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7/8/2014 - NPR Survey Reveals Despised And Acceptable Terms For Aging

There’s a scarcity of terms for describing older adults and the aging process. At least there aren’t that many that most older people don’t find offensive. Read the full article at National Public Radio (NPR).

7/8/2014 - Using M.C.s and M.D.s to Promote Healthy Eating for Youths

A new campaign, which draws upon anti-obesity research conducted at Columbia University Medical Center, seeks to make healthy eating seem cool through original hip-hop songs, comic books and cartoon-style videos. Read the full article at The New York Times.

7/8/2014 - Will This Tech Tool Help Manage Older People's Health? Ask Dad

Aging 2.0 may not sound like the hippest start-up in San Francisco, but it’s part of an industry worth $2 billion and growing fast — technology to help older adults. Read the full article at National Public Radio (NPR).

Fei-Fei Li

Associate Professor, Computer Science; Director, Vision Lab Research interests: Vision, particularly high-level visual recognition; the interaction of attention and natural scene and object recognition, and decoding the human brain fMRI activities; computer vision image and video classification, retrieval, and understanding Email: feifeili@stanford.edu Phone:(650) 725-4403 Address: 353 Serra Mall Room 2A-246 Stanford, California 94305 Website: https://profiles.stanford.edu/fei-fei-li

7/7/2014 - When your aging parents need a daily money manager

Demand for daily money management services as America ages is likely to grow significantly, but at least for now the profession is virtually unknown. The American Association of Daily Money Managers (AADMM) , the profession’s primary trade group, has only about 700 members nationwide. Read the full article at Reuters.

7/1/2014 - Longevity insurance joins the menu of retirement plan options

New tax rules will make it possible for workers to buy a type of annuity often called longevity insurance inside their retirement plans. The annuity aims to protect people from exhausting their savings in their later years. Read the full article at CNBC.

6/30/2014 - What It Means to Live a Good Life

Don’t wait until it’s too late to figure it out. Read the full article by Center Research Associate Dawn Carr at Psychology Today.

6/30/2014 - Don’t let kids’ tuitions rob your retirement

Many retirees realize that retirement is a long road and that most aren’t prepared for the financial challenges that we’re likely to face. Rapidly rising health-care costs, rising fuel prices and low interest rates aren’t making things any easier for today’s retiree. Not to mention another risk: You and your kind heart. Read the full… Read more 6/30/2014 - Don’t let kids’ tuitions rob your retirement

6/30/2014 - Is It Dementia Or Alzheimer's Or Normal Aging? (Does It Matter?)

Millions of us never find out exactly what’s causing Mom to start cursing or a diligent husband to forget to pay bills. Even after memory loss and cognitive glitches become impossible to ignore, families don’t always seek (or receive) an official diagnosis. We just deal with the effects. Read the full article at Huffington Post.

6/30/2014 - Language can help the elderly cope with the challenges of aging

By examining conversations of elderly Japanese women, linguist and Center on Longevity faculty affiliate Yoshiko Matsumoto uncovers language techniques that help people move past traumatic events and regain a sense of normalcy. Read the full article at Stanford Report.