Overview
Noteworthy news and trends focused on aging. Last update 10.1.20
Noteworthy news and trends focused on aging. Last update 10.1.20
SEPTEMBER 2020
News and Trends
Spinal Cord Stimulation and Parkinson's Disease, SciBlog, 9.30.20
CoVid, Retirement and Bummer-Out Boomers, MW, 9.30.20
Can Robo-Pets Provide Comfort to Seniors, NYTimes, 9.30.20
New Technologies Ushering In Healthcare Revolution for Seniors, Worth, 9.30.20
Improved Website For Comparing Medicare Health Services, HealthLeaders, 9.30.20
Tricky Decisions for Snowbirds This Year, NextAve, 9.30.20
Disadvantages of Aging in Place, NextAve, 9.30.20
Just Checking In, Ladders, 9.29.20
The Science Behind the Longevity Movement, Vogue, 9.29.20
Trump Promises Medicare Recipients $200 Drug Certificates, STAT, 9.25.20
When a Conservatorship Goes Terribly Wrong, NextAve, 9.25.20
A Push in China to Add Elevators in Older Apartments, NYTimes, 9.23.20
Structural Racism Worsens for Black and Latinx Elders, NextAve, 9.23.20
New Ideas in Long-Term Care, NextAve, 9.23.20
Investors' Warning, Forbes, 9.22.20
Baby Boomers Shunning Mega-Housing Developments in Retirement, CNBC, 9.22.20
Why Humans Live Longer Than Chimpanzees, SciBlog, 9.21.20
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Starting in 2021, Social Security Will Spend More Than it Takes In, MF, 9.21.20
Hospitals Charge More Than 2x What Medicare Pays, NYTimes, 9.21.20
Reassuring News in the Statin Debate, NYTimes, 9.21.20
How Grandparents Get Their Names, NextAve, 9.16.20
A Good Reason to Eat More Beans, CNBC, 9.16.20
Centenarians top 80,000 for First Time in Japan, Kyoda, 9.15.20
New Dental Treatment To Fill Cavities, Kaiser, 9.15.20
What to Know About Retiring Abroad, CNBC, 9.15.20
Americans Raiding Retirement Savings, CNBC, 9.14.20
Trends in Tech for Older Adults, ASA, 9.14.20
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How Aging Trends with Reshape Life in 2030, NextAve, 9.14.20
Medicare, Drug Prices and the White House, STAT, 9.14.20
Scorecard: The State of the US Health System, CommFund, 9.11.20
Risk of Catching CoVid on a Plane, Kaiser, 9.10.20
A Common Pain Reliever That Makes Risky Moves Less Dangerous, OSU, 9.9.20
Skin Cells Used to Slow Aging, SciBlog, 9.9.20
Can Anyone Afford to Retire in Massachusetts, BosGlobe, 9.8.20
Why Black Aging Matters, Too, Kaiser, 9.3.20
Relocating Can Boost Living Standards, CRR, 9.3.20
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Social Security Could Come to a Screeching Halt Sooner Than You Think, CNN, 9.2.20
Get Moving To Age Better, NYTimes, 9.2.20
Jobs that Employers Want Older Workers to Do, CRR, 9.2.20
Climate Change and Where to Retire, NextAve, 9.2.20
Alleviate Pain and Tension Using the Alexander Technique, NextAve, 9.2.20
Best Time To Get a Flu Shot, Huffpost, 9.2.20
30 Items Every Retiree Should Get Rid Of, Cheapism, 9.1.20
AUGUST 2020
News and Trends
15 Countries Where You Can Live Comfortably on Social Security, Cheapism, 8.31.20
4 Steps Retirees Can Take in Response to Fed's New Policy, Forbes, 8.31.20
Smoke Cigars, Drink Whiskey, Eat Fried Food and Live to 105, CNBC, 8.26.20
Time to Get Rid of Your Landline, AARP, 8.26.20
Nursing Home Residents and Voting, ProPublica, 8.26.20
Disconnect Between Stock Market and the Economy, BusInsider, 8.25.20
Mail Delays May Affect Med Supplies For 1 in 4 Over Age 50, SciBlog, 8.25.20
Wall Street Looting American Retirement System, RollingStone, 8.24.20
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CoVid Brings Wave of Early Retirements, Axios, 8.21.20
Biden's Plan for Social Security, CNBC, 8.21.20
Aging and Your Genetic Background, MedX, 8.21.20
Sing Like a Bird, SciBlog, 8.20.20
Seven Months Later, What We Know About CoVid, STAT, 8.17.20
Obesity and Knee Pain As We Age, CRR, 8.13.20
Can Aging Really Be Treated or Cured, PHYS, 8.12.20
New Tech Products for Seniors, AHTW, 8.12.20
Is Taking Biotin in Your Future, JAMA, 8.12.20
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How Long You Live May Depend on the Color of Your Skin, NYTimes, 8.11.20
US Democracy Facing a Crisis, SciBlog, 8.11.20
What to Do in Midlife to Feel Great at 80, LondTimes, 8.10.20
When CoVid Hit, Many Elderly Were Left to Die, NYTimes, 8.8.20
When Social Security is the Primary or Only Source of Income, CRR, 8.6.20
What You Really Should Know About the US' Pandemic Response, Nature, 8.5.20
Childhood Trauma Can Speed Biological Aging, SciBlog, 8.4.20
Experimental Blood Test for Alzheimer's, AP, 8.4.20
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Canes, Walkers and Other Items Are Getting a New Look, WSJ, 8.4.20
Should You Pay Off Mortgage Before Retirement, NerdWallet, 8.3.20
How to Ride Out the Stock Market Roller Coaster, WashPost, 8.3.20
Baby Boomers Worst Hit by CoVid Pay Cuts in UK, LondTimes, 8.2.20
How to Make Your Retirement Savings Last for Decades, Money, 8.1.20
JULY 2020
News and Trends
Finding A Lost Retirement Plan, CRR, 7.30.20
Coming Soon, The Culling of Workers Over the Age of 50, MW, 7.30.20
What Does the Future of AI Mean to Humans, SciBlog, 7.30.20
Smaller Senior Living Facilities Struggle to Make Ends Meet, SrHousing, 7.30.20
GOP Slips An Attack on Social Security into CoVid Relief Bill, LATimes, 7.29.20
The Future of Medicine in the UK After CoVid, LondTimes, 7.28.20
Full Bladder, Closed Bathrooms, LATimes, 7.28.20
In Early Retirement Is It Better to Be a Landlord or Homeowner, Barron's, 7.27.20
The America We Knew--Mail Delivery in the Age of Trump, Fortune, 7.26.20
14 Reasons You Might Go Broke in Retirement, Kiplinger, 7.26.20
5 Signs You Found the Perfect Place to Retire, MW, 7.24.20
A New Ageism, NextAve, 7.24.20
Are Social Security Cuts in the Forecast, NextAve, 7.24.20
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Pandemic Puts More Retirements at Risk, CRR, 7.23.20
CoVid Era Travel Tips, AARP, 7.22.20
When Was the Last Time You Smoked a Cigarette?, CDC, 7.22.20
Reprogramming How Human Cells Age, Phys, 7.18.20
How Seniors Can Calculate Covid Risk, NYTimes, 7.17.20
Slowing the Aging Process and Iron Levels in Your Blood, Yahoo, 7.16.20
Anti-Aging Therapies and Your Dog, Forbes, 7.12.20
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Exercise and Your Aging Brain, STAT, 7.10.20
Hearing Persists at End of Life, SciBlog, 7.8.20
Why Baby Boomers Are in Debt, MSN, 7.7.20
Are You Smiling Behind That Mask, Stanford, 7.7.20
Report Finds Crisis in Nation's Assisting Living Facilities, WBUR, 7.6.20
Budgeting for the 4 Phases of Retirement, Investopedia, 7.6.20
Key to Anti-Aging May Lie in Your Bones, Guardian, 7.5.20
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The Challenge for Older Workers During COVID Times, CRR, 7.2.20
In UK, Most Only Work 10 Years in Good Health After Age 50, Conversation, 7.2.20
Looking at Red Light to Prevent Declining Eyesight, CNN, 7.1.20
How AI Fits Into End-of-life-Care, STAT, 7.1.20
Music to Improve Brain and Mental Health, AARP, 7.1.20
Why Next 3 Months Important for SS Recipients, MF, 6.30.20
New Feature to Protect Your Social Security Benefits, MF, 6.28.20
JUNE 2020
Coronavirus Related News
Living in an Assisted Living Facility, Sr.Housing, 6.11.20
Senior Care Calls, NYTimes, 6.10.20
Older Workers at Home, CRR, 6.9.20
The Patchwork Pandemic, Atlantic, 6.8.20
Crisis Fatigue, Wired, 6.5.20
Small-House Senior Living, Sr.Housing, 6.4.20
Senior Isolation in Public Housing, ProPublica, 6.3.20
Unraveling COVID Origins, ARS, 6.2.20
Other News and Trends
Why Next 3 Months Important for SS Recipients, MF, 6.30.20
New Feature to Protect Your Social Security Benefits, MF, 6.28.20
Identifying Dementia Through Inflammatory Bowel Disease, SciBlog, 6.26.20
Yes, Somebody Wants Your Stuff, NextAve, 6.26.20
The Future of Travel According to Rick Steves, WashPost, 6.24.20
Are Saving Enough for Retirement, Yahoo, 6.23.20
Promising Cancer Treatment, BBC, 6.23.20
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Proteasome Activity and Aging, Medical Press, 6.21.20
Aging is a Woman's Secret Power, NBC, 6.20.20
Housing for an Aging Population in the UK, ARCO, 6.19.20
What is Elder Justice, NextAve, 6.19.20
Sedentary Behavior and Cancer, JAMA, 6.19.20
New Collaboration to Explore Age-Tech Solutions in Health Care, HU, 6.18.20
401K Changes in the Works, Yahoo 6.18.20
The Future of Aging in America, NextAve, 6.17.20
Very Low Interest Rates and Your Retirement, Money, 6.14.20
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How Safe is Your Company Pension, NBC, 6.14.20
Medicare Costs in Retirement, CNBC, 6.11.20
Playing Hard to Get Might Actually Work, SciBlog, 6.11.20
Choosing the Best Long-Term Care Insurance Option, Kiplinger, 6.10.20
Cost of Cancer Care, AACR, 6.10.20
Focus on Financial Freedom, Not Retirement, Forbes, 6.8.20
Negative Thinking and Dementia, CNN, 6.8.20
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Does Gold Belong in Your Retirement Portfolio, MW, 6.5.20
What Might Be Next in Tech Adoption Trends, AHTW, 6.5.20
Why Some Seniors Remember Better Than Others, SciBlog, 6.4.20
Technology for Aging Market Overview, AHTW, 6.4.20
My Retirement Plan is You, NYTimes, 6.4.20
Low-Dose Aspirin and Depression, JAMA, 6.4.20
Vitamin K and Bone Strength, Tufts, 6.2.20
MAY 2020
Coronavirus Related News
New Rules of Retirement, WashPost, 5.31.20
How COVID Spreads in Nursing Homes, CRR, 5.29.20
103-Year-Old Woman Recovers from Virus with a Cold Beer, BosGlob, 5.28.20
Nursing Homes Fight for Protection from Lawsuits, Politico, 5.26.20
When the Bubonic Plague Hit France in 1720, STAT, 5.26.20
Lost Wealth Today vs the Great Recession, CRR, 5.22.20
Bringing Home a Loved One from Long-Term Care, NextAve, 5.22.20
9 Ways COVID Could Change US Health Care Industry, STAT, 5.19.20
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1 in 5 Provide Unpaid Caregiving, AARP, 5.15.20
Vitamin D and COVID Mortality, Yahoo, 5.14.20
Traditional Healers Wanted, Kaiser, 5.14.20
Conspiracy Theorists Seize the Moment, Politico, 5.13.20
Seniors Fearful of COVID-19 Changing Their Living Wills, Kaiser, 5.12.20
Lessons Learned from the Black Plague in Italy, SciBlog, 5.12.20
Have You Taken Your Flavonoid Today, Oxford, 5.12.20
Public Pension Plan Update, CRR, 5.12.20
A Harebrained Idea to Take Social Security Early, CNBC, 5.12.20
Staff Living On-Site at Sr. Homes, Sr.Housing, 5.12.19
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How Pandemics End, NYTimes, 5.9.20
Blowing the Whistle on Trump's COVID Policies, Kaiser, 5.8.20
How to Adapt to a New Normal, Kaiser, 5.8.20
Senior Shopping Hours, BosGlobe, 5.6.20
Why Weren't We Ready for COVID, NewYorker, 5.5.20
How Pandemics Catalyze Social and Economic Change, SciBlog, 5.3.20
Older Workers Could Be Last in Line When Companies' Reopen, MW, 5..1.20
Other News and Trends
Autofocusing Reading Glasses of the Future, TED, 5.30.20
