Category: Longevity News 2015

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5/8/2015 - New Math for Retirees and the 4% Withdrawal Rule

by on May 9, 2015 8:25 pm
The 4 percent rule states that retirees who withdrew 4 percent of their initial retirement portfolio balance, and then adjusted that dollar amount for inflation each year thereafter, would have created a paycheck that lasted for 30 years. The concept has been both celebrated and criticized, and it has recently come under scrutiny yet again,… Read more 5/8/2015 - New Math for Retirees and the 4% Withdrawal Rule
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5/8/2015 - Some New Math for the 4 Percent Retirement Rule

by on May 8, 2015 9:16 pm
The most widely referenced rule of thumb in financial vernacular, known as the 4 percent rule, found that retirees who withdrew 4 percent of their initial retirement portfolio balance, and then adjusted that dollar amount for inflation each year thereafter, would have created a paycheck that lasted for 30 years. The concept has been both… Read more 5/8/2015 - Some New Math for the 4 Percent Retirement Rule
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5/7/2015 - Feds struggle to manage growing number of elderly inmates

by on May 7, 2015 8:57 pm
Aging inmates remain the fastest-growing segment of the federal prison population and authorities are struggling to manage their increasing medical care and assistance with daily living, an internal Justice Department’s review found. Read the full article at USA Today.
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5/5/2015 - Why African-American seniors are less likely to use hospice

by on May 5, 2015 9:47 pm
Black seniors are more likely than whites and Latinos to forgo hospice care. Due to deeply felt religious beliefs and a long history of discrimination in the U.S., African-American patients are often reluctant to plan for the end of their lives, and more skeptical when doctors suggest stopping treatment. Read the full article at National… Read more 5/5/2015 - Why African-American seniors are less likely to use hospice
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5/5/2015 - High-Tech Sensors Help Kids Keep Eye on Aging Parents

by on May 5, 2015 6:23 pm
Advances in low-cost sensors and wireless networks are fueling a boom in the so-called “smart” home. And companies are looking beyond home security and temperature control to creating products for Baby Boomers trying to balance caring for aging parents and respecting their independence. It’s a new twist on the notion of personal alarms, such as… Read more 5/5/2015 - High-Tech Sensors Help Kids Keep Eye on Aging Parents
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5/4/2015 - Green tea extract and exercise hinder progress of Alzheimer's disease in mice

by on May 4, 2015 8:31 pm
Comprehensive study of EGCG, a compound found in green tea, could lead to treatments of Alzheimer’s in humans. Read the full article at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
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5/4/2015 - As We Age, Keys to Remembering Where the Keys Are

by on May 4, 2015 6:17 pm
“I recently told my 70s-something walking group that I wanted to write about “retrieval disorder,” our shared problem with remembering names and dates, what we had just read and where, even what we had for dinner last night. Or, in my case, the subject of the column I wrote the day before.” Read the full… Read more 5/4/2015 - As We Age, Keys to Remembering Where the Keys Are
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5/4/2015 - Talking about “mouseheimers,” and a call for new neuroscience technologies

by on May 4, 2015 5:58 pm
Michael Greicius, MD, MPH, professor of neurology and neurological sciences at Stanford, and a Center on Longevity faculty affiliate, researches Alzheimer’s and has a bone to pick with media hype about Alzheimer’s research conducted in mice. What the mice have shouldn’t be considered the same condition, he says, so he’s termed it “mouseheimer’s.” Read the… Read more 5/4/2015 - Talking about “mouseheimers,” and a call for new neuroscience technologies
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5/2/2015 - The painful price of aging in prison

by on May 2, 2015 6:18 pm
Even as harsh sentences are reconsidered, the financial — and human — tolls mount. Read the full article at The Washington Post.
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4/30/2015 - 1 in 5 Elderly Americans Dies Broke, Survey Shows

by on April 30, 2015 9:04 pm
46% of Americans had less than $10,000 in financial assets in the last year of their life. Read the full article at Time.