Category: Longevity News 2013

3/13/2013 - For Modern Retirees, There’s No Place Like Home

Influenced by long-term trends in housing design, communications technology, medical care and the expectations of the largest retiree generation in United States history, the outlines of the next era of American retirement are gaining clarity across the country. Read the full article at The New York Times.

3/13/2013 - F.D.A. Plans Looser Rules on Approving Alzheimer’s Drugs

The Food and Drug Administration plans to loosen the rules for approving new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. Read the full article at The New York Times. 

3/12/2013 - A Little of This, a Little of That for Older Exercisers

“If you’re sedentary and you start doing everything the [Department of Health and Human Services’] guidelines recommend, that’s a big change in lifestyle,” said Dr. Michael Rogers, an exercise physiologist and director of the Center for Physical Activity and Aging at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kan. “We were interested in looking at how we… Read more 3/12/2013 - A Little of This, a Little of That for Older Exercisers

3/12/2013 - In Retiree Housing, Talking About Multigenerations

There seems to be a rule that if retirees move to a communal environment, it must consist only of other retirees. But some older adults are challenging that notion by choosing intergenerational cohousing, living side by side with people of all other ages, including singles, childless couples and families with children. Read the full article… Read more 3/12/2013 - In Retiree Housing, Talking About Multigenerations

3/12/2013 - Too Many Colonoscopies in the Elderly

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, so you may be reading and hearing a lot about the importance of screening. You may even get to walk through the eight-foot-high inflatable simulated colon that makes appearances around the country — and see what polyps look like from the inside. But you may not hear much about… Read more 3/12/2013 - Too Many Colonoscopies in the Elderly

3/11/2013 - Longevity Costs Outpace Senior Savings

“Perhaps because I’m turning grayer at the temples or maybe because I’m managing the aging issues of my own parents, I have taken a hard look at the current state of longevity in America, and we should all be very nervous. Most of us will live longer than we expect, it will cost us a… Read more 3/11/2013 - Longevity Costs Outpace Senior Savings

3/10/2013 - Alzheimer's blood test could give early diagnosis

British researchers have developed a test to detect Alzheimer’s disease in its earliest stages. It works by looking for a combination of “markers” in the blood which are different in healthy people and those with the disease. Read the full article at BBC News.

3/10/2013 - Research ties economic inequality to gap in life expectancy

Even as the nation’s life expectancy has marched steadily upward, reaching 78.5 years in 2009, a growing body of research shows that those gains are going mostly to those at the upper end of the income ladder. Read the full article at The Washington Post.

3/9/2013 - Kings Point, a Magic Kingdom for the Retirement Set

Sari Gilman, a filmmaker, has captured the good and the bad of Kings Point, a gated retirement community in Delray Beach, Florida, in her moving documentary, “Kings Point,” which was nominated for an Oscar and makes its television debut Monday night on HBO.

3/8/2013 - After Caregiving, Comfort in Having Helped

Caregiving is so all-consuming, it can seem impossible to imagine life after, when all of those responsibilities are suddenly gone. Read the full article at The New York Times.