Best Financial Moves to Make When Retired, CNBC, 5.30.20
Millennial Economic Heartbreak, MW, 5.29.20
Thinking of Buying an RV?, Kiplinger, 5.29.20
How Unpaid Debt is Handled When a Person Dies, CNBC, 5.29.20
Chronic Conditions and Tooth Loss, CDC, 5.29.20
What's the Color of Your Wall, Sr.Housing, 5.28.20
Employer Perceptions of Older Workers Pre-Pandemic, CRR, 5.26.20
Great Places to Retire in the US, GoBankingRates, 5.22.20
Anti-Aging Protein Key to Longevity, Yahoo, 5.20.20
Wired for Marriage, SciBlog, 5.19.20
Keeping Up With Cost Increases and Social Security, CNBC, 5.19.20
You Are In Better Shape for Your Retirement with Social Security, WashPost, 5.14.20
Blood Test to Detect Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 5.9.20
Parents Cut Back Aid to Children in a Downturn, CRR, 5.7.20
Middle Age More Stressful Than in the 1990s, SciBlog, 5.7.20
Alzheimer's Gene Triggers Breakdown in Brain Blood Barrier, SciBlog, 5.1.20
Unexpected Retirement Costs Can Be Big, CRR, 4.30.30
How You Make Coffee Could Add Years to Your Life, Ladders, 4.29.20
Retirement Strategy: Cover Your Monthly Expenses, Kiplinger, 4.28.20
Reversing the Cell Aging Process, NewAtlas, 4.27.20
APRIL 2020
Coronavirus Related News
Why is COVID-19 So Confusing, Atlantic, 4.30.20
Why Stocks Are Recovering While the Economy Tanks, Yahoo, 4.30.20
Demand for Home Care Rises, WSJ, 4.28.20
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Seniors Can Show Unusual Symptoms, Kaiser, 4.24.20
State Bankruptcy?--Kiss Your State Pension Goodbye, Forbes, 4.24.20
Shielding Nursing Homes from Lawsuits, LATimes, 4.23.20
Blood-Pressure Drugs and COVID, Yahoo, 4.23.20
My 64-Year-Old Mom is Getting Ready to Die, NYTimes, 4.22.20
Telehealth and Medicare Fraud, Kaiser, 4.22.20
Managing Grief During a Pandemic, NextAve, 4.22.20
Revisiting End of Life Care, BostonGlobe, 4.22.20
About that Stimulus Check, MF, 4.21.20
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The 4% Pension Withdrawal Rule May No Longer Be in Effect, Yahoo, 4.18.20
Social Security's Day of Reckoning May Be 2 Years Earlier, MW, 4.16.20
Going Back to Work One Age Group at a Time, LondTimes, 4.16.20
Generation Z and High Anxiety, PsyToday, 4.15.20
Just What Older People Didn't Need: More Isolation, NYTimes, 4.15.20
Senior Living Providers and Creative Engagement, Sr.Housing, 4.15.20
Inside Continuing Care Communities, Kaiser, 4.14.20
Furor Erupts on How Hospitals Get Paid By Emergency Fed. Grants, Kaiser, 4.13.20
Millennials are the New Lost Generation, Atlantic, 4.13.20
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Let the Robots Do It, NYTimes, 4.10.20
Beleaguered Assisted Living Industry, Kaiser, 4.9.20
Tapping Social Security in a Downturn, CRR, 4.9.20
Older People Coping Better Than Young in UK, LondTimes, 4.9.20
Inside Meals on Wheels, Kaiser, 4.7.20
Is It Time to Look for a Vacation Deal?, WSJ, 4.7.20
Senior Housing Industry Could Take Huge Economic Hit, Sr.Housing, 4.6.20
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Finding Purpose During a Pandemic, NextAve, 4.3.20
Sprinting Toward Telehealth in Sr. Living Communities, Sr.Housing, 4.3.20
Boomers Facing Tough Financial Decisions, CRR, 4.2.20
Changing the Way Each Generation Lives, Forbes, 4.2.20
Volunteering to Get a Vaccine, MIT, 4.2.20
How Virus Exposes How We Regard Old People, Yahoo, 4.2.20
How $2 Trillion Stimulus Affects Retirees, MW, 4.1.20
Out of Retirement and Into the Fight, NYTimes, 4.1.20
Companies Cut 401K Contributions, WSJ, 4.1.20
Older Works Will Need to Go Back to Work to Lift Economy, Bloomberg, 4.1.20
Other News and Trends
Unexpected Retirement Costs Can Be Big, CRR, 4.30.30
How You Make Coffee Could Add Years to Your Life, Ladders, 4.29.20
Retirement Strategy: Cover Your Monthly Expenses, Kiplinger, 4.28.20
Reversing the Cell Aging Process, NewAtlas, 4.27.20
Queen Elizabeth's Healthy Diet, Yahoo, 4.24.20
Sr. Drivers Prefer Watching Videos To Learn Driver Assistance Tech, SciBlog, 4.23.20
Dutch Court Backs Euthanasia for Dementia Patients, LondTimes, 4.22.20
Autoimmunity Plays a Role in Parkinson's Disease, SciBlog 4.20.20
Our Parents Were Healthier, CRR, 4.9.20
MARCH 2020
Coronavirus Related News
New Stats--Older People's Risk of Serious Illness and Death, STAT, 3.31.20
Senior Living Providers Retool Their Dining Services, Sr.Housing, 3.27.20
Entering Retirement in the Middle of a Financial Meltdown, MW, 3.27.20
Destroying Americans' Retirement Dreams, Bloomberg, 3.27.20
Medicare Update, NYTimes, 3.25.20
Does Everyone Over 60 Need to Take Same Precautions, Kaiser, 3.24.20
3 Ways the Virus Could Affect Social Security, MF, 3.22.20
Ways to Boost Your Immune System, AARP, 3.21.20
Seniors Fighting the Virus Alone, NYTimes, 3.19.20
Programs Struggle to Reach Seniors Living at Home, Kaiser, 3.18.20
Medicare Expands Telemedicine, AP, 3.18.20
Is It Ok To Walk Outside, NYTimes, 3.18.20
8 Ways the Virus Will Alter Boomer Retirements, Forbes, 3.17.20
California Calls for Residents Over 65 To Stay At Home, NYTimes, 3.16.20
No Quarantine for Over-70s in Scotland, LondTimes, 3.16.20
Preparing to Stay at Home, CNA, 3.11.20
Surge of Virus Misinformation, NYTimes, 3.9.20
Two Things Every Retiree Should Do Now, MF, 3.9.20
Flying and the Coronavirus, ABC, 3.8.20
Coronavirus Update, AARP, 3.6.20
Nursing Homes, the Elderly and the Coronavirus, Kaiser, 3.2.20
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
A Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson's, NPR, 3.24.20
Cranky Old People Better at Fending Off Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 3.12.20
Widowhood, Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 2.28.20
Health Care/Caregiving/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
British Care System for Elderly May Collapse in 10 Years, LondTimes, 2.23.20
Hospice Care at $200 per Day, MarketPlace, 2.21.20
1 in 5 Americans Are Unpaid Informal Caregivers, CDC, 2.21.20
Difference Between Heart Bypass Surgery at Ages 79 and 80, NEJM, 2.20.20
Unwanted Care at End of Life, JAMA, 2.18.20
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
Managing an Emergency Fund for Unexpected Expenses, USAToday, 3.18.20
Is Aging in Place Realistic, Fresenius, 3.10.20
3D Housing Designed for Seniors, Kaiser, 3.9.20
Giving Heirs Their Inheritance Before You Die, WSJ, 3.9.20
Downsizing and Leaving the Home You Love, LondTimes, 3.8.20
Retiring Into a Shaky Stock Market, NYTimes, 3.8.20
Group Homes Instead of Assisted Living, AARP, 3.2.20
Student Debt and Your Retirement, NYTimes, 3.1.20
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
A Taste of Mortality for Boomers, WSJ, 3.28.20
Why Your Cotton Towell Gets Stiff When Drying Naturally, SciBlog, 3.27.20
Why Life Gets Better With Age, SciBlog, 3.26.20
9 Slang Terms and Their Boomer Equivalents, BusInsider, 3.24.20
Help, I'm a Boomer, Where Did My Life Go, LondTimes, 3.23.20
If Your Child's Failure to Launch is a Problem, NextAve, 3.12.20
Lifespan--Urban/Coastal Living Versus Rural, Kaiser, 3.12.20
When Golfing and Gardening Aren't Enough, Inc., 3.12.20
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Imports, Robots and Older Workers, CRR, 3.31.20
Ultra-Rich Investing in Reverse-Aging Companies, CNBC, 2.24.20
Telehealth Clinic Debuts, XRHealth, 2.21.20
Senior Living Provider's to Watch in 2020, Sr. Housing, 2.4.20
Startup Companies Tackling Hearing Loss, BosGlob, 2.4.20
FEBRUARY 2020
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
What Price Will We Pay to Stop the Coronavirus, LondTimes, 2.28.20
Widowhood, Cognitive Decline and Alzheiemers, SciBlog, 2.28.20
Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults, NASEM, 2.28.20
Your Epigenetic Clock, LEAF, 2.26.20
ADHD in Older Adults, WSJ, 2.25.20
Cannabis Use on the Rise for 65+, JAMA, 2.25.20
A Promising New Strategy To Make Broken Bones Heal Faster, SciBlog, 2.24.20
Wearable Brain Device Improves Motor Function After Stroke, SciBlog, 2.22.20
Finding the Root to Treat Aging with Dieting, SciBlog, 2.22.20
The Fear of Dementia, NextAve, 2.21.20
Mediterranean Diet Scores Another Win for Longevity, CNN, 2.18.20
Games and Puzzles for Dementia Patients, WSJ, 2.17.20
Your Health and Changing to Daylight Savings Time, Kaiser, 2.14.20
Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) to Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 2.13.20
A Sudden Temporary Upsurge of Grief (STUG), NextAve, 2.12.20
Risk of Heart Attack During Bereavement, SciBlog, 2.11.20
Understanding Leaky Gut, SciBlog, 2.11.20
US LIfe Span Lags Other Rich Countries, SciBlog, 2.5.20
Seeing Device for Advanced Age-Related Macular Degeneration, SciBlog, 2.5.20
Health Care/Caregiving/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
British Care System for Elderly May Collapse in 10 Years, LondTimes, 2.23.20
Hospice Care at $200 per Day, MarketPlace, 2.21.20
1 in 5 Americans Are Unpaid Informal Caregivers, CDC, 2.21.20
Difference Between Heart Bypass Surgery at Ages 79 and 80, NEJM, 2.20.20
Unwanted Care at End of Life, JAMA, 2.18.20
Buried Items in Trump's Budget that Will Effect Medicare, CNBC, 2.12.20
About That Surprise Medical Bill, Atlantic, 2.12.20
Facts About Medicare Advantage Plans, Kaiser, 2.7.20
New Medicare Policy May Effect PT in Skilled Nursing Facilities, NextAve, 2.5.20
What to Do When Your Home Health Care Agency Ditches You, Kaiser, 2.4.20
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
Panic in the Stock Market and Your Retirement Savings, Yahoo, 2.29.20
Retirement is Liberating But Takes Hard Work, CRR, 2.28.20
Have You Misplaced A Retirement Plan, CRR, 2.28.20
Assisted Living Occupancy Rising Again, Sr.Housing, 2.28.20
Changes in the Tax Law You Should Know About, CBS, 2.17.20
The Main Reason Seniors Overspend, MF, 2.17.20
Mind the Gap Retirement Planning, Forbes, 2.17.20
Tapping Home Equity, CRR, 2.13.20
Children, Parents and Their Retirement Financial Plans, Yahoo, 2.11.20
Small Homes, Pocket Neighborhoods, Sr.Housing, 2.7.20
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Are People in Their 70s Healthy Enough to Run for President, WashPost, 2.29.20
Boomers and River Cruises, WashPost, 2.29.20
Life Insurance Costs for Presidential Candidates, WashPost, 2.28.20
Why America is Losing the Toilet Race, NPR, 2.26.20
New Public Charge Rule Could Harm Older Immigrants, NextAve, 2.26.20
Too Much Information Can Lead to Making Worse Decisions, SciBlog, 2.22.20
Children's Books and Aging, NextAve, 2.29.20
Romance Scammers and the Elderly, CRR, 2.13.20
Growing Risk To America's Seniors: Themselves, WSJ, 2.12.20
How Boomers, Millennials, Xers, Zers Spend Their Morning, Inc, 2.11.20
Love, Sex and Friendship After Age 50, Stria, 2.4.20
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Ultra-Rich Investing in Reverse-Aging Companies, CNBC, 2.24.20
