Category: mobility

7/5/2013 - Retiring Baby Boomers Create Housing Boomtowns

Baby boomers — those born between 1946 and 1964, constituting roughly 75 million people — are retiring in increasing numbers, prompting a new cycle of growth in housing markets that are popular with seniors. Read the full article at The Street.

7/3/2013 - Older working women may be healthier as a result

Postmenopausal women who work tend be in better health than their unemployed counterparts, according to a new study from South Korea. Read the full article at Reuters.

7/1/2013 - Hanging up the keys is tough decision for seniors

Eunice Moore, 90, wants to keep driving as long as she can. Although a daughter living in Blue Grass “is always taking me someplace,” Moore said, she likes the convenience of being able to get into her 1995 Chevy Lumina for short trips around Davenport. The decision to stop driving is one of the most wrenching decisions… Read more 7/1/2013 - Hanging up the keys is tough decision for seniors

6/27/2013 - Virtual skin reveals secrets of aging

Computer models suggest that “sleeping” skin cells are responsible for skin’s ability to regenerate—or not. Read the full article at Futurity.

6/27/2013 - Scientists discern signatures of old versus young stem cells

In a study published June 27 in Cell Reports, a team led by Thomas Rando, MD, PhD, professor of neurology and neurological sciences, chief of the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System’s neurology service and Deputy Director of the Stanford Center on Longevity, has identified characteristic differences in “histone signatures” between stem cells from the muscles of… Read more 6/27/2013 - Scientists discern signatures of old versus young stem cells

6/25/2013 - Navratilova and others discuss staying fit and healthy at age 20 vs. age 60

One sneaker fits all. According to government recommendations, you should do at least 21 / 2 hours of moderate aerobic activity per week and twice-weekly sessions of strength training to improve your health, no matter your age. But don’t physical fitness needs change as we grow older? Not that much, it turns out. Read the… Read more 6/25/2013 - Navratilova and others discuss staying fit and healthy at age 20 vs. age 60

6/25/2013 - New ways to help seniors deal with pain and depression

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that up to 5 percent of Americans age 65 and older living in community settings have major depression, which can result in acute psychological anguish, disability, suicide and early death. Rates for seniors who are hospitalized or living in nursing homes are much higher, 25 to 40… Read more 6/25/2013 - New ways to help seniors deal with pain and depression

6/24/2013 - Depression May Increase The Risk Of Dementia Later On

Depression can have physical consequences. Research now suggests that when people get depressed in middle age and beyond, they’re more likely to develop dementia in old age. Read/Listen to the full story at National Public Radio (NPR).

6/20/2013 - The link between circadian rhythms and aging

MIT study finds that a gene associated with longevity also regulates the body’s circadian clock. Read the full article at MIT News.

6/20/2013 - Japan's robot industry for elderly encouraged by government

Japan’s population is aging faster than ever and the country is making efforts to find practical solutions for taking care of the elderly. One such solution is creating affordable robots that might replace human caregivers in the close future. Read the full article at Tokyo Times.