Category: Longevity News 2014
3/25/2014 - Thinking Of Retiring? Consider Your Health
by admin on March 25, 2014 5:39 pm
A majority of older workers in the United States have told pollsters they expect to keep working at least part time after retirement. There are plenty of financial reasons for staying on the job, such as inadequate savings and volatile 401(k) plans. But some research suggests another reason to keep working: It may help keep… Read more 3/25/2014 - Thinking Of Retiring? Consider Your Health
3/25/2014 - California seniors have highest poverty rate, study finds
by admin on March 25, 2014 5:15 pm
California, with its high cost of living and health care, leads the nation in the percentage of older adults living in poverty, according to a 2013 report by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Twenty percent of California adults over age 65 live below the poverty threshold of about $16,000 annually, when taking into account the higher cost… Read more 3/25/2014 - California seniors have highest poverty rate, study finds
3/25/2014 - The Alzheimer's Epidemic Hits Women Hardest -- And In The Workplace
by admin on March 25, 2014 5:09 am
More than 5.4 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and a new report by the Alzheimer’s Association shows women are hit especially hard. After age 60, women are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than breast cancer over the rest of their lives. Read the full article at Forbes.
3/24/2014 - New Clues to Alzheimer’s
by admin on March 24, 2014 9:38 pm
Two studies of Alzheimer’s disease published in respected scientific journals this month offered glimmers of hope for progress against this devastating neurological disorder. Neither advance is guaranteed to produce important clinical benefits anytime soon, but they may point the way toward new pathways to treat and diagnose a condition that impairs the thinking and memories… Read more 3/24/2014 - New Clues to Alzheimer’s
3/24/2014 - 10 Ways to Significantly Cut Retirement Costs
by admin on March 24, 2014 9:33 pm
You can retire sooner and with less savings if you are willing to significantly cut your cost of living. There are a variety of ways for retirees to reduce their bills that will have a meaningful impact on their spending power. Consider these ways to cut your monthly costs in retirement. Read the full article at… Read more 3/24/2014 - 10 Ways to Significantly Cut Retirement Costs
3/24/2014 - Ageism in Silicon Valley Is Causing an Uptick in Plastic Surgeries
by admin on March 24, 2014 5:10 pm
Reports of extreme ageism in Silicon Valley — requiring non-millennials to swap loafers for Converse — aren’t new. But according to an article in The New Republic, many older techies’ faces are. Noam Scheiber writes that the plastic surgery industry in Silicon Valley is having its own tech boom all so people (sometimes as young as 26) don’t look a day… Read more 3/24/2014 - Ageism in Silicon Valley Is Causing an Uptick in Plastic Surgeries
3/24/2014 - Teaching as a Second Act, or Maybe Even a Third
by admin on March 24, 2014 4:34 pm
Teaching, with the draw of doing good, the steady (if unspectacular) paychecks, summers off and solid pension benefits, has long been perceived as a durable second — or third — career. Read the full article at The New York Times.
3/24/2014 - Older, They Turn a Phone Into a Job
by admin on March 24, 2014 4:32 pm
The Bureau of Labor Statistics said 24 percent of workers in the United States did some or all of their work from home in 2010, the latest year for which data is available. How many of those are older workers is not known, but with more people working into their 60s, at-home work has an obvious appeal… Read more 3/24/2014 - Older, They Turn a Phone Into a Job
3/23/2014 - A dementia that rivals Alzheimer's strikes before age 65
by admin on March 23, 2014 9:33 pm
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a dementia that generally strikes at an earlier age than Alzheimer’s disease. And its symptoms are different – at least in the beginning – from Alzheimer’s because it originates in a different part of the brain.
3/21/2014 - Just Don’t Call Them Hearing Aids
by admin on March 21, 2014 4:32 pm
People who strain to hear conversations in noisy places sometimes shun hearing appliances as telltale signs of aging. But what if those devices looked like wireless phone receivers? Some companies are betting that the high-tech look of a new generation of sound amplifiers will tempt people to try them. Read the full article at The… Read more 3/21/2014 - Just Don’t Call Them Hearing Aids
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