Telehealth Clinic Debuts, XRHealth, 2.21.20
Senior Living Provider's to Watch in 2020, Sr. Housing, 2.4.20
Startup Companies Tackling Hearing Loss, BosGlob, 2.4.20
No Benefit Jobs and Retirement, CRR, 1.30.20
JANUARY 2020
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Slight Increase in US Life Expectancy, CDC, 1.30.20
The Benefits of Eating Walnuts, SciBlog, 1.28.20
Possible Alzheimer's Breakthrough, SciBlog, 1.23.20
Possible Parkinson's Treatment Targets 2 Major Nerve Systems, SciBlog, 1.23.20
Taxonomy of Pain, Knowable, 1.21.20
Slow Aging With a Full-Body Exercise, NBC Today, 1.17.20
10 Nutrients to Know, Tufts, 1.16.20
Got Milk, MedXpress, 1.16.20
A Global Review--Ageism Effects on Health, PlosOne, 1.16.20
The Four Ways of Aging, NBC, 1.14.20
Another Promising Treatment for Dementia, 1.11.20
Benefits of Drinking Tea, Yahoo, 1.10.20
Another Take On Lower Back Pain Treatments, Kaiser, 1.9.20
98.6, SciBlog, 1.8.20
Broaching the Subject of Hearing Loss, NextAve, 1.8.20
Unraveling the Mysteries of Pain, NatGeographic, 1.8.20
When You Eat As Important As What You Eat, SciBlog, 1.4.20
Link Between Arthritis and Depression, CDC, 1.3.20
Tau Protein Drives Brain Degeneration, SciBlog, 1.2.20
Extending Healthspan, Kaiser, 1.2.20
How to Live Longer, 14 Health Tips, LondTimes, 1.2.20
Tackling Inflammation to Fix Age-Related Ailments, NYTimes, 1.2.20
Cutting Your Sugar Addiction, NYTimes, 1.2.20
Health Care/Caregiving/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
Ageism in the Doctor's Office, Stria, 1.28.20
The Burden of Home Hospice, Kaiser, 1.23.20
Know Your Rights--Nursing Home Eviction, NextAve, 1.22.20
Personalized Medicine for Aging, STAT, 1.14.20
A Country Where Universal Health Care Works, Vox, 1.14.20
Searching for a Good Doctor Online, UMich, 1.6.20
An Alternative to Long-Term Care Insurance, Forbes, 1.4.20
Geriatrician Shortage on the Horizon, NYTimes, 1.4.20
States Give Financial Help to Caregivers, CRR, 1.2.20
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
Trumpian Changes to Social Security, MF, 1.31.20
Mid-Size College Towns, MW, 1.24.20
Social Security is the Great Equalizer, CRR, 1.21.20
Retiring in Florida, The Villages Vs Reality, CRR, 1.16.20
Boomer Home Sales Effect On Senior Living Communities, Sr. Housing, 1.14.20
A Downside to the New Secure Act, Yahoo, 1.12.20
The End of Retirement, WSJ, 1.10.20
Retiree Living Standards By State, CRR, 1.9.20
Beware of Housing Predictions, LATimes, 1.5.20
Tips If You Are Retiring in 2020, WSJ, 1.4.20
6 Ways the Secure Act May Impact Your Retirement, NextAve, 1.3.20
Baby-Boomer Concerns About Retirement, CRR, 1.2.20
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Pets and Homes for People Over 50, Stria, 1.28.20
The Socialist Movement Comes of Age, Atlantic, 1.27.20
Preparing to Race Up the Eiffel Tower, WSJ, 1.27.20
The Sounds of Aging, PS, 1.24.20
Connecting Stress to Graying Hair, SciBlog, 1.24.20
UK's Minister of Loneliness, NextAve, 1.22.20
7 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do, BusInsider, 1.20.20
The Way We Age Now, WSJ, 1.20.20
China--Aging, A Shrinking Population and Investing in Gov't Bonds, WSJ, 1.20.20
When Life Thows You Curveballs, NYTimes, 1.20.20
A New Dining Adventure for Meals on Wheels, WGBH, 1.19.20
Rich People Live Longer, Healthier Lives, NYTimes, 1.16.20
Common Downsizing Mistakes, NextAve, 1.15.20
Gen Z and Boomers Differ on Trusted Brands, BI, 1.14.20
How to Avoid Getting the Worst Seat on a Plane, WashPost, 1.12.20
12-Step Guide to Keeping New Year's Resolutions, SciBlog, 1.2.20
Business/Work/Technology/Products
No Benefit Jobs and Retirement, CRR, 1.30.20
Six New Tech Products for Health, Safety & In-Home Monitoring, APT, 1.22.20
Growing Medicare Advantage Enrollment Bolsters UnitedHealth, AP, 1.16.20
Are You Ready for a Toilet Equipped with Alexa, WSJ, 1.16.20
Most Talked About Products at Consumer Electronics Show, CNN, 1.10.20
DECEMBER 2019
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Potential Dementia Vaccine, SciBlog, 12.31.19
Intermitent Diet May Help You Live Longer, CNN, 12.26.19
New Therapies Help Dementia Patients with Depression, NYTimes, 12.20.19
Memory Recall Abilities Tied to Time of Day, SciBlog, 12.18.19
Losing Weight After Age 50 Reduces Breast Cancer Risk, NBC, 12.18.19
Math Equation Predicts & Detects Liver Cancer, SciBlog, 12.17.19
Frail Older Patients Struggle After Surgery, NYTimes, 12.15.19
Assn. Between Poor Diet & Age-Related Macular Degeneration, SciBlog, 12.13.19
Link Between Drinking Tea and Reducing Depression in Seniors, SciBlog, 12.13.19
Eating More Ketones May Fight Against Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 12.10.19
Play Sports for a Healthier Brain, SciBlog, 12.10.19
Our Bodies Age in Three Distinct Shifts, ScienceAlert, 12.7.19
The Benefits of Time-Restricted Eating, SciBlog, 12.6.19
The Deep Biomarkers of Aging and Longevity, SciBlog, 12.5.19
How Exercise Might Fight Aging, NYTimes, 12.5.19
Look to Bank Account for Early Signs of Dementia, STAT, 12.5.19
More Americans Dying in Prime of Life, WashPost, 12.2.19
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
Govt Funded Day Care Keeps Seniors Out of Nursing Homes, Kaiser, 12.23.19
Parenting Your Aging Parents When They Don't Want Help, Kaiser, 12.19.19
Hospital-Level Care at Home, ACP, 12.17.19
Would You Let a Robot Take Care of Your Mother, NYTimes, 12.13.19
Why Nursing Homes Cost So Much, CRR, 12.12.19
Caregiving Disrupts Work/Finances, CRR, 12.12.19
The Soul of a Caregiver, Kaiser, 12.5.19
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
High-End Housing for Seniors a Hit with Investors, WSJ, 12.31.19
Surviving the Coming Retirement Crisis, Quartz, 12.30.19
Sequence of Return Risk, Kiplinger, 12.28.19
Americans Are Retiring to Vietnam, LATimes, 12.26.19
Preparing for the Unexpected Death of a Spouse, NextAve, 12.25.19
Secure Act Passes House, Draw Retirement Savings at Age 72, Yahoo, 12.25.19
Trump Declares War on Some Areas of Social Security, Salon, 12.21.19
Myths About Retiring Abroad, NextAve, 12.18.19
Move-In Incentives in Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 12.17.19
The Most Popular Foreign Retirement Destination, MFool, 12.15.19
Why People Are Waiting to Age 70 To Take SS, MFool, 12.12.19
Corporate Pensions Head for Extinction, USAToday, 12.11.19
Housing Glut Could Delay Boomers Move to Sr. Housing, Sr.Housing, 12.5.19
Retiring Abroad--The Expat Life, BusInsider, 12.4.19
Social Security Tilted In Favor of High Earners, BosGlobe, 12.3.19
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Why French Women Age Better, LondTimes, 12.21.19
Happiness in Retirement Dependent on How You Spend Your Time, Qtz, 12.20.19
What Women Age 50+ Are Thinking About the Election, AARP, 12.19.19
Mobituaries, NextAve, 12.18.19
The Age Where Life Has the Most Meaning, LiveSci, 12.17.19
What Macroeconomics' Founder Predicted About Capitalism, MIT, 12.17.19
A Japanese Village Where Dolls Replace Children, NYTimes, 12.17.19
New Social Media Tactics to Quash Dissent, SciBlog, 12.12.19
Longevity Market Survey, Stria, 12.12.19
Pickleball, A Smash Hit in Southern California, LATimes, 12.7.19
Senior Song Book, People, 12.7.19
Geezer Jocks, BosGlobe, 12.5.19
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Average Age of Taxi Drivers in Ireland, LondTimes, 12.27.19
Older Workers Ride Out Computer Age, CRR, 12.19.19
Some New Technology Offerings, Aging in Place TechWatch, 12.12.19
As Boomers Retire, Changes Afoot on Main Street, CNBC, 12.11.19
Switzerland, Technology, and Elder Care, GT, 11.26.19
NOVEMBER 2019
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Will a Treatment for Alzheimer's Ever Be Found, SciBlog, 11.29.19
A Drug to Slow Skin Aging, SciBlog, 11.26.19
Tips on Saving Your Knees, AARP, 11.19.19
With Improved Health, Age 70 should be the New 65, LonTimes, 11.19.19
What Science Tells Us About Preventing Dementia, WSJ, 11.18.19
Americans Don't Understand Dementia Risk, MW, 11.16.19
Hibernating Bears and Your Health, NYTimes, 11.15.19
Bacteria in Gut May Alter Aging Process, MedPress, 11.15.19
Understanding the Cause of Parkinson's, SciBlog, 11.11.19
Find Out Your True Biological Age for $500, Outside, 11.11.19
Epigenetics, We Might Not Have to Age So Fast, WSJ, 11.9.19
Could Decreasing Inflammation Be the Cure for Everything, AARP, 11.8.19
Harvard Study Advances Aging-Gene Therapy, BosGlobe, 11.5.19
A New Alzheimer's Drug Using Seaweed, STAT, 11.5.19
A Rare Mutation May Protect Against Alzheimer's, STAT, 11.5.19
Antibiotic Use and Concerns, UMichigan, 11.4.19
Those Elusive Zzzzzzs, BosGlobe, 11.1.19
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
Buttigieg Proposes $90 a Day Long-Term Care Plan, Sr. Housing, 11.26.19
Generic Drugs and Medicare Plans, Bloomberg, 11.22.19
Developmentally Disabled Adults and Health Care, Politico, 11.14.19
4 Questions to Ask About Long-Term Care Insurance, MotFool, 11.12.19
1 in 2 Seriously Ill Medicare Enrollees Struggle with Bills, PBS, 11.5.19
How Medicare Will Be Hurt If Obamacare is Overturned, CNBC, 11.5.19
Uniting UK With Free Personal Care to All Over 65, LondTimes, 11.4.19
Getting Hit With a Medicare Premium Surcharge, SFChronicle, 11.3.19
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
Money Conversations Between Boomers and Their Children, WSJ, 11.30.19
Martha Stewart Assisted Living Brand Taking Shape, Sr. Housing, 11.27.19
Staffing Problems at Sr. Living Communities, 11.25.19
Attention Baby Boomers, Who Will Buy Your Home, Fox/WSJ, 11.23.19
World's Best Pension System Pushed to Brink, CNN, 11.21.19
Pass the Wealth Please, Bloomberg, 11.21.19
All for One and One for All in Senior Housing Market, Sr. Housing, 11.20.19
What It's Like to Retire Abroad, WSJ, 11.19.19
Housing Affordability Crisis, Axios, 11.18.19
Charting When to Take Social Security, MotFool, 11.17.19
The Myth of a Comfortable Retirement, Axios, 11.17.19
Gambling on 401Ks, Yahoo, 11.16.19
More Retirees Today Have Mortgages, CRR, 11.14.19
Upsizing in Retirement, NextAve, 11.13.19
Senior Housing Faces a Budding Glut, WSJ, 11.12.19
State By State Tax Guide for Retirees, MW, 11.7.19
A Tax Break Only For People Over Age 70, WashPost, 11.4.19
People are Staying in Their Homes Longer, WSJ, 11.4.19
One Overlooked Reason to Take SS at 62, MotleyFool, 11.3.19
A New Way to Fund Your Retirement, Yahoo, 11.2.19
Odds of a Market Crash During Retirement Years, MW, 11.1.19
16 States to Avoid for Retirement, MoneyWise, 11.1.19
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
The Political Divide Between Boomers and Millennials, Atlantic, 11.28.19
Robocall Scams Exist Because They Work, WSJ, 11.28.19
Having That Family Talk About Aging, Stria, 11.26.19
Economic insecurity for Elders Living Alone, BosGlobe, 11.19.19
Revealing Words People Use to Describe Retirement, WSJ, 11.18.19
