Category: Longevity News 2014

12/1/2014 - A warning on realities of work, retirement

Munnell, director of Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research, has completed a new book that concludes the golden age of retirement is over and Americans must adjust their practices and expectations. In the book, “Falling Short: The Coming Retirement Crisis and What to Do About It,” Munnell and her co-authors argue that retirement security in the… Read more 12/1/2014 - A warning on realities of work, retirement

11/30/2014 - Why Everything You Think About Aging May Be Wrong

Everyone knows that as we age, our minds and bodies decline—and life inevitably becomes less satisfying and enjoyable. Everyone knows that cognitive decline is inevitable. Everyone knows that as we get older, we become less productive at work. Everyone, it seems, is wrong. Read the full article at The Wall Street Journal.

11/28/2014 - Retirees Turn to Virtual Villages for Mutual Support

An offshoot of the sharing economy, virtual villages are popping up all over the country. Currently, there are 140 villages in 40 states, according to Village to Village Network, which helps establish and manage the villages. Another 120 virtual villages are on the drawing boards, as baby boomers begin gravitating to them. Read the full article… Read more 11/28/2014 - Retirees Turn to Virtual Villages for Mutual Support

11/28/2014 - A sibling’s guide to caring for aging parents

Caring for an aging parent alone is complicated. When your brothers and sisters are also involved, and when care, medical and financial decisions must be arrived at together as a team, caregiving can become even more complex. Your siblings can be enormously helpful and your best support. But in many families, they can also be… Read more 11/28/2014 - A sibling’s guide to caring for aging parents

11/26/2014 - Seniors turn to Peace Corps after retirement

For years, the Peace Corps was a young person’s purview, an organization that drew recent college graduates hungry for adventure, unencumbered with families and mortgages and willing to endure the hardships of life in remote locales. Though college kids still flock to the organization, a slightly grayer demographic has stepped up. Read the full article… Read more 11/26/2014 - Seniors turn to Peace Corps after retirement

11/24/2014 - Brain's dementia weak spot identified

The brain has a weak spot for Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia, according to UK scientists who have pinpointed the region using scans. Read the full article at BBC News.

11/24/2014 - How Retirement Benefits Will Change in 2015

Social Security and Medicare will be making important changes to their programs next year. Individual retirement accounts and 401(k)s will also be tweaked in significant ways. Here’s a look at the new features your retirement benefits will have next year. Read the full article at U.S. News and World Report.

11/20/2014 - Loading up on stocks — after you retire

Should you invest more in stocks as you age? Conventional wisdom would have you reduce the percentage of your nest egg you invest in stocks over the course of your retirement. The old rule of thumb went something like this: Subtract your age from 100 and that’s what percent to invest in stocks. Wade Pfau,… Read more 11/20/2014 - Loading up on stocks — after you retire

11/19/2014 - Stanford literary scholar traces cultural history of our obsession with youth

With philosophy, history and literature as his guides, Stanford Professor Robert Harrison investigates how Western ideas of youthfulness have evolved from classical antiquity to the present. Read the full article at Stanford Report.

11/18/2014 - Science (and Quacks) vs. the Aging Process

For thousands of years, people have sought to escape or outrun their mortality with potions, pills and elixirs, often blended with heavy doses of hope and will. Despite this enduring quest, most scientists say we are no closer to eternal life today than we were all those years ago. The word “immortality” elicits a mixture… Read more 11/18/2014 - Science (and Quacks) vs. the Aging Process