Category: Longevity News 2013

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1/28/2013 - Boomer Entrepreneurs: Living Longer, Starting Up Their Ideas

by on January 28, 2013 9:24 pm
With people feeling healthier and living longer, coupled with a down economy that has, in many cases, reduced retirement savings, many Americans of traditional retirement age are choosing to continue working or even go back to work — for themselves. Numbers bear out the trend. The 2011 Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity found the percentage… Read more 1/28/2013 - Boomer Entrepreneurs: Living Longer, Starting Up Their Ideas
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1/27/2013 - Aging in Brain Found to Hurt Sleep Needed for Memory

by on January 28, 2013 5:05 pm
Scientists have known for decades that the ability to remember newly learned information declines with age, but it was not clear why. A new study may provide part of the answer. Read the full article at The New York Times.
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1/25/2013 - Time to Recognize Mild Cognitive Disorder?

by on January 25, 2013 11:12 pm
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published and periodically updated by the American Psychiatric Association, is one of those documents few laypeople ever read, but many of us are affected by. Dr. Allen Frances, chairman of the task force that developed the previous Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, predicts inclusion of… Read more 1/25/2013 - Time to Recognize Mild Cognitive Disorder?
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1/25/2013 - Retirement Homes As College Campuses?

by on January 25, 2013 8:05 pm
Assuming our good health continues, my husband and I will continue living in our home in the leafy suburbs where we’ve raised our children. We considered relinquishing the flora and fauna for a cute pied-à-terre as some of our empty nester friends have quite happily done, but we are too attached to our home and… Read more 1/25/2013 - Retirement Homes As College Campuses?
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1/24/2013 - Village People: The Retirement Community That Isn't

by on January 25, 2013 8:02 pm
Single and retired, with no family nearby, 64-year-old Lorna Grenadier knows she’ll need a better support system if she wants to grow old in her apartment in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C., where she has lived for 40 years. So she’s added community organizing to her list of interests and is helping create… Read more 1/24/2013 - Village People: The Retirement Community That Isn't
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1/24/2013 - Grief Over New Depression Diagnosis

by on January 24, 2013 6:11 pm
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (D.S.M. 5), to be published in May, has generated an unusual amount of heat. Two changes, in particular, could have considerable impact on older people and their families. Read the full article at The New York Times.
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1/23/2013 - The Last Calendar

by on January 23, 2013 11:44 pm
BY the time he was 76, my father was frail. His balance was poor and he had trouble walking. He lived alone in Baltimore in a big house full of stairs, and watching him come tottering down those stairs was terrifying. Each time, I thought he might fall. He refused to make the house safer… Read more 1/23/2013 - The Last Calendar
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1/23/2013 - Study Links Cognitive Deficits, Hearing Loss

by on January 23, 2013 6:40 pm
There’s another reason to be concerned about hearing loss — one of the most common health conditions in older adults and one of the most widely undertreated. A new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine suggests that elderly people with compromised hearing are at risk of developing cognitive deficits — problems with memory and… Read more 1/23/2013 - Study Links Cognitive Deficits, Hearing Loss
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1/23/2013 - Stanford introduces web-based mini-fellowship program on successful aging

by on January 23, 2013 4:32 pm
In an effort to promote successful aging and end-of -life care for multi-cultural older adults, Stanford recently launched the Internet based Successful Aging (iSAGE) program. The mini-fellowship is funded with a grant from the National Institute of Minority Health Disparities, and it’s being offered for free to both health-care professionals and members of the public.… Read more 1/23/2013 - Stanford introduces web-based mini-fellowship program on successful aging

1/22/2013 - Working Longer: Still the Best Path to a Better Retirement

by on January 22, 2013 7:42 pm
Today, of course, employers are in the driver’s seat when it comes to finding a job. Millions of people have been out of work for a long period of time. For older workers in particular, it’s especially tough to find a new job. There will come a day, however, when the equation shifts. As this… Read more 1/22/2013 - Working Longer: Still the Best Path to a Better Retirement