10,000 Canines Needed for Dog Aging Project, GeekWire, 11.14.19
Age 90 and Still Taking Cocaine, LondTimes, 11.10.19
Boudreaux Wines Fired Into Space to Test Ageing, Decanter, 11.6.19
Overlanding Your Way Through Retirement, BusInsider, 11.5.19
Pole Vaulting at Age 85, BosGlobe, 11.5.19
Caring for Mom or Building a Future, WashPost, 11.3.19
Living Along the Border with Dementia, NYTimes, 11.3.19
Millennials and Boomers at Work, NYPost, 11.3.19
Boomers When They Turn 80, CRR, 11.1.19
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Switzerland, Technology, and Elder Care, GT, 11.26.19
Older Workers Have a Big Secret, Their Age, WSJ, 11.18.19
Launching That Encore Career, Money, 11.12.19
App That Tells You Best Diet for Your Genes, LondTimes, 11.12.19
Telehealth Pods Coming to a Store Near You Soon, STAT, 11.8.19
A Brighter Future for Older Workers, CRR, 11.7.19
OCTOBER 2019
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Hearing Loss and Your Brain, NextAve, 10.30.19
Eye Exam to Diagnose Alzheimer's, BosGlobe, 10.29.19
How a Young Mindset Helps You Live Longer, LondTimes, 10.29.19
A Spoonful of Medicine and What Your Doctor Says, STAT, 10.28.19
Meet the Age CodeBreaker, SciBlog, 10.24.19
Global Competition to Improve Healthy Longevity, NAM, 10.22.19
The Link Between Walking Slowly and Aging, BosGlobe, 10.18.19
Reduced Neuronal Activity May Extend Life Span, STAT, 10.17.19
The Future of Weight Loss, AARP, 10.15.19
Blood Tests That Screen for Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 10.11.19
The Dementia Crisis, OrlandoSentinel, 10.11.19
What's Driving the Longevity Gap Between Rich and Poor, CRR, 10.10.19
Microbiome and Muscle Strength in Older Adults, Tufts, 10.10.19
Exercising Regularly is Good for Your Heart, SciBlog, 10.8.19
Lower Risk of Dying Early with a Pet Dog, CNN, 10.8.19
Eating Mushrooms May Lower Risk of Prostate Cancer, SciBlog, 10.7.19
An Online Clinic to Slow Aging Using Common Drugs, CNBC, 10.7.19
Stroke Incidence Decreasing in Older Adults, JAMA, 10.1.19
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
US News Nursing Home Rankings, US News, 10.29.19
Pros and Cons of Adding Dental Coverage to MCare, CRR, 10.17.19
More on Long-Term Care Insurance Planning, CNBC, 10.15.19
Drug Prescription Prices Rise for Some Part D Plans, Kaiser, 10.11.19
Planning for Long-Term Care, Kiplinger, 10.9.19
Medicare, Telemedicine, Medical Equipment Scams, Kaiser, 10.9.19
Negotiating Your Own Deal Outside of Medicare, Kaiser, 10.8.19
About That Long-Term Care Insurance Expense, LATimes, 10.6.19
Trump Shifts Focus to Medicare, USAToday, 10.4.19
Is Your Hospital Being Penalized by Medicare, Kaiser, 10.1.19
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
Coal Company Bankruptcy Hurts Retired Miners, HufPost, 10.30.19
Should You Relocate to Trim Taxes, Kiplinger, 10.29.19
Early Retiement Pension Withdrawls With Rule of 55, Yahoo, 10.26.19
Age-Proofing A Home Won't Come Cheap, Kaiser, 10.24.19
Millennials Need To Save 40% of Pay to Retire at 65, CNBC, 10.24.19
How GE Shafted Its Retirees, Forbes, 10.22.19
Red Carpet Treatment in Sr. Housing Communities, Sr. Housing, 10.22.19
World's Best and Worst Pension Systems, Bloomberg, 10.21.19
Expenses Often Forgotten When Planning to Retire, WSJ, 10.18.19
Spousal Social Security Benefits, MarketWatch, 10.18.19
The Hospice Opportunity in Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 10.15.19
Summary of Social Security Changes for 2020, MotleyFool, 10.12.19
25 Things to Sell When You Retire, MSN, 10.11.19
Why People Are No Longer Downsizing, LondTimes, 10.11.19
Cost of Living Increase for Social Security for 2020, USAToday, 10.11.19
Active Adult Community or Experiential Living, Sr. Housing, 10.10.19
What to Do When Employer Changes Retirement Plan Terms, MW, 10.8.19
New Alternative Housing Trends, NYTimes, 10.7.19
Importing Multigenerational Living Ideas, Stria, 10.7.19
Co-Located Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 10.7.19
You Are In Your 60s and Haven't Saved Enough, WSJ, 10.4.19
Social Security Scammers, USAToday, 10.3.19
The New Realities of Work and Retirement, NPR, 10.2.19
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
What is the Future of Aging Populations, Forbes, 10.29.19
A Roadmap for Healthy Aging in Communities, Stria, 10.29.19
The Truth About Aging, NewYorker, 10.28.19
How the Baby Boomers Broke America, 10.27.19
Hacking Scam of Note, CNN, 10.27.19
Taking Ayahuasca When You Are a Senior Citizen, NYTimes, 10.19.19
Old People Have All the Power, NYTimes, 10.18.19
California to Create A Master Plan for Aging, NextAve, 10.18.19
You're Only as Old as You Feel, NYTimes, 10.17.19
Growing Inequality Among Older Americans, BosGlobe, 10.16.19
Cold Weather and Cuffing, BosGlobe, 10.15.19
Costco's $4.99 Rotisserie Chicken, CNN, 10.11.19
A Peace Corps of Caregivers, Kaiser, 10.10.19
In France, Elder Care Comes with the Mail, NewYorker, 10.10.19
The Two Most Surprising Parts of Retiring, BusInsider, 10.5.19
The Secret to Feeling Younger, CRR, 10.3.19
AARP's Top 10 Cruise Destinations, AARP, 10.2.19
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Sideprneurship, NextAve, 10.30.19
Virtual Reality Helping Seniors Remember, NBC, 10.29.19
Reinventing a Place for Mom, Sr. Housing, 10.29.19
Older Workers, Nontraditional Jobs and Benefit Issues, CRR, 10.8.19
Age Bias in Advertising, NYTImes, 10.8.19
7 New Tech Devices for Elder Care, CNBC, 10.7.19
Company Assumptions About Older Adults Are Wrong, MIT, 10.7.19
When 5G Could Make a Difference in Your Life, Cnet, 10.1.19
SEPTEMBER 2019
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Fraudulent Medicare Genetic Testing Scam, NPR, 9.30.19
What Can Help You Live to a Ripe Old Age, WashPost, 9.30.19
A Low Dose Addiction Medication to Treat Chronic Pain, Kaiser, 9.26.19
Leukemia Drug Used to Fight Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 9.25.19
Walking the Line, a Shoe-Mounted Laser for Parkinson's, Horizon, 9.25.19
Beating the Pain of Old Age with a Pill, LondTimes, 9.19.19
Poor Sleep in Middle Age and Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 9.13.19
Somatic Mutations (DNA) and Aging, MBG, 9.5.19
How America Fails to Feed its Aging, Kaiser, 9.3.19
Aspirin Not Recommended for Healthy People Over 70, SciBlog, 9.1.19
Hunger Hormone and Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 9.1.19
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
Broken Promises in Georgia's Sr. Care Industry, AJC, 9.30.19
More Benefits Await for Medicare Advantage Plans, Kaiser, 9.26.19
Uber, Lyft and Medicaid, Kaiser, 9.26.19
AARP Launches Attack on Pharma, STAT, 9.17.19
Nursing Homes and Deadly Germs, NYTimes, 9.12.19
Getting Around, Age-Friendly Health Care, Kaiser, 9.12.19
Avoiding Common Medicare Mistakes, AARP, 9.12.19
Flaw in Medicare Online Tool to Compare Drug Prices, BosGlobe, 9.11.19
Long-Term Care Insurance Costs Continue to Rise, CNBC, 9.9.19
Groupons for Medical Treatment, Kaiser, 9.6.19
Bargain Dentistry and a Vacation Too, Kaiser, 9.3.19
Hundreds Die in Agony Despite Palliative Care, LondTimes, 9.2.19
On the Job 24 Hours a Day, 27 Days a Month, NYTimes, 9.2.19
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
On the Docket, Three New Retirement Rules, Forbes, 9.27.19
Half of Retirees Afraid to Use Savings, CRR, 9.26.19
The Forgotten Middle in Senior Housing, NextAve, 9.25.19
A Baby Boomer Moment in Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 9.25.19
Top 10 Senior Housing Construction Markets, Sr. Housing, 9.24.19
The Best and Worst Cities to Retire, Yahoo, 9.24.19
How Much A Comfortable Retirement Costs by State, GO, 9.20.19
The 7 Year Itch, Taking SS at age 62 or 70, NJ.com, 9.12.19
The Surprising Age Many People Retire, CNBC, 9.11.19
Six Ways SS Will Change in 2020, Forbes, 9.10.19
Some Thoughts on Aging, AIPT, 9.10.19
Four Trends Driving Sr. Housing in US and Abroad, Sr. Housing, 9.9.19
Three US Cities to Consider Living In Upon Retirement, MotleyFool, 9.8.19
About That Inheritance Talk with an Older Parent, WSJ, 9.7.19
Co-Op Senior Housing Gaining Traction, Sr. Housing, 9.6.19
Baby Boomers Coping With Stock Market Uncertainty, BosGlobe, 9.4.19
Four Reasons to Relocate in Retirement, MotleyFool, 9.1.19
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
What Jackfruit and Kiwifruit Have in Common, WashPost, 9.30.19
Taking Away a Senior's Smartphone, Kaiser, 9.26.19
Staying Together by Living Apart, WSJ, 9.26.19
Let's Tango, NextAve, 9.25.19
Boston's New Commission Takes on Ageism, BosGlobe, 9.24.19
Healthcare on Cruise Ships, Kaiser, 9.20.19
The Flight of Snowbirds, NextAve, 9.18.19
Living a Minimalist Lifestyle, NextAve, 9.18.19
Older Women Should Throw Off the Shackles, LondTimes, 9.9.19
Elderly Residents Face Evacuation Challenges During a Storm, NPR, 9.6.19
Emergency Planning and Older Adults, UMichigan, 9.4.19
Your Insomnia May Be Genetic, LondTimes, 9.2.19
Business/Work/Technology/Products
New Hearing Aid Apps That Leverage Bluetooth, NextAve, 9.11.19
Better By Design for Older Adults, NextAve, 9.11.19
Second Careers Late in Life Extend Work/Happiness, CRR, 9.5.19
Meet the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs, MIT, 8.29.19
Why Aren't More Women Working, NYTimes, 8.29.19
AUGUST 2019
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Unlocking Your Body's Regenerative Potential, SciBlog, 8.27.19
What's New in Anti-Aging Research, Forbes, 8.27.19
Algorithms, Doctors & Better Conversations with Dying Patients, Mosaic, 8.27.19
Optimistic Attitude Key to Living Longer, STAT, 8.27.19
Early Childhood Exposure to Air Pollution and Arthritis, SciBlog, 8.26.19
Why Pancreatic Cancer is So Deadly, CNN, 8.26.19
Delirium is Part of Aging, NextAve, 8.21.19
Blood Test Predicts How Long You Will Live, OneZero, 8.21.19
What if Aging Was a Curable Disease, MIT, 8.19.19
Napping and Alzheimer's, WebMD, 8.13.19
Stress, Cognitive Decline and Women, SciBlog, 8.5.19
How to Minimize Dementia Risk, MarketWatch, 8.4.19
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
The Link Between the Affordable Care Act and Retirement, CRR, 8.29.19
States Scramble for New Ways to Pay for Late-in-Life Care, BosGlobe, 8.29.19
How to Find Low-Cost Care When Medicare Doesn't Cover It, NextAve, 8.28.19
New Rules for Medicare CAR-T Coverage, STAT, 8.8.19
Long-Term Care Insurance Profiteering in Virginia, VPilot, 8.3.19
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
Undoing Your Social Security Benefits, MotleyFool, 8.24.19
Negative Interest Rates are Coming, Yahoo, 8.24.19
About That 401K Plan, Kiplinger, 8.22.19
Paying Taxes on Your Social Security Benefits, MotleyFool, 8.21.19
Age in Place Programs That Really Work, NextAve, 8.21.19
New Intergenerational Experiment in Sr. Living Community, SrHousing, 8.20.19
