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10/8/2016 - Are grandkids to blame for the 70% jump in seniors’ debt load?

by admin on October 8, 2014 6:54 pm

What a difference a decade makes, at least when it comes to the debt load that seniors face. A study released Thursday by TransUnion of approximately 10 million consumers finds that between 2009 and 2014, every single age group except those 60 and older saw a reduction in their average debt load per person (made up of… Read more

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10/6/2014 - 4 scams that target boomers (MarketWatch)

by mbeals on October 7, 2014 7:11 pm

If Willie Sutton were alive today, he would probably skip banks and head straight for older Americans and their retirement savings. Because for scammers, “That’s where the money is.” While there is some question whether Sutton, a prominent bank robber in the mid-20th century, actually said those infamous words, there’s little doubt that households approaching,… Read more

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10/7/2014 - Could A Skin Cancer Drug Cure Alzheimer's?

by admin on October 7, 2014 3:58 pm

Approximately 500,000 people die each year because of Alzheimer’s disease, and millions more live with it every day. It’s a daunting disease to tackle, but that hasn’t stopped Paige Cramer, who as a Ph.D. candidate helped discover an off-label use for a cancer drug that could help Alzheimer’s patients – if the claim can be confirmed by… Read more

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10/7/2014 - Atul Gawande: "We Have Medicalized Aging, and That Experiment Is Failing Us"

by admin on October 7, 2014 3:53 pm

The latest book from surgeon and best-selling author Atul Gawande may not change your whole life, but it could very well improve how it ends. In Being Mortal, Gawande, a longtime staff writer for the New Yorker, takes on the utter failure of the medical profession when it comes to helping people die well, and the short-sightedness of the elder… Read more

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10/5/2014 - Retirement Planning Tips for Singles (The Wall Street Journal)

by djaworski on October 6, 2014 7:09 pm

Preparing for retirement is hard enough when two people are in it together. When you are on your own, it can be even harder. Many Americans will head into retirement solo for different reasons, of course, including the death of a spouse, divorce and changing lifestyles. In the 2013 U.S. Census, some 54% of women… Read more

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10/3/2014 - The anti-retirement plan: Working 9-to-5 past 65 (WashingtonPost)

by mbeals on October 6, 2014 6:51 pm

Paul Hyman doesn’t much care for golf or beach resorts. He doesn’t have a boat and isn’t any good at painting. Hyman is among a growing group of people working full time beyond age 65, generally considered full retirement age. As of September, 60 percent of workers age 65 and older had full-time jobs, up… Read more

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10/1/2014 - Millennials use 401(k) loans to buy homes (benefitspro)

by mbeals on October 6, 2014 6:50 pm

Almost 1 million Fidelity Investments 401(k) account holders took out a loan from their accounts in the past year, including a small yet troubling number of millennials who used the money to buy homes, the financial services giant said Wednesday. Read the full article at benefitspro.

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10/6/2014 - New National Study: Five Things You Should Know About Aging and LGBT People

by admin on October 6, 2014 5:28 pm

A new research report—Out and Visible: The Experiences and Attitudes of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Older Adults, Ages 45-76—sheds new light on these issues. Based on a 2014 nationally representative study of more than 1,800 LGBT people and more than 500 non-LGBT people, Out and Visible extensively describes how LGBT people feel and experience… Read more

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10/6/2014 - Let's Disrupt Aging and Rethink Getting Older

by admin on October 6, 2014 5:26 pm

“As I begin my tenure as CEO of AARP, I challenge all of us to re-imagine what it means to get older. Let’s disrupt aging. Let’s upend our thinking around what it means to get older. It’s really not about aging. It’s about living.” Read the full editorial at Huffington Post.

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10/5/2014 - The Best Possible Day

by admin on October 5, 2014 5:14 pm

Dr. Atul Gawande, Harvard professor and surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, spoke with more than 200 people about their experiences with aging or serious illness, or dealing with a family member’s — many of them his own patients, some in his own family. He interviewed and shadowed front-line staff members in old age homes,… Read more

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