Category: Longevity News 2015

3/31/2015 - What Have We Learned From 30 Years of 'Aging in Place'?

A new study on “naturally occurring retirement communities” shows that cities must adapt to and support the needs of elders for them to thrive. Read the full article at CityLab (from The Atlantic).

3/30/2015 - Though Most Americans Are Wired, Seniors Lack Internet Access In U.S.

While the U.S. is pretty well connected, there are still 20 million people who aren’t online. Lee Rainie of Pew Research describes who they are and why that matters. Read the full article at National Public Radio (NPR).

3/30/2015 - Why Some Seniors Are Upsizing in Retirement

Not all seniors are buying into the idea that they need to downsize their living arrangements once they stop working. In fact, a 2014 Merrill Lynch survey of 3,638 adults, including 2,192 baby boomers, found that half of pre-retirees who expect to downsize in retirement don’t do so. What’s more, 30 percent of those surveyed… Read more 3/30/2015 - Why Some Seniors Are Upsizing in Retirement

3/29/2015 - Add Uncertainty to Your Financial Plans

Human beings don’t like uncertainty, especially when we’re contemplating our financial futures. It’s not enough for us to think that we’ll have enough money to send our kids to college, or to retire. We want to know exactly how much money we’ll need to achieve those goals — and precisely how we’re going to get… Read more 3/29/2015 - Add Uncertainty to Your Financial Plans

3/28/2015 - At Aging Conference, Old Is The New Black

For the first in a series of regular discussions about aging, NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with NPR’s Ina Jaffe from the Aging in America Conference in Chicago. Read the full article at National Public Radio (NPR).

3/26/2015 - Grim News on Health Costs in Retirement

If you need a reminder that Medicare covers only a portion of retiree medical expenses, check out this report. Released Wednesday by HealthView Services, a Danvers, Mass., company that provides retirement health-care cost data and tools to financial advisers, it finds that a 66-year-old couple retiring this year with average Social Security benefits can expect… Read more 3/26/2015 - Grim News on Health Costs in Retirement

3/25/2015 - Senate Special Committee on Aging: Finding an Alzheimer's Cure

B. Smith, restaurateur and author, testified before the Senate Special Committee on Aging on the importance of finding a cure for Alzheimer’s disease by 2025. See video at ABC News.

3/25/2015 - How Exercise May Aid Cancer Treatment

In a new study involving mice, aerobic exercise slowed the growth of breast cancer tumors and made the cancer more sensitive to chemotherapy. The results raise the possibility that exercise may change the biology of some malignant tumors, potentially making them easier to treat. Read the full article at The New York Times.

3/24/2015 - The Medicaid bill that doesn’t go away when you die

Medicaid is thought of as free health insurance for the poor, but federal law requires that recipients pay for the costs of long-term care. And when patients die, Medicaid charges the expenses to the leftover assets in their estates, sometimes passing the burden on to heirs. Special correspondent Sally Schilling reports on how California is… Read more 3/24/2015 - The Medicaid bill that doesn’t go away when you die

3/24/2015 - Many Doctors Who Diagnose Alzheimer's Fail To Tell The Patient

Doctors are much more likely to level with patients who have cancer than patients who have Alzheimer’s, according to a report released this week by the Alzheimer’s Association. Read the full article National Public Radio (NPR).