Congress Weighs Changes to the Way You Retire, CNBC, 8.11.19
Social Security Scam in Oregon, KEZI, 8.10.19
The Best Retirement Strategy, CNBC, 8.7.19
5 Myths About Early Retirement (FIRE), Forbes, 8.5.19
Most Important Retirement Chart You'll Ever See, MotleyFool, 8.2.19
Protecting Yourself from Social Security Fraud, Forbes, 8.2.19
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Think Your Parents are Stubborn, NYTimes, 8.31.19
About Those Ultraluxury Ranch Houses, WSJ, 8.23.19
How to Build a She Shed, NextAve, 8.21.19
What to Do After You're Retired, NextAve, 8.14.19
Seniors Starting to Waver on Supporting Trump, WSJ, 8.10.19
Overcoming Intimacy Challenges After Age 50, NextAve, 8.7.19
20 Signs of Being an Adult, GoodNews, 8.6.19
Let's Go Gramping, LATimes, 8.2.19
How to Care for an Aging Pet, NYTimes, 8.2.19
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Meet the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs, MIT, 8.29.19
Why Aren't More Women Working, NYTimes, 8.29.19
Technology Versus the Human Touch, SciBlog, 8.27.19
The Benefits of Working Past Age 70, LondTimes, 8.21.19
Why US Firms Desperately Want To Retain Seniors, BBC, 8.20.19
JULY 2019
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
New Cause of Cell Aging Discovered, SciDaily, 7.27.19
Soil, Easter Island, Rapamycin and Living Longer, MH, 7.20.19
Alzheimer's Gene May Impact Cognition Before Adulthood, SciBlog, 7.19.19
The Role of Seizures in Alzheimer's, STAT, 7.19.19
Are Vitamins a Waste of Money, Yahoo, 7.19.19
Common Medications Can Masquerade As Dementia, Kaiser, 7.18.19
Why Alzheimer's Risk is Higher for Women Than Men, NPR, 7.17.19
Scientists Close In On Blood Test for Alzheimer's, LATimes, 7.16.19
Inflammation and Our Immune System, Vice, 7.16.19
Six-Legged Superfoods, SciBlog, 7.15.19
Simple Ways to Prevent Falls in Older Adults, NPR, 7.15.19
A Healthy Lifestyle Might Offset Genetic Risk of Dementia, STAT, 7.15.19
Official UK Sleep Guidelines in the Works LondTimes, 7.13.19
Clinical Trial Guide for Seniors and the Elderly, PolicyLab, 7.13.19
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
America's Long-Term Care Crisis is Worsening, MarketWatch, 7.24.19
Medical Coverage When You Retire Abroad, Kaiser, 7.23.19
Has Your Doctor Asked You About Climate Change, Kaiser, 7.19.19
The Current State of Drug Prices, GoodRx, 7.19.19
Medicare Advantage Overbills Taxpayers By Billions a Year, Kaiser, 7.16.19
Medicare Proposal To Treat Lower Back Pain with Acupuncture, STAT, 7.16.19
How to Get A Cheaper Prescription, Kaiser, 7.10.19
Elderly Can't Often Afford Medicines, PhysWeekly, 7.10.19
Nursing Home Staffing Levels Fall Below Standards, ModHealth, 7.3.19
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
Social Security Sliding Into Insolvency, BosGlobe, 7.21.19
Where To Retire Nicely Outside US for Under $30K a Year, USAToday, 7.19.19
What Does Independent Living Really Mean, NextAve, 7.10.19
At Age 75, Taking Care of Mom, NYTimes, 6.29.19
Middle-Market Senior Housing Issues, Sr. Housing, 6.18.19
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Advice on Solo Aging, USAToday, 7.26.19
When Grandparents Help Hold It Together, NYTimes, 7.24.19
The Accordion is Back, NextAve, 7.24.19
Our Aging Prison Population, JSTOR, 7.19.19
Another Take on Filial Piety, HufPost, 7.17.19
A Practical Guide for Facing Life's End, NextAve, 7.17.19
What Presidential Candidates Are Talking About At AARP Forum, Kaiser, 7.16.19
Best States for Aging, USNews, 7.16.19
Hotel Sheets That Tell You When They Were Last Washed, LondTimes, 7.10.19
Older Adults Serve As Engines of Community Innovation, PennState, 7.10.19
Chat Benches to Reduce Isolation, CNN, 7.10.19
Pacemakers and Corpses, Vice, 7.9.18
Reviving Dead Brains, What Could Go Wrong, NYTimes, 7.3.19
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Six New Technologies for Older Adults, Aging in Place, 7.11.19
UK Partners with Amazon's Alexa for Medical Queries, STAT, 7.11.19
Older Adults and Technology, Stanford, 6.2.19
JUNE 2019
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Antidepressants Increase Risk of Falling, SciBlog, 6.18.19
Predictability of Med. Conditions From Social Media Posts, PlosOne, 6.18.19
The New Number, 7,500 Steps A Day, Elemental, 6.17.19
Feeling Good As You Age, Kaiser, 6.13.19
Eating Less Red Meat Could Lead to Longer Life, CNN, 6.13.19
Benefits of Protein from Plants, SciBlog, 6.11.19
Supplements for Brain Health Not Very Effective, AARP, 6.11.19
Eye Floaters and Flashes, AARP, 6.8.19
Air Pollution and Dementia, Wired, 6.2.19
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
Getting That Surprise Medical Bill, Kaiser, 6.20.19
How Georgia Medicaid Cuts Hurt Elderly, AJC, 6.19.19
The Worst Patients in the World, Atlantic, 6.13.19
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
At Age 75, Taking Care of Mom, NYTimes, 6.29.19
Middle-Market Senior Housing Issues, Sr. Housing, 6.18.19
Del Webb Adapts to Changing Sr. Living Landscape, Sr. Housing, 6.17.19
Retiring to Someplace Safe, WSJ, 6.15.19
Women Reinventing Themselves After Age 50, WSJ, 6.10.19
Husbands, Widows and Social Security, CRR, 6.6.19
The Retirement Community of the Future, NextAve, 6.5.19
Best New Ideas in Retirement, MarketWatch, 6.2.19
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Rational Suicide, Kaiser, 6.25.19
Some Thoughts on Getting Old and Staying Young, Kaiser, 6.11.19
Hacking Mom's Phone After She Dies to Preserve Memories, NYTimes, 6.10.19
Aging Population Increases Energy Use, SciBlog, 6.7.19
Senior Scams Proliferate, BosGlobe, 6.7.19
97-Year-Old Vet Jumps Out of Plane, CNN, 6.6.19
In The Winter of Old Age, LondTimes, 6.6.19
Cleaning Out a Late Loved One's Home, NextAve, 6.5.19
Are Seniors More Vulnerable to Financial Scams, Marketplace, 6.2.19
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Older Adults and Technology, Stanford, 6.2.19
MAY 2019
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Comparing 3 Methods of Intermittent Fasting, NextAve, 5.29.19
In Search of Alzheimer's Treatments, STAT, 5.21.19
New World Guidelines for Preventing Dementia, USAToday, 5.15.19
Worrying About Dementia, A New Poll, UMichigan, 5.15.19
Easing Age-Related Deterioration By Disabling a Protein, STAT, 5.14.19
Can We Live Longer But Stay Younger, Atlantic, 5.13.19
Early-Stage Alzheimer's Detection with Blood Tests, SciBlog, 5.7.19
Retirees Struggle with Hunger, CRR, 5.2.19
Positive Emotion Therapy for Caregivers, 5.2.19
Alzheimer's Research Update, SciBlog, 5.2.19
Alternatives to Knee Replacement, NextAve, 5.1.19
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
Health Plan Deductibles Triple in 10 Years, CRR, 5.30.19
Precision Health, Stanford, 5.24.19
Will You Be Able to Afford Long-Term Care When You Need It, NYTimes, 5.13.19
Healthcare Costs, Medicare Versus Private Insurance, Rand, 5.10.19
Medical Costs Create Financial Hardship, SciBlog, CRR, 5.2.19
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
Oversupply and Other Issues in Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 5.24.19
How Much Should I Save for Retirement, NextAve, 5.22.19
Lowering the Cost of Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 5.21.19
Social/Economic Inequities Grow As We Age, CRR, 5.16.19
Social Security Impostor Scam, USAToday, 5.14.19
What Retired Life is Like for ExPats in Ecuador, NextAve, 5.8.19
Intergenerational Differences in Wealth, Telegraph, 5.2.19
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Sidewalks, Cars, Germans, Americans, CRR, 5.30.19
Stonewall Generation and Aging, Kaiser, 5.22.19
Beaches, AARP, 5.22.19
Dogged Determination, SciBlog, 5.18.19
Older Fathers, Fertility and Health Risks, SciBlog, 5.13.19
Anger May Be More Harmful Than Sadness, SciBlog, 5.9.19
The Benefits of Owning a Robopet, SciBlog,, 5.9.19
Romeo, Romeo, Where Art Thou, CRR, 5.9.19
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Older Adults and Technology, Stanford, 6.2.19
Technology Usage Survey Results for the 55+ Crowd, Link-Age, 5.30.19
Virtual Reality Comes of Age in Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 5.15.19
What It Means to Be Human--Computer Assisted Telepathy, NPR, 5.7.19
Reinventing the Coffee Cup, WSJ, 4.29.19
APRIL 2019
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Poor Sense of Smell Linked to High Risk of Death, ACP, 4.30.19
Virtual Vocal Tract, a Potential Aid for Stroke Patients, STAT, 4.25.19
Innovative Drug Delivery Improves Immunotherapy, SciBlog, 4.23.19
Dialysis, Mortality and Older Adults, JAMA, 4.23.19
Search for the Fountain of Youth May End With SIRT6, SciBlog, 4.20.19
Lifting Weights Quickly Can Mean a Longer Life, SciBlog, 4.12.19
Healthy Diet Helps Older Men, SciBlog, 4.10.19
Zapping Brain with Electrical Current Boosts Memory, STAT, 4.9.19
Another Reason to Eat Garlic, SciBlog, 4.8.19
Food Allergies After Age 50, NextAve, 4.3.19
What an Hour a Week of Walking Can Do, SciBlog, 4.1.19
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
End of Life Care for Detainees at Guantanamo, Kaiser, 4.29.19
Middle Income Seniors Lack Resources for Housing & Care, BosGlobe, 4.25.19
Medicare and SS Funding Remains Shaky, Kaiser, 4.23.19
The Truth About Dentistry, Atlantic, 4.18.19
A Look Inside Geriatric Medicine, NextAve, 4.17.19
Insurance Companies Acquiring Sr. Living Providers, Sr. Housing, 4.17.19
New Medicare Advantage Telehealth Policies, Sr. Housing, 4.16.19
The Price of Brand Versus Generic Drugs, AARP, 4.5.19
The Cost of Dental Care, CRR, 4.4.19
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
Camaraderie, Great Food Tops Assisted Living Survey, Sr. Housing, 4.30.19
Tax Baby Boomers and Save Capitalism, Bloomberg, 4.24.19
Where Retirees Are Moving and More, MarketWatch, 4.23.19
Six Tax Changes Retirees Should Know, WSJ, 4.11.19
Fierce Competition in Senior Housing Market, Sr. Housing, 4.11.19
For Boomers, 7 Deadly Sins of Retirement Planning, MW, 4.9.19
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge Results, SCL, 4.30.19
Facebook's Digital Graveyard, Yahoo, 4.30.19
Conquering Cancer at Age 77, WSJ, 4.27.19
Researchers Seek the Sage Advice of Elders, Kaiser, 4.26.19
Hidden Suicide Epidemic in Long-Term Care Facilities, NextAve, 4.24.19
5 Ways to Save on Hotel Travel, AARP, 4.17.19
The Funeral As We Know It Becoming a Relic, WashPost, 4.15.19
Living Funerals Gaining in Popularity, NextAve, 4.3.19
Adventurer That's Too Old for the Pole Takes to the Sea, LondTimes, 4.1.19
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Reinventing the Coffee Cup, WSJ, 4.29.19
3-D Printed Organs, SciBlog, 4.23.19
Coming Soon...The Internet of Thoughts, SciBlog, 4.12.19
Are You Saving Enough for Retirement, Barrons, 4.7.19
MARCH 2019
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Skin Moisturizing May Reduce Chronic Diseases, SciBlog, 3.30.19
