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9/23/2013 - From Athletes to the Elderly: The Science of Trips and Falls

by on September 23, 2013 6:07 pm
New research into how we maintain our balance could help athletes and prevent falls among the elderly. Read the full article at The Wall Street Journal.
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9/23/2013 - When There’s No Family

by on September 23, 2013 6:07 pm
“I rarely write about advance directives and end-of-life discussions without a few readers asking, sometimes plaintively: What if you don’t have a family?” Read the full article at The New York Times.
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9/20/2013 - The Quality of Jobs: The New Normal and the Old Normal (New York Times)

by on September 23, 2013 4:12 pm
Since the Great Recession of 2008-9, the labor market has recovered at an agonizingly slow pace. Despite 42 consecutive months of gains in private-sector employment, the unemployment rate is still at 7.3 percent; in December 2007 it was only 4.6 percent. The current unemployment rate is higher now than in 2007 across all age, education,… Read more 9/20/2013 - The Quality of Jobs: The New Normal and the Old Normal (New York Times)
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9/22/2013 - The aging in Asia face a new decade like no other

by on September 22, 2013 5:29 pm
Asia is expected to see one clear demographic trend emerge in the next decade: a widening divide between the southeast, where the working-age population is growing at a strong pace, and the northeast, where the labor force is forecast to shrink. Read the full article at CNBC.
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9/20/2013 - Soliciting young minds to help older adults

by on September 20, 2013 10:23 pm
The young helping the elderly is not a new practice, but designing products aimed at the aging population might be a novel idea. An article in today’s Stanford Report highlights the Stanford Center on Longevity’s Design Challenge, a contest “focused on cognitive impairments – trouble with remembering things, concentration, learning new things or making decisions,” and is aimed at… Read more 9/20/2013 - Soliciting young minds to help older adults
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9/20/2013 - A Compelling Case for Work in Retirement (U.S. News & World Report)

by on September 20, 2013 7:48 pm
Many baby boomers want to keep working in some capacity after retirement. Whether the choice is theirs to make or they are forced to extend the length of their career, more and more people are building work into their retirement plans. Read the full article at U.S. News & World Report.
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9/20/2013 - Stanford Center on Longevity competition challenges students to design products to help older adults

by on September 20, 2013 2:21 pm
The Center on Longevity is kicking off a Design Challenge aimed at encouraging undergraduate and graduate students to find solutions that help older adults affected by cognitive impairments to live independently as long as possible. Read the full article at Stanford Report.
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9/19/2013 - Retirees Are Optimistic (or Delusional) About Leaving Inheritances

by on September 19, 2013 10:25 pm
For those who can’t expect hand-me-down wealth, there’s another retirement strategy, one that’s mentioned more and more these days: working longer. “Most people just don’t have the financial resources to stop working full-time in their 60s,” says actuary and consultant Steve Vernon, a research scholar at the Stanford Center on Longevity. Read the full article… Read more 9/19/2013 - Retirees Are Optimistic (or Delusional) About Leaving Inheritances
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9/19/2013 - Suddenly, the Tech World Loves People Over 50

by on September 19, 2013 8:44 pm
In today’s gold rush for the silver market, startups, advisers and older consumers have joined forces to help Americans age better. Read the full article at Next Avenue.
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9/18/2013 - NIRS report suggests ways U.S. could help solve its retirement crisis (Pensions&Investments)

by on September 19, 2013 4:55 pm
U.S. policymakers and employers dealing with a struggling retirement system might learn a few lessons from other countries, where tough choices and government mandates seem to working, according to several new reports. Read the full article at Pensions & Investments.