - Atul Gawande: "We Have Medicalized Aging, and That Experiment Is Failing Us"

10/6/2014 - New National Study: Five Things You Should Know About Aging and LGBT People

A new research report—Out and Visible: The Experiences and Attitudes of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Older Adults, Ages 45-76—sheds new light on these issues. Based on a 2014 nationally representative study of more than 1,800 LGBT people and more than 500 non-LGBT people, Out and Visible extensively describes how LGBT people feel and experience… Read more 10/6/2014 - New National Study: Five Things You Should Know About Aging and LGBT People

10/6/2014 - Let's Disrupt Aging and Rethink Getting Older

“As I begin my tenure as CEO of AARP, I challenge all of us to re-imagine what it means to get older. Let’s disrupt aging. Let’s upend our thinking around what it means to get older. It’s really not about aging. It’s about living.” Read the full editorial at Huffington Post.

10/5/2014 - The Best Possible Day

Dr. Atul Gawande, Harvard professor and surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital,  spoke with more than 200 people about their experiences with aging or serious illness, or dealing with a family member’s — many of them his own patients, some in his own family. He interviewed and shadowed front-line staff members in old age homes,… Read more 10/5/2014 - The Best Possible Day

10/2/2014 - Is Prepaying A Mortgage A Good Retirement Investment Option?

When deciding whether or not to prepay the principal on a mortgage before or in retirement, a number of factors must be examined.  Read the full article at Forbes.

10/1/2014 - About Aging Parents: Something The Government Got Right (For A Change)

Financial abuse is a huge international problem, and it’s finally getting more attention from the Federal government, thanks in part to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.  Read the full article at Forbes.