Vegan Diets Have Highest Disease-Fighting Biomarkers, SciBlog, 3.28.19
Anti-Aging Study Increases a Worm's Lifespan by 50%, New Atlas, 3.27.19
Understanding Loneliness in Older Adults, Kaiser, 3.14.19
Link Between A Stroke and Detecting Dementia, SciBlog, 3.14.19
Age Proof Your Brain, LondTimes, 3.12.19
Eye Scan That Can Detect Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 3.11.19
1 in 4 Older Adults Report Feelings of Isolation, UMich, 3.4.19
Cleaning Out Zombie Cells to Live a Longer Healthier Life, NYPost, 3.3.19
The Latest Mouse Research on Brain Rejuvenation, SciBlog, 3.2.19
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
Where's the Doctor at Assisted Living Facilities, NYTimes, 3.30.19
Recovering At Home from Joint Replacements, Kaiser, 3.28.19
Drug Exclusions in New Medicare Proposal, STAT, 3.28.19
Medicare's Uncapped Drug Costs Take Bite Out of Budget, NPR, 3.27.19
Offsetting Caregiver Expenses with Tax Credits, Kaiser, 3.25.19
About Those Surprise Medical Bills, Kaiser, 3.22.19
About That Annual Physical Exam Under Medicare, Kaiser, 3.20.19
More on Trump Budget, Medicare, Drug Costs, etc., STAT, 3.12.19
New Trump Budget: Medicare and Social Security Among Cuts, Vox, 3.12.19
Doctors to Take A More Active Role in Dementia Screening, BosGlobe, 3.11.19
Background Checks, Caregivers & Care.com, WSJ, 3.9.19
Healthcare Reform in Finland to Address Aging Issues, BBC, 3.8.19
When It's Time to See a Geriatrician, AARP, 3.6.19
GE Sets Aside More Money for Long-Term Care Payouts, Reuters, 3.5.19
Companies Providing Caregiving Coordination and Support, Reuters, 3.5.19
Medicare Trims Payments to 800 Hospitals for Safety Issues, Kaiser, 3.1.19
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
How China Trade Affects Social Security, CRR, 3.28.19
Two Income Families Not Saving Enough, MarketWatch, 3.28.19
3 Good Reasons to Take SS at 62, Yahoo, 3.19.18
A Decade of Changes Ahead in Senior Living, Sr. Housing, 3.15.19
3 Reasons Why Baby Boomers are in Retirement Trouble, Yahoo, 3.10.19
Redefining Old and the Scary Truth About 401Ks, MarketWatch, 3.9.19
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
What Dementia Teaches Us About Love, LondTimes, 3.30.19
Elderly Report Financial Abuse by their Children, CRR, 3.28.19
Millennials Don't Want to Buy Some Baby Boomer Homes, BusInsider, 3.28.19
Mood Changers, SciBlog, 3.27.19
Older Immigrants More Satisfied Than US Born, SciBlog, 3.21.19
Rising to the Challenge of an Aging Population, WashPost, 3.15.19
NYC Real Estate in the Afterlife, NYTimes, 3.15.19
Pickleball for All, NextAve., 3.13.19
How to Get Your Digital Afterlife in Order, BosGlobe, 3.9.19
Books on Elderly Happiness, CRR, 3.7.19
Culinary Changes in Senior Housing Communities, Sr. Housing, 3.4.19
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Work and Retirement In the Age of Longevity, WorldatWork, 3.29.19
Eight Technologies to Watch in 2019h AgingInPlaceTech, 3.29.19
The Netherlands "Continued Work" Bonus, CRR, 3.21.19
Where Electronic Health Records Went Wrong, Kaiser, 3.18.19
Using AI to Predict When a Patient Will Die, Wired, 3.15.19
White House Report on Emerging Tech/Aging, NSTC, 3.14.19
How Aging Clothing Brands Try to Look Young Again, WSJ, 3.12.19
When Old Isn't So Old, NYTimes, 3.5.19
Innovation Center for Startup Businesses Focused on Aging, BosGlobe, 3.4.19
FEBRUARY 2019
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
At-Home Test for Colon Cancer, CBS, 2.27.19
Bispecific Antiibodies, A New Era of Cancer Treatments, STAT/MedNews, 2.27.19
Intuitive Eating, Atlantic, 2.25.19
A Joyful Approach to Alzheimer's, WashPost, 2.22.19
Can Immunotherapy Be Combined with Chemo to Fight Cancer, DF, 2.21.19
Warning About Treatments Using Young Blood Plasma, WSJ, 2.20.19
Dialysis and the Elderly, NYTimes, 2.19.19
Link Between Menopause and Alzheimer's, WSJ, 2.19.19
Tardigrades, the Immortal Animal, AgingFree, 2.17.19
More Protein, Fewer Calories Help Seniors Lose Weight Safely, SciBlog, 2.15.19
Lack of Brain Cleaning Cells and Alzheimer's, SciBog, 2.15.19
Anti-Aging Drug Passes First Human Trial, Futurism, 2.15.19
The Science of Sounder Sleep, AARP, 2.14.19
Exercise Gives Older Men a Brain Boost, SciBlog, 2.14.19
A Pill to Slow the Aging Process?, Kaiser, 2.11.19
Blood Cells Could Hold Master Clock on Aging, MedX, 2.8.19
What Can Worms Tell Us About Aging, SciBlog, 2.7.18
Why Women's Gray Matter Ages Better Than Men's, LondTimes, 2.5.19
Impact of Fasting on Aging, MedNews, 2.4.19
Impact of Exercise on Aging Brains, Inverse, 2.1.19
Give Statins to Everyone over the Age of 75, LondTimes, 2.1.19
A Cure For Cancer?, JeruPost, 2.1.19
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
Volunteer to Fight Medicare Fraud, AARP, 2.25.19
New App to Navigate Medicare Coverage, Kaiser, 2.22.19
Hospitals Under Pressure to Offer Private Rooms, BosGlobe, 2.19.19
Seniors Aging in Place Rely on Devices/Help from Other People, Kaiser, 2.14.19
Medicare/Medicaid Contain Costs Better than Priv. Insurers, ModHealth, 2.12.19
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
Millennials Struggle to Find Homes Because of Age in Place, CNBC, 2.20.19
What's New for the 2019 Tax Season, AARP, 2.18.19
When You Don't Have Enough Money to Be Retired, Barron's, 2.16.19
Everything You Need to Do Before Retirement, MarketWatch, 2.15.19
Saving Too Much Too Early in the Year Can Hurt Retirement, Forbes, 2.13.19
Bernie Sanders Introduces Bill to Boost SS, TheHill, 2.13.19
Retiring Earlier than Planned, What Matters Most, CRR, 2.12.19
Let's Invent a New Retirement Plan, WSJ, 2.11.19
Your Grandchildren are Already in Debt, NYTimes, 2.11.19
The Fear of Spending During Your Retirement Years, Kiplinger, 2.9.19
What it Cost to Retire Comfortably in Each State, 24/7, 2.8.19
Propelling the Age-Friendly University Movement, Sr. Housing, 2.5.19
How Grandparents can Help Pay for College, WSJ, 2.2.19
Over 60 and Crushed by Student Loan Debt, WSJ, 2.2.19
Millionaires Retiring Early Often Overlook Crucial Step, BusInsider, 2.1.19
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
A 95-Year-Old Billionaire's Take on Longevity, CNBC, 2.22.19
At the Senior Center, Don't Call me Senior, BosGlobe, 2.20.19
The Generational Void, TheWeek, 2.14.19
Ramifications of More Deaths Than Births in Maine, BosGlobe, 2.12.19
10 Tips for First-Time Cruisers, AARP, 2.11.19
Contacting the Bereaved About Their Property, NYTimes, 2.11.19
Paradise Fire Killed the Most Vulnerable, LATimes, 2.10.19
At What Age is Love Enthralling, NYTimes, 2.8.19
Why You Should Dig Up Your Family History, NYTimes, 2.6.19
What's the 10-Year Facebook/Instagram Challenge All About, NYTimes, 2.5.19
How Patriot Quarterback Tom Brady Conquered Aging, WSJ, 2.2.19
When is the Surgeon Too Old to Operate, NYTimes, 2.2.19
Too Old to Lead the Nation?, BosGlobe, 2.2.19
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Chinese Investment in US Senior Housing Halts, Sr. Housing, 2.28.19
Careers Become Dicey After Age 50, CRR, 2.14.19
The Challenges of Bringing an Anti-Aging Pill to Market, Forbes, 2.13.19
Longevity Vision Fund Seeks Reverse Aging Solutions, EndPts, 2.5.19
New Features For Android Phones for People with Hearing Loss, BGR, 2.5.19
A Peek Into the Future of Virtual Reality, BosGlobe, 2.1.19
JANUARY 2019
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Aging and Chronic Diseases Share Common Genetic Factors, MedX, 1.31.19
Could This Enzyme Slow Aging, MedNews, 1.30.19
Prevent a Second Stroke with Positive Thinking, LondTimes, 1.30.19
Preserving Your Brain To Bring You Back in the Future, STAT, 1.30.19
Intensive Hypertension Treatment and Dementia, Kaiser, 1.29.19
How Sleep and Mood Affect How In Control Older Adults Feel, SciBlog, 1.29.19
Link Between Gum Disease and Alzheimer's, TheHill, 1.25.19
Delaying Aging Through Autophagy, SciBlog, 1.24.19
Predicting Cognitive Ability Later in Life, SciBlog, 1.22.19
Some New Insight into What Causes Alzheimer's, MedNews, 1.22.19
Who is Most Likely to Live to Age 90, CNN, 1.22.19
Fight Aging with a Transfusion from Young People's Blood, MensHealth, 1.19.19
Gene Identified That Spreads Prostate Cancer, SciBlog, 1.17.19
Why Older Adults Should Eat More Protein, Kaiser, 1.17.19
Macular Degeneration Trial with New Stem Cell Technique, STAT, 1.17.19
Program for Dementia Patients Uses Simple Movements, NextAve, 1.16.19
Stroke Drug May Also Prevent Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 1.15.19
Your DNA and Life Expectancy, LondTimes, 1.15.19
Eating Wholemeal Bread Cuts Heart, Cancer, Diabetes Risk, LondTimes, 1.11.19
Racial Differences in Alzheimer's Unveiled, SciBlog, 1.8.19
Is Marijuana As Safe As We Think, TheNewYorker, 1.8.19
Older Black Men and Prostate Cancer, WashPost, 1.7.19
AI Can Detect Alzheimer's 6 Years Before a Diagnosis, SciBlog, 1.4.19
Elixers for Immortal Life, JSTOR, 1.4.18
7 Ways To Age Well in 2019, NYTimes, 1.2.19
Oldest Ever Woman Might Have Been a Fraud, MercuryNews, 1.1.19
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
Medicare for All, What Americans Think, Kaiser, 1.23.19
What's New for Medicare in 2019, NextAve, 1.23.19
Walgreen's & Microsoft Team Up to Deliver Digital Health Care, STAT, 1.16.19
Out of Network Costs and Emergency Room Care, Vox, 1.8.19
Health Insurance Decision Making As You Near Retirement, UMich, 1.3.19
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
Judging Financial Advisers, CRR, 1.31.19
How Long Will Your Retirement Savings Last, CRR, 1.31.19
Frail Seniors Find Ways to Live Independently, Kaiser, 1.31.19
Planning Ahead for Assisted Living, NextAve, 1.30.19
Powers of Attorney Surge in UK, LondTimes, 1.27.19
10 Retirement Lessons from a Retirement Pro, MarketWatch, 1.26.19
Hispanic Retirement Outlook Gets Worse, CRR, 1.24.19
Are Baby Boomers Ready for Retirement, MarketWatch, 1.24.19
Social Security and Your Retirement, MotleyFool, 1.21.19
Planning to Live to 100...Time to Rethink Retirement, LondTimes, 1.21.19
Five Common Threats to Your Retirement, Kiplinger, 1.18.19
Where Investors are Putting Their Money in Sr. Housing, Sr. Housing, 1.18.19
New Housing Model for Dementia Care, Sr. Housing, 1.17.19
How to Dodge a Market Dip That Threatens Your Retirement, NYTimes, 1.16.19
How Senior Care Communities Care for Couples, Forbes, 1.16.19
Bank Profits and Their Aging Customers, LondTimes, 1.13.19
Changes Taking Place in Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 1.8.19
Top Senior Housing Trends for 2019, Sr. Housing, 1.7.19
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
10 of the Craziest Features on Cruise Ships, AARP, 1.31.19
Boot Camp After 60--10 Steps to Turn Around Unhealthy Habits, Kaiser, 1.30.19
The Joy of Aging is Not Caring What You Say, LondTimes, 1.26.19
A Senior Center Without Walls, VisionAware, 1.25.19
Waiting for That Special Day, SciBlog, 1.24.19
