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3/19/2014 - New Tech Tools Promise to Make Caregiving Easier

by on March 19, 2014 5:09 pm
Make room in your life for technology, family caregivers. That was a recurring theme at the American Society on Aging (ASA) annualconference that ended this past Saturday. And it was seconded heartily at the Boomer Summit, a daylong event held during ASA for entrepreneurs, businesses and organizations that market to boomers and older adults. At the Boomer Summit, 85… Read more 3/19/2014 - New Tech Tools Promise to Make Caregiving Easier
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3/19/2014 - Fetal brain protein reactivates in old age, may fight dementia

by on March 19, 2014 4:47 pm
Scientists have discovered that a gene-regulating protein that guards the developing brain of a fetus reactivates in old age and may protect against dementia, a finding that could open a new path in Alzheimer’s research. Read the full article at The Washington Post.
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3/19/2014 - One Sure Way To Tell If Your Aging Parent Shouldn't Be Driving

by on March 19, 2014 4:38 pm
The struggle to get an aging parent to give up driving can be very difficult for family members, particularly when the aging person thinks he or she is perfectly fine. Loss of independence is a very threatening thing for most people. An aging parent who is determined to keep driving, despite warning signs that it’s… Read more 3/19/2014 - One Sure Way To Tell If Your Aging Parent Shouldn't Be Driving
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3/19/2014 - Harvard team discovers protein that appears to protect aging brain against Alzheimer’s

by on March 19, 2014 4:32 pm
Harvard researchers have found evidence that Alzheimer’s disease, long known for the toxic clumps and tangles that build up in the brain, may also be caused by the failure of a natural system that protects brain cells. Read the full article at Boston Globe.
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3/18/2014 - Robots to Aid Walking Offer New Tool to Aging, Disabled

by on March 18, 2014 8:03 pm
Eyeing a new market of aging populations and concern over rising health costs, companies in U.S., Europe and Japan are developing bionic suits that may some day save labor and help the elderly care for themselves. Read the full article at Bloomberg.
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3/18/2014 - With Less Financial Security, Older Workers Stay On The Job

by on March 18, 2014 7:29 pm
Increasingly, older Americans are staying in the workforce longer. According to census figures, that includes more than 30 percent of people between the ages of 65 and 70. A new study from the Employee Benefit Research Institute released Tuesday suggests the reason that number is expected to increase: Just 55 percent of Americans say they’re… Read more 3/18/2014 - With Less Financial Security, Older Workers Stay On The Job
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3/18/2014 - The psychology of retirement saving

by on March 18, 2014 5:41 pm
If it would surprise you to learn that the choice between eating a banana or chocolate in a lab experiment has helped to redefine the way Americans save, then you’re behind on the latest thinking in “behavioral finance”—the study of how human psychology impacts investing and markets—and that could cost you on the road to a comfortable… Read more 3/18/2014 - The psychology of retirement saving
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3/18/2014 - Retirement: A third have less than $1,000 put away

by on March 18, 2014 5:38 pm
Most people have very little tucked away for retirement, and many aren’t even trying to figure out how much they’ll need later in life, a new national survey reveals. Read the full article at USA Today.
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3/15/2014 - Income Gap, Meet the Longevity Gap (New York Times)

by on March 17, 2014 9:32 pm
Fairfax County, Va., and McDowell County, W.Va., are separated by 350 miles, about a half-day’s drive. Traveling west from Fairfax County, the gated communities and bland architecture of military contractors give way to exurbs, then to farmland and eventually to McDowell’s coal mines and the forested slopes of the Appalachians. Perhaps the greatest distance between… Read more 3/15/2014 - Income Gap, Meet the Longevity Gap (New York Times)
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3/15/2014 - What the Social Security COLA means to seniors (USA Today)

by on March 17, 2014 9:31 pm
espite a narrow brush with a new reduction to Social Security benefits, seniors will not see the proposed move to a more conservative cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, in 2014. President Barack Obama’s announcement on Feb. 2 that he was scrapping the earlier proposal preserves the status quo for seniors — for now. The grand budget… Read more 3/15/2014 - What the Social Security COLA means to seniors (USA Today)