Category: Longevity News 2015

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11/2/2015 - How Older Performers Are Helping Us Rethink Aging

by on November 2, 2015 5:30 pm
“You may remember the line from the Buffalo Springfield song For What It’s Worth: “There’s something happening here, what it is ain’t exactly clear.” I couldn’t get that lyric out of my mind when I started wondering why so many star performers and visual artists are remaining creative and active in the second half (or last third) of their… Read more 11/2/2015 - How Older Performers Are Helping Us Rethink Aging
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11/2/2015 - What Singapore’s plan for an aging population can teach the United States

by on November 2, 2015 5:27 pm
Singapore, one of the world’s fastest-aging countries, has announced a massive, multipronged plan to help its citizens age successfully — one that advocates say leaves the United States in the dust. Read the full article at The Washington Post.
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11/1/2015 - Alzheimer’s Link Leads to More Financial Planning

by on November 1, 2015 5:32 pm
People whose families have a history of Alzheimer’s disease are much more likely to seek expert financial advice and are more likely to delay retirement, compared with people for whom Alzheimer’s isn’t an issue, says a forthcoming study from professors at the University of Utah. Read the full article at The Wall Street Journal.
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10/29/2015 - China to End One-Child Policy, Allowing Families Two Children

by on October 29, 2015 2:05 pm
China’s Communist Party brought to an end the decades-old “one-child” policy on Thursday, when leaders announced that all married couples would be allowed to have two children in a bid to reverse the rapid aging of the labor force. Read the full article at The New York Times.
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10/29/2015 - Planning a Wedding When a Parent Is Ill

by on October 29, 2015 2:03 pm
When my mom was told she had Stage 4 lung cancer last November, I waded into uncharted territory. I was 28, living with my partner of five years, Dan, and our two dogs in a one-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn. As soon as my mom broke the news, from her home in Florida, I rushed down to… Read more 10/29/2015 - Planning a Wedding When a Parent Is Ill
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10/28/2015 - The Most Influential People In Aging

by on October 28, 2015 7:34 pm
Next Avenue released the 2015 Influencers in Aging, its first annual list recognizing 50 inspiring thought leaders, innovators, doctors, authors, advocates, experts, executives and others changing how we age and think about aging. Read the full article at Forbes.  
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10/27/2015 - Talking Early About How Life Should End

by on October 27, 2015 6:21 pm
Of adults 75 and over, a Pew Research Center study found that only 17 percent had talked to their families about their end-of-life wishes. It is an uncomfortable conversation. It always seems too early to talk to a loved one about how she wants to die — until it’s too late, and she can no… Read more 10/27/2015 - Talking Early About How Life Should End
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10/27/2015 - U.S. deaths drop for leading causes

by on October 27, 2015 6:19 pm
The U.S. death rate for all causes is continuing to decline, aided by drops in fatalities from leading causes like heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes and accidents, new research finds. Read the full article at Reuters.
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10/27/2015 - Guys Retire to Hang With Their Wives. And the Wives?

by on October 27, 2015 6:11 pm
About 60 percent of men cite spending more time with their wives as one of the strongest motivations to retire, according to a new survey based on more than 12,000 defined-contribution plan participants 55 or older. Just 43 percent of women say the same. Read the full article at Bloomberg.
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10/26/2015 - A ‘Gener-ager’s’ Perspective on Aging’s Broken Record

by on October 26, 2015 9:09 pm
Whether it is Marc Freedman’s seminal books reflecting the encore career movement, Laura Carstensen’s directorship of the Stanford Center on Longevity or Paul Irving’s book, The Upside of Aging (to name just a few examples), society needs to embrace the “successful aging” theme. Read the full article at Next Avenue.