Showing That You Care In Life, Not Just in Death, LondTimes, 1.24.19
Sorry, We Baby Boomers are Not All Dead Yet, LondTimes, 1.22.19
When is it Time to Hit the Brakes, NYTimes, 1.22.19
Oh Dear, Prince Philip Driving at Age 97, LondTimes, 1.20.19
When Death was Women's Business, JSTOR, 1.18.19
What's Causing the Rise of Hoarding Disorder, JSTOR, 1.18.19
A Dementia Friendly Barber, WashPost, 1.18.19
Where People Live Longer Than Anyone Else, WashPost, 1.18.19
The Hottest Hair Color of the Moment is Gray, WSJ, 1.18.19
Assessing Trump's First 2 Years for Older Americans, NextAve, 1.18.19
The Ballerina That's Too Old to Jump, LondTimes, 1.17.19
The Negative Effects of Elderspeak, NextAve, 1.16.19
How Much Info Do You Need to Make a Decision, Sciblog, 1.15.19
Meet My 84-Year-Old Housemate, LondTimes, 1.13.19
AgeFriendly.com Debuts to Help Navigate Retirement, BosGlobe, 1.12.19
What Will People Wear in the Future, Economist, 1.11.19
Confessions of a Geriatric Cocaine User, LondTimes, 1.5.19
Age Discrimination is More Common Than You Think, WashPost, 1.4.19
Old Age is Not What You Think, NYTimes, 1.4.19
Doing Splits at Age 95, LATimes, 1.2.19
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Age Bias Law Doesn't Protect Job Applicants, AARP, 1.28.19
Age Bias in the Workplace Hurts Men More Than Women, CNN, 1.23.19
Apple Plan to Bring Watch to At-Risk Seniors, STAT, 1.17.19
Employers Need To Address Caregiving Crisis, WSJ, 1.16.19
New Tech Products for Seniors at Consumer Electronics Show, Phys, 1.16.19
As Baby Boomers Age, Companies Help Grieving Employees, LATimes, 1.12.19
Elder Care is a High Tech Pursuit in Japan, WSJ, 1.12.19
5 Types of Robots at This Year's Consumer Electronics Show, Verge, 1.12.19
Tech Firms Try Their Hand at Alzheimer Solutions, STAT, 1.10.19
Hear Me Roar--Older Women at Work, NYTimes, 1.9.19
Medical Consults With Skype To Become Norm in UK, LondTimes, 1.8.19
Chronic Disease Gadgets Take Center State at Trade Show in Vegas, STAT, 1.7.19
How Technology Baffled Congress in 2018, WashPost, 1.3.19
DECEMBER 2018
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Biomarkers May One Day Predict Aging and Health, SciBlog, 12.31.18
Improving Quality of Life for People with Dementia, LondTimes, 12.26.18
Depression May Be a Side Effect of Common Drugs, ConsReports, 12.25.18
Dementia Care Issues in England, LondTimes, 12.17.18
The Quest to Stay Young, BostonGlobe, 12.14.18
Your Aging Brain and What to Do About It, BostonGlobe, 12.14.18
Most Prostate Cancer Patients Don't Need Aggressive Treatment, STAT, 12.13.18
Social Interactions Among Gut Microbes Can Shape Our lives, SciBlog, 12.12.18
Eating Nuts, NextAve, 12.12.18
Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) in Women, NextAve, 12.12.18
What's in Your Cognitive Reserve, LATimes, 12.11.18
Several Stories About Aging, Kaiser, 12.10.18
Drawing is Better Than Writing to Improve Memory, SciBlog, 12.9.18
A New Blood Test for (tau) Alzheimer's is Under Development, SciBlog, 12.9.18
Researchers Classify Alzheimer's Patients into 6 Subgroups, SciBlog, 12.5.18
Regenerative Power of Honeybee Royal Jelly, SciBlog, 12.5.18
A Potential Culprit for Parkinsonism, SciBlog, 12.5.18
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
Misconceptions About Health Care Costs When You're Older, NYTimes, 12.26.18
Pre-Existing Conditions, Seniors and Medigap Insurance, Axios, 12.17.18
Medicare Advantage Plans Begin Offering Referral Services, Sr. Housing, 12.14.18
More than Half of Cal. Nursing Homes Balk at Stricter Staff Rules, Kaiser, 12.9.18
UnitedHealthCare and the SilverSneakers Fitness Program, Kaiser, 12.6.18
Long-Term Care Hospitals and Medicare Patients, HHS, 12.6.18
Hospitals Sue Over Medicare Site-Neutral Payment Policy, ModHealth, 12.5.18
California's Medicaid/Palliative Care Program, NextAve, 12.5.18
More Inspections of Nursing Homes To Catch Understaffing, Kaiser, 12.3.18
Medicare, Hospital Readmission Rates, Penalties and Bonuses, Kaiser, 12.3.18
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
10 College Towns for Retirees, CNBC, 12.27.18
A New Approach to Tiny Houses for Seniors, CourierPress, 12.27.18
Have Purpose in Your Life Even When You Retire, USAToday, 12.26.18
Retirement, Making It Up As You Go, BostonGlobe, 12.26.18
Assisted Living's Breakneck Growth Leaves Patient Safety Behind, Kaiser, 12/17/18
Guide to Managing Someone Else's Money, CFPB, 12.13.18
Increasing SS Benefits at Age 85 to Reduce Poverty, CRR, 12.13.18
Home Care vs Living in a Senior Community, Sr. Housing, 12.10.18
Top Places to Live for Retirement, Sr. Housing, 12.7.18
Donating IRA Assets to Lower Taxable Income, WSJ, 12.7.18
The Reverse Mortgage/Home Equity Conundrum, CRR, 12.6.18
When Your 401K Turns Into a 201K, Forbes, 12.6.18
Senior Housing in China, Sr. Housing, 12.6.18
Crafting Marijuana Policies Can Be Tricky in Sr. Living Facilities, Sr. Housing, 12.4.18
Seniors Stuck in Place, Sr. Housing, 12.4.18
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
A Quest for Survival, The Elderly Left Behind in Venezuela, WashPost, 12.30.18
Gray Can Be Beautiful at Any Age, LATImes, 12.26.18
Pension Plan Improving Mental Health in Rural China, SciBlog, 12.17.18
Hospice and Palliative Care for Pets, NYTimes, 12.14.18
Top Dining Trends at Senior Living Facilities, Sr. Housing, 12.13.18
How Realistic is Dying at Home, NextAve, 12.12.18
The Loneliest Generation, WSJ, 12.12.18
Life Lessons from the People We Call to Lay Someone to Rest, WashPost, 12.11.18
Activities to Fight Loneliness During Holidays at Senior Centers, WSJ, 12.10.18
And You Thought Climate Change was a Problem, Horizon, 12.9.18
Senior Adults will Outnumber Children Under 18 by 2030, DailyMail, 12.9.18
Older Americans Are Flocking To Medical Marijuana, NYTimes, 12.8.18
No Life Story Should Be Without an Ending, LondTimes, 12.6.18
As Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering, SciBlog, 12.4.18
Alzheimer's Photo Retrospective, WashPost, 12.4.18
A Walk in the Park, NYTimes, 12.4.18
Business/Work/Technology/Products
7 Ways Your Job May Be Making You Age Faster, ReadersDigest, 12.27.18
World's First Cell-Grown Steak, JP, 12.13.18
AI and the Future of Medicine, SciBlog, 12.12.18
Universal Basic Income Making a Comeback, SciBlog, 12.12.18
When No One Retires, HBR, 12.9.18
An Apple Watch in Grandma's Stocking, Kaiser, 12.4.18
Living to 100, Will Technology Matter, Aging in Place Tech Watch, 12.4.18
November 2018
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
US Life Expectancy Drops Again As Drug Overdoses Increase, Yahoo, 11.29.18
Experimental Alzheimer's Vaccine Under Development, Newsweek, 11.26.18
The Poor Die 10 Years Earlier Than The Rich in UK, CNN, 11.23.18
How to Care For Thinning and Easy Bruising Skin, NextAve, 11.21.18
The Air We Breathe and Longevity, WashPost, 11.20.18
How Long Can People Live, NYTimes, 11.20.18
Putting a Stop to Leaky Gut, HarvardMed, 11.19.18
How to Prolong Your Life By At Least a Decade, Barron's, 11.18.18
150 Minutes a Week of Moderate-Intensity Exercise, NYTimes, 11.18.18
Forgetfulness is Essential for a Healthy Brain, LondonTimes, 11.17.18
The Real Trick to Staying Young, Quartz, 11.16.18
Memory Supplements Might Not Contain What They Claim, GAO, 11.16.18
Get Moving, New Exercise Guidelines, AP, 11.13.18
Oh, My Aching Back, HarvardMed, 11.7.18
More Reasons to Drink Coffee, SciBlog, 11.6.18
Health Benefits of Nuts and Pretzels, SciBlog, 11.5.18
Anti-Aging Flavonoids like Cocoa to the Rescue, SciBlog, 11.2.18
Strong Correlation Between Being Fit and Living Longer, NYTimes, 11.2.18
Half of Women Over Age 50 Have Incontinence, SciBlog, 11.1.18
World's Longest Study on Aging, Forbes, 11.1.18
Your Appendix and Its Connection to Parkinson's, STAT, 11.1.18
Health Care/Insurance
Medicare Buy-In Proposal for Those Age 50 to 65, TheHill, 11.29.18
Proposed Changes on Medicare Drugs Creates Winners/Losers, AP, 11.27.18
Dealing with the High Cost of Long-Term Care, WashPost, 11.26.18
Living in Dread of Hospitals, LondTimes, 11.24.18
Hybrid Long-Term Care Insurance, WSJ, 11.23.18
How Retirees Can Negotiate Drug Prices, CRR, 11.19.18
Traditional Medicare Vs Advantage Plans, NE Journal of Medicine, 11.16.18
Hospitals Ignore Improving Elder Care, STAT, 11.16.18
The Good, Bad, Ugly of Medicare Advantage Plans, PBS, 11.15.18
Host of New Medicare Advantage Plan Benefits for Next Year, Kaiser, 11.9.18
Health Care Gives Dems Modest Edge with Seniors, Kaiser/Axios, 11.5.18
Skyrocketing Cost of Precision Medicine to Fight Cancer, Kaiser, 11.1.18
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
Are You Getting Your Money's Worth from SS, MotleyFool, 11.30.18
Senior Spending on Housing and Related Issues, NextAvenue, 11.30.18
CalSavers, A State Retirement Program for All Workers, LATimes, 11.27.18
US Pension Funds Turn to Riskier Real Estate Bets, WSJ, 11.26.18
Cutting SS Benefits May Be a Good Idea, MotleyFool, 11.25.18
Middle Class Hit Hardest by Inheritance Tax in UK, LondTimes, 11.24.18
10 Things to Consider When Relocating After Age 50, NextAVe, 11.21.18
The Cost of Caring for Parents and Adult Children, WSJ, 11.19.18
Rest Homes in Mass. Closing as Financial Pressure Mounts, BostGlobe, 11.19.18
Boomers Face More Risks to Their Retirement, CNBC, 11.16.18
Affninity Groups and Intergenerational Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 11.16.18
How Couples Retire, CRR, 11.15.18
The 4% Rule on Retirement Savings Withdrawls, MotleyFool, 11.15.18
Student Loan Debt When You Are Over Age 50, CNBC, 11.14.18
Reducing Widows' Poverty By Increasing SS Benefits, CRR, 11.8.18
Trends Changing the Face of Intergenerational Living, Sr. Housing, 11.8.18
Retirement Living Myths and Facts, NextAve, 11.7.18
Save for Retirement or Your Kids' College Education, NBC, 11.6.18
Claiming Social Security at Age 62, MotleyFool, 11.6.18
What's Doing in the Agrihood, Sr. Housing, 11.5.18
Fight for Pension Equality Starts Now in UK, LondonTimes, 11.4.18
New Retirement Plan: Save, Save, Save, Spend Virtually Nothing, WSJ, 11.3.18
The Tradeoffs on Where to Retire, CRR, 11.1.18
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Quality of Life Peaks at 68 If You Have Lots of Friends, LondTimes, 11.28.18
Elderly Gun Owners with Dementia, SciBlog, 11.26.18
Tea or Coffee, MGB, 11.26.18
The Secret Behind the Nancy Drew Mysteries, JSTOR, 11.23.18
Assisted Dying, LondTimes, 11.23.18
When in Vegas, One Toke Over the line, LATimes, 11.23.18
Starting Over in Your 70s After a Deadly Wildfire, LATimes, 11.20.18
How Many Seniors Live in Poverty, Kaiser, 11.19.18
Silver-Tongued Salesmen, Warranties and the Elderly, LondTimes, 11.19.18
Taking Over the Family Thanksgiving Meal from Your Parents, WashPost, 11.18.18
How a Paradise (California) Nursing Home Evacuated, LATimes, 11.17.18
