Category: Longevity News 2012

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4/11/2012 - Your (Virtual) Future Self Wants You To Save Up

by on April 16, 2012 10:13 am
A retirement crisis is looming. As people live longer, one study finds that half of all households are at risk of coming up short on retirement money. And while many working households may feel they simply don’t have enough to spare for retirement, experts say some of the biggest barriers to saving up are psychological.… Read more 4/11/2012 - Your (Virtual) Future Self Wants You To Save Up

4/10/2012 - Why Learning Leads to Happiness

by on April 10, 2012 3:27 pm
Your mind may be the closest thing to the Holy Grail of longevity and happiness. Education has been widely documented by researchers as the single variable tied most directly to improved health and longevity. And when people are intensely engaged in doing and learning new things, their well-being and happiness can blossom. Read the full… Read more 4/10/2012 - Why Learning Leads to Happiness
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4/9/2012 - Caregiving as a ‘Roller-Coaster Ride From Hell’

by on April 10, 2012 1:43 pm
More than 40 million women are the primary caregivers for a sick person, very often the man they are married to. Caregiving, after all, is a wife’s expected role, and most accept it perforce as a duty that offers precious time to express love and wishes, settle financial and legal matters, and right past wrongs.… Read more 4/9/2012 - Caregiving as a ‘Roller-Coaster Ride From Hell’
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4/9/2012 - For the Elderly, Emergency Rooms of Their Own

by on April 10, 2012 1:41 pm
Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Md., opened one of the first geriatric emergency departments, which it calls a seniors emergency center, in 2008, and its parent organization, Trinity Health System, runs 12 nationwide, primarily in the Midwest, and plans to open six or seven more by June, a spokeswoman said. Read the full article… Read more 4/9/2012 - For the Elderly, Emergency Rooms of Their Own
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4/8/2012 - Both Parties Wooing Seniors

by on April 9, 2012 10:53 am
President Barack Obama and Democrats are counting on regaining support from older voters who switched to the GOP in 2008 and 2010 by attacking Republican plans to revamp Medicare. But Mitt Romney is proving to be a formidable competitor in this battle. Read the full article at The Wall Street Journal
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4/5/2012 - G-8 should tackle issues of aging

by on April 6, 2012 11:41 am
Within five years, for the first time in history, the number of adults 65 and older will exceed the number of children younger than 5, the World Health Organization reports. By mid-century, this demographic will outnumber children younger than 14, and more than 2 billion of the people on Earth will be 60 or older. Read… Read more 4/5/2012 - G-8 should tackle issues of aging
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4/5/2012 - Why Won’t They Get Hearing Aids?

by on April 5, 2012 1:33 pm
When I suggested to my parents that they might want to get their hearing tested, their first reaction (after exasperated sighs) was that they didn’t want to be bothered. Turns out, they’ve got a lot of company. Of the 26.7 million people over age 50 with a hearing impairment, only one in seven, a meager 14… Read more 4/5/2012 - Why Won’t They Get Hearing Aids?
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4/3/2012 - Longevity Up in U.S., but Education Creates Disparity, Study Says

by on April 3, 2012 3:51 pm
Americans are living longer, but the gains in life span are accruing disproportionately among the better educated, according to a new report by researchers from the University of Wisconsin. Read the full article at The New York Times
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4/1/2012 - Senior citizens continue to bear burden of student loans

by on April 2, 2012 11:16 am
The burden of paying for college is wreaking havoc on the finances of an unexpected demographic: senior citizens. New research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows that Americans 60 and older still owe about $36 billion in student loans, providing a rare window into the dynamics of student debt. More than 10 percent… Read more 4/1/2012 - Senior citizens continue to bear burden of student loans
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3/28/2012 - Dementia, From the Inside

by on March 28, 2012 10:59 am
Scott Kirschenbaum’s new film, “You’re Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don’t,” was supposed to be scripted and cast — a coherent story with a beginning, a middle and an end. Then he found his unlikely star: Lee Gorewitz, 78, who lives in dementia unit at Reutlinger Community for Jewish Living in… Read more 3/28/2012 - Dementia, From the Inside