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Think tank ranks best cities for aging based on 78 indicators
There’s no doubt about it: Baby boomers plan to age in place, and they’d like to do so in communities with lots of amenities and good medical services. Which cities deliver on this promise? An...
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Baby boomers’ votes have potential to influence many political issues
Governing magazine has joined the ranks of publications turning a spotlight on the aging of America. Especially worth reading is its just-published story on the politics of greying baby boomers. What...
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Cohabitation trend among baby boomers has health implications to be explored
You may have seen a flurry of stories late last year noting that divorce rates are rising for baby boomers even as they’re on a downward slide overall across the United States. You may have wondered,...
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Boomers face delayed retirement, dwindling health coverage for retirees
For many baby boomers, retirement is a dream that’s slipping away. Several publications have looked at this issue over the past few months, documenting the economic malaise that’s gripping boomers as...
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Fla. reporter shares thoughts behind new blog on aging
In the latest installment of “Shared Wisdom” on the aging beat, Barbara Peters Smith of the Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune discusses launching a blog about aging, why she and the paper feel it is...
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Webcast explores aging adults’ contributions, widening disparities, creating...
You don’t often hear about how much older adults contribute to society. That’s a shame. It allows the aging of American to be portrayed as a story of dependency: the reliance of the old upon the young....
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Cost of long-term care merits coverage, discussion
With the baby boomers aging into Medicare and heading into years when physical decline and disability gradually become more common, one thing seems certain: Long-term care will inevitably become a much...
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Experts discuss coming shifts in quality of life, culture around aging
Image by NCVO via flickr. “Have we matched our healthspan to our life span?” AgeWave.com founder and author Ken Dychtwald asked that question yesterday of a standing-room-only audience at the American...
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New Medicare Trustees report projects slightly longer solvency
Image by Colin Dunn via flickr. There is some good news coming out of the latest report from the Medicare Trustees. They predict that the trust fund that finances Medicare’s hospital insurance coverage...
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More aging boomers at risk of becoming elder orphans
Maria Torroella Carney Are you familiar with the term “elder orphan?” That’s how one researcher describes a coming wave of childless and unmarried baby boomers and seniors who are aging alone and...
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Conference offers occasion, sources to report on key issues of aging
The U.S. National Archives via Flickr The Older Americans Act – signed into law on July 14, 1965 – mandated a national conference on aging every 10 years. I’ve attended the past two White House...
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Aging well: Innovative approaches for boomers and beyond #AHCJ16
We baby boomers were lucky to grow up when we did. We came of age during an era of progress. The Beatles … and Woodstock. Civil rights … and women’s rights. We saw men land on the moon and journalism...
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What does the GOP health care plan mean for older adults?
Photo: Tomi via Flickr Criticism of the newly introduced GOP repeal-and-replace plan for the Affordable Care Act is mounting from all sides. Advocates for older adults and those who care for them are...
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Boomers face delayed retirement, dwindling health coverage for retirees
For many baby boomers, retirement is a dream that’s slipping away. Several publications have looked at this issue over the past few months, documenting the economic malaise that’s gripping boomers as...
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Fla. reporter shares thoughts behind new blog on aging
In the latest installment of “Shared Wisdom” on the aging beat, Barbara Peters Smith of the Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune discusses launching a blog about aging, why she and the paper feel it is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Webcast explores aging adults’ contributions, widening disparities, creating...
You don’t often hear about how much older adults contribute to society. That’s a shame. It allows the aging of American to be portrayed as a story of dependency: the reliance of the old upon the young....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cost of long-term care merits coverage, discussion
With the baby boomers aging into Medicare and heading into years when physical decline and disability gradually become more common, one thing seems certain: Long-term care will inevitably become a much...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Experts discuss coming shifts in quality of life, culture around aging
Image by NCVO via flickr. “Have we matched our healthspan to our life span?” AgeWave.com founder and author Ken Dychtwald asked that question yesterday of a standing-room-only audience at the American...
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New Medicare Trustees report projects slightly longer solvency
Image by Colin Dunn via flickr. There is some good news coming out of the latest report from the Medicare Trustees. They predict that the trust fund that finances Medicare’s hospital insurance coverage...
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More aging boomers at risk of becoming elder orphans
Maria Torroella Carney Are you familiar with the term “elder orphan?” That’s how one researcher describes a coming wave of childless and unmarried baby boomers and seniors who are aging alone and...
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