Why We Often Remember Bad Instead of Good, WashPost, 11.16.18
Modern Love, I Would Have Driven My Mom Anywhere, NYTimes, 11.16.18
Zipcar, Membership and Aging, BostonGlobe, 11.15.18
We Are Only As Old As We Self-Identify, LondonTimes, 11.13.18
Dying is the Last Adventure, Shedding Light On How to Live, Kaiser, 11.8.18
The New Urban Jungles, NYTimes, 11.8.18
Black Americans and End-of-Life Issues, NextAve, 11.7.18
Social Security Numbers and Proving Your Identity, NBC, 11.4.18
Welcome to the Age of the Tiger Traveler, LATimes, 11.4.18
Breakdancing Competitively at Age 60, WSJ, 11.3.18
Business/Work/Technology/Products
An AI-Powered Machine That Can Finish Your Sentence, NYTimes, 11.23.18
Meet Zora, the Robot Caregiver, NYTimes, 11.23.18
The Graying Workforce, HBR, 11.16.18
The Future Has Arrived, Real Estate & Technology, NYTimes, 11.16.18
Is There Equality in Data-Driven Medicine, NYTimes, 11.15.18
Using Computers to Translate Brain Thoughts into Speech, STAT, 11.15.18
May AI Help You, NYTimes, 11.15.18
October 2018
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
A 10-Minute Walk Can Be Good for The Brain, NYTimes, 10.29.18
Yo Yo Dieting and Longevity, SciBlog, 10.29.18
Gut Bacteria and Aging, MedicalNews, 10.27.18
Sandra Day O'Connor Tells America About Her Dementia, WSJ, 10.24.18
Anxiety Unraveled, NextAve, 10.24.18
Clearing Out-of-Commission Brain Cells Improves Cognition, SciBlog, 10.22.18
Yes, There is a Cure for Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 10.15.18
Healthcare/Insurance/Government/Social Security
Medicare, A Political Football, Kaiser, 10.30.18
Problems obtaining Funding for Unorthodox Alzheimer's Research, STAT, 10.29.18
Caregivers Do Double Duty to Make Ends Meet, WSJ, 10.29.18
Why You Shouldn't Wait to Sign Up for Medicare Part B, NYTimes, 10.29.18
Should Doctors Apologize to Patients After Making a Mistake, NYTimes, 10.28.18
Social Security Insights, MotleyFool, 10.28.18
Social Security Warns About Spoofing Scams, AARP, 10.26.18
Famiies Fight Over Caregiving of Elderly with Dementia, USAToday, 10.26.18
Anthem Rolls Out New Extra Benefit Medicare Plans, Sr. Housing, 10.26.18
Patients Have Trouble Obtaining Own Medical Records, Kaiser, 10.25.18
Social Security Longevity Gap Between Rich and Poor, CRR, 10.25.18
Medicare, Social Security, the Budget Deficit and Politics, WashPost, 10.18.18
Don't Count on Health Insurance to Pay the Bills, NYTimes, 10.17.18
Medicare Adv. Plans Improperly Deny Many Claims, NYTimes, 10.15.18
Medicare Advantage Enrollment Continues to Soar, Kaiser, 10.15.18
Step Therapy and Medicare, STAT, 10.12.18
Switching Medigap Plans Can Be Tricky, CRR, 10.11.18
Medicare for All? See What Trump Has to Say, WashPost, 10.11.18
Will Maine Voters Decide to Make Aging in Place Affordable, Kaiser, 10.11.18
Telemedicine and Medicare, Kaiser, 10.10.18
Nursing Homes Push Dying into Pricey Rehab, Bloomberg, 10.10.18
What to Know About Medicare Open Enrollment, Kaiser, 10.8.18
Financial Focus of MedAdvantage Plans Shifts to Doctors, Kaiser, 10.8.18
Seniors to Shape California's Future, LATimes, 10.7.18
Modernizing Social Security, Helping the Oldest, CRR, 10.2.18
Care Homes Charge Hefty Premium for Dementia Patients, LondTimes, 10.1.18
Nursing Home Occupancy Rate Continues to Drop, NYTimes, 10.1.18
Retirement/Housing/Financial
Home Design, Boomers in Transition, Sr. Housing, 10.31.18
Baby Boomers Living at Home Effects Sr. Housing Facilities, WSJ, 10.30.18
Tough Realities for Baby Boomers, MoneyWatch, 10.29.18
People are Saving About Half of What They Need for Retirement, CNBC, 10.29.18
More Americans Retiring Abroad, BostonGlobe, 10.28.18
Do You Need $5 Million to Retire Early, WashPost, 10.26.18
For Parrotheads Only, Inside Margaritaville, Sr. Housing, 10.26.18
Meet Melinda, Sr. Housing, 10.25.18
Americans Financially Not Prepared to Live Longer Lives, SciBlog, 10.23.18
Retirement Sanctuary for NIH Research Chimpanzes, STAT, 10.19.18
2018 Assisted Living Care Costs Increased 6.7%, Sr. Housing, 10.16.18
The Marshmellow Test for Retirement, CRR, 10.11.18
Making Palm Springs a Cool Place to Retire Again, WSJ, 10.11.18
How to Manage Paying for Retirement Housing, WSJ, 10.11.18
The Communities that Retired Rich Asisans Call Home, WSJ, 10.10.18
Innovative Move-In Incentives in Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 10.9.18
Inheriting Mom's House, LATimes, 10.7.18
Spending and Savings Guide During Retirement, CouponFollow
Retirement Wealth Gap Adds New Indignity to Old Age, WSJ, 10.5.18
Retire Rich Schemes Not to Be Believed, CRR, 10.4.18
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
What Would An Age-Friendly City Look Like, Guardian, 10.31.18
What My Older Cat Taught Me About Aging, NextAvenue, 10.31.18
Why the Elderly Deserve a Discount, LondonTimes, 10.27.18
Helicopter Children to Their Parents, NextAve, 10.26.18
History of Biotech and Science Through Words and Date of Origin, STAT, 10.26.18
The World's 12 Most Walkable Cities, SmarterTravel, 10.24.18
If I Only Knew Way Back Then, SciBlog, 10.19.18
Over 75s Face Losing Free BBC TV Licenses, LondonTimes, 10.17.18
Are You Living in an Age Bubble, NextAvenue, 10.17.18
How Fast Will You Jog at Age 80, LondonTimes, 10.16.18
Starting Again at Age 65, Kaiser, 10.15.18
Fighting Loneliness One Letter at a Time, LondonTimes, 10.15.18
No Short Cuts at Age 107, NYTimes, 10.13.18
Dementia and Guns, Doctor's Perspective, Kaiser, 10.12.18
Why Following Your Passions is Good for You, NYTimes, 10.12.18
The Secret of Aging Well, NYTimes, 10.12.18
Daughter's Obit Unravels Mysterious Life of Her Father, WashPost, 10.11.18
Antidepressants, Middle-Agers, Elderly Parents & Scotland, LondTimes, 10.10.18
The House that Brought Two Retiree Lovers Together, WSJ, 10.10.18
Solo Agers Need Fearless Fallback Plan, Kaiser, 10.5.18
Can't Keep a Secret, SciBlog, 10.1.18
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Stick It in Your Mouth, Thermo Advertising is Here, NYTimes, 10.25.18
Crowdfunding Raises Millions for Unproven Treatment, STAT, 10.24.18
Agingin Place, A Step Toward Personalized, Smart Homes, SciBlog, 10.17.18
It's Never Too Late, NYTimes, 10.10.18
Cool Tech Trends for Seniors, Next Avenue, 10.9.18
Starbucks' New Cafe in Mexico City Run By Older Adults, Sr. Housing, 10.9.18
September 2018
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
A User's Guide to Cheating Death, STAT, 9.28.18
Treating the Underlying Aging Process, SciBlog, 9.25.18
Importance of Weight Training For Your Long-Term Health, LondTimes, 9.25.18
Cardio Benefits of Fish Oil Finally Proven, STAT, 9.24.18
New Insight into Aging, Learning & Brain Plasticity, SciBlog, 9.20.18
New Ways to Diagnose and Treat Pancreatic Cancer, DanaFarber, 9.20.18
Dementia Threat Soars in Areas Hit By Pollution, LondTimes, 9.19.18
Seniors in Pain Hop Aboard Canna-Bus, Kaiser, 9.18.18
Do Healthy Older People Need to Take Low-Dose Asprin, NYTimes. 9.17.18
Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for Dementia, Sr. Housing, 9.17.18
How to Live longer and Healthier, LondonTimes, 9.15.18
Best Treatment for Older Women with Breast Cancer, NYTimes, 9.15.18
A Few More Reasons to Go On a Fasting Diet, SciBlog, 9.11.18
Coping with Knee Pain, LondonTimes, 9.11.18
Hope for New Macular Degeneration Treatments, BostonGlobe, 9.10.19
Try This Sport to Live Longer, NYTimes, 9.9.18
New Insight on Cause of Chronic Diseases, SciBlog, 9.8.18
Eary Alzheimer's and Work, NYTimes, 9.8.18
Impact of Sepsis Infections on Seniors, Kaiser, 9.6.18
Following Your Bodies Natural Rhythms to Lose Weight, NextAve, 9.5.18
Dementia--Identifying High Risk Individuals for Treatment, SciBog, 9.4.18
Stroke Can Double Risk of Dementia, AJC, 9.4.18
Malnutrition, A Leading Cause of Death Among Seniors, ColumbDispatch, 9.4.18
The Ethical Dilemma of Lab-Grown Brain Bits, WashPost, 9.3.18
Cannabis and Your Aging Brain, SciBlog, 9.2.18
Could I Kill My Mother, NYTimes, 9.2.18
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
Protecting a Loved One with Dementia During a Storm, Kaiser, 9.20.18
Medicare Advantage Programs Cut Drug Cost with Step Therapy, Kaiser, 9.17.18
Clients' Vulnerable to Caregiver Theft and Worse, Boston Globe, 9.17.18
What to Know About Medicare-for-All, Politico, 9.12.18
Stats on the Hospitalization of Older Adults, UptoDate, 9.5.18
Insurers Profit from Medicare Advantage Plans, ModHealth, 9.4.18
Avoiding Costly Medicare Mistakes, LA Times, 9.2.18
Retirement/Housing/Financial
Retiring Soon, Plan for Market Downturns, WSJ, 9.24.18
Unethical, Incompetent Financial Advisors in UK, LondTimes, 9.23.18
Personality Influences What Age You Stop Working, CRR, 9.13.18
Decline in Widows' Poverty, CRR, 9.12.18
Changes May Be Coming to IRA and 401K Plans, 9.12.18
Raising the Pension Age in Ireland, LondonTimes, 9.10.18
Emerging Market Tremors Rattle Public Pension Systems, WSJ, 9.8.18
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Give-Up-Itis, SciBlog, 9.27.18
Doubling Down on Love, Empty Nesters Adopt Foster Child, NYTimes, 9.24.18
How We Walk Depends on Who We Walk With, NYTimes, 9.23.18
Japan's Aging Military, the Future is a Gray Area, WSJ, 9.17.18
Beware of This Pitch for Trump, SS, and Traditional Values, LATimes, 9.14.18
Age Before Beauty, But Not Politics, NYTimes, 9.13.18
Getting Seniors Out of Harms Way Before a Storm, Kaiser, 9.13.18
Benefits of Tai Chi, NYTimes, 9.11.18
A Debate Over Rational Suicide, NYTimes, 9.4.18
Honoring the Dead at Long-Term Care Facilities, Kaiser, 9.4.18
Harsher Penalties When Elderly are Attacked, LondTimes, 9.3.18
World's Top 30 Most Visited Tourist Attractions, FarWide, 9.1.18
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Weight Watchers Changes Name, Focus on Wellness, WashPost, 9.25.18
Terminated Workers Sue IBM for Age Discrimination, Bloomberg, 9.18.18
What You Need to Know and Fear on the Dark Web, AARP, 9.13.18
Apple Watch Tries to Shakeup Senior Wearables Market, Sr. Housing, 9.13.18
At-Home Eldercare Goes High-Tech, TechNewsWorld, 9.11.18
Smart Home Technology Update, Sr. Housing, 9.11.18
Redesigning the Sound of a Heart Monitor Beep, STAT, 9.10.18
Is It time to Go on a Hot Streak, SciBlog, 9.8.18
Time Is On The Side of Aging Entreprenuers, WSJ, 9.4.18
New Product Gold Rush for the 50+ Crowd, WashPost, 9.1.18
AUGUST 2018
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Prostate Problems and Your Health, SciBlog, 8.31.18
Earwax Poses Unrecognized Risk in Long-Term Care, Kaiser, 8.29.19
Last Moments--End-of-Life Rallies Before Dying, NextAve., 8.29.18
Scary Symptoms Which are Usually Harmless, NextAve., 8.29.18
More Dairy Please, SciBlog, 8.28.18
Eye Exam Might One Day Predict Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 8.24.18
Fighting Dementia in The Netherlands, 8.22.18
Redesigning Mortality, NYTimes, 8.20.18
Why is Cancer Rare in Elