Category: Longevity News 2014

6/2/2014 - New Technologies to Help Seniors Age in Place

Researchers test ways to prevent elderly people from injuring themselves at home. Read the full article at The Wall Street Journal.

6/1/2014 - Making Aging Positive

Many of my older-adult patients wanted to make a difference in the world but, finding no role for themselves, were treated as socially useless. Having created a new stage of life, the next step is to make it meaningful. Read the full article at The Atlantic.

5/30/2014 - Rethinking the Traditional Retirement Community

While many older residents prefer restricted neighborhoods for privacy and quiet, developers have been forced to offer features that are suitable for increasingly active customers who want more variety. “Today people do not want a geezer ghetto,” said Margaret Wylde, president of ProMatura Group, a market research firm in Oxford, Miss., that specializes in older… Read more 5/30/2014 - Rethinking the Traditional Retirement Community

5/29/2014 - How an aging population could be tonic for the economy

Economists worry about something called the economic dependency ratio – the number of people over age 65 to 100 working-age people. The U.S. Census Bureau projects that the ratio will jump sharply in the years ahead as the population gets grayer – from 22 in 2010 to 35 in 2030. But what if we could… Read more 5/29/2014 - How an aging population could be tonic for the economy

5/28/2014 - Learning keeps cells alive in young brains

Scientists have known for years that the neurons in adult rats could be saved with learning. What they didn’t know was if this would be the case for young rats, which produce two to four times more neurons than adult animals. When scientists looked at the hippocampus—a portion of the brain associated with the process… Read more 5/28/2014 - Learning keeps cells alive in young brains

5/27/2014 - Living to 100?

It turns out that living to 100 is a real possibility for many of us in our 70s and for half of kids now in preschool. The 2012 Census reported about 53,000 centenarians in the U.S., but the numbers are growing rapidly. It’s projected that by 2040, there will be nearly a million centenarians (80% of them… Read more 5/27/2014 - Living to 100?

5/27/2014 - Exercise program keeps older adults on their feet

In old age, losing the ability to walk a short distance often means losing independence. Now researchers say they have found a treatment that, for some, can prevent that loss of mobility. Read the full article at USA Today.

5/27/2014 - When Older People Walk Now, They Stay Independent Later

According to a report published Monday in JAMA, the journal of the American Medical Association, people in their 70s and 80s who walk and do simple exercises in social groups were less likely to become disabled than those who attended classes on successful aging. Read the full article at National Public Radio (NPR).

5/27/2014 - Few workers confident of easy retirement

Half of workers say they have a well-developed retirement plan; a quarter have no plan. Few workers in the U.S. and around the world are truly confident they’re going to have a comfortable retirement, a new global survey shows. Only 28% of U.S. workers are “very” or “extremely” confident that they’ll one day fully retire… Read more 5/27/2014 - Few workers confident of easy retirement

5/23/2014 - Stanford Is Looking For a Few Good Midlifers

The Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute, which is accepting applications for its first class of 20 students beginning in January 2015, is looking for established leaders who are eager to “deepen their knowledge and/or embrace new fields” and “reflect on their life journeys, explore new pathways and redirect their lives for the common good.” Read the… Read more 5/23/2014 - Stanford Is Looking For a Few Good Midlifers