Category: Longevity News 2015

2/12/2015 - The New Age of Much Older Age

Everyone wants to live longer, and science is starting to make that happen. But living better will be the real challenge—and opportunity. Read the full article at Time. (requires subscription)

2/11/2015 - If You Have Dementia, Can You Hasten Death As You Wished?

If you make a choice to hasten your own death, it can actually be pretty simple: Don’t eat or drink for a week. But if you have Alzheimer’s disease, acting on even that straightforward choice can become ethically and legally fraught. Read the full article at National Public Radio (NPR).

2/11/2015 - Six Reasons to Rethink Aging and Retirement

Researchers at the Stanford Center on Longevity explain that what we think about mental health, exercise, and financial stability is wrong. Read the full article at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

2/10/2015 - How Reducing Social Isolation Protects Older Adults

social isolation is associated with, and a powerful predictor of cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline, institutionalization, stroke, re-hospitalization, depression, and increased risk of suicide, just to name a few. It is linked to everything from a higher risk of contracting the common cold to faster tumor growth in cancer patients. All in all, socially isolated people… Read more 2/10/2015 - How Reducing Social Isolation Protects Older Adults

2/10/2015 - In retirement ranking, 18 countries beat the U.S.

For the third year in a row, the U.S. barely cracks the top 20 nations when it comes to retirement security, according to this year’s annual ranking from Natixis. Among the other countries the U.S. trails: top-ranked Switzerland and second-ranked Norway, as well as Australia, New Zealand, Iceland, and Luxembourg. The U.S. also trails Japan,… Read more 2/10/2015 - In retirement ranking, 18 countries beat the U.S.

2/9/2015 - A Retirement Age of 100? It’s Coming

“The end of retirement is already prompting a global reconsideration of how we think about the life cycle. For economic growth and greater security, we’ll need to find new ways to work to 100+ while investing for the long haul in our health, mental faculties, friends, neighbors and society. Fortunately, with fewer younger workers around,… Read more 2/9/2015 - A Retirement Age of 100? It’s Coming

2/9/2015 - Why older investors make bad financial decisions

Death and taxes may be two certainties in life, but sadly, there is another. You are highly likely to become less capable of managing your money as you age. Old age often comes with declining cognition, of course. And now, a study of elderly people over time has measured how even slight cognitive changes affect financial literacy… Read more 2/9/2015 - Why older investors make bad financial decisions

2/9/2015 - Distinguished Careers Institute helps leading professionals transition to next career

The year-long program, which extends from January through December, was conceived by Philip Pizzo, a former dean of the medical school and now the founding director of DCI. Pizzo, who had worked in medicine for nearly 40 years, was preparing his own return to school to pursue a history PhD when he realized how many… Read more 2/9/2015 - Distinguished Careers Institute helps leading professionals transition to next career

2/9/2015 - Fully Equipped Village Allows Dementia Patients To Lead Normal, Independent Lives

A Dutch village allows patients with dementia to live their lives normally while also receiving proper care. From the outside, Hogewey, located in the Netherlands, seems like any other village. It has a small grocery store, a theater and various restaurants and shops. But its residents all have dementia, and the town itself is actually a… Read more 2/9/2015 - Fully Equipped Village Allows Dementia Patients To Lead Normal, Independent Lives

2/5/2015 - Is It Really Dementia? Maybe Not.

Behind that dementia diagnosis may actually lie a treatable condition: normal pressure hydrocephalus. While an estimated 700,000 adults are living with normal pressure hydrocephalus, fewer than 20 percent of those with the condition receive an appropriate diagnosis. Read the full article at U.S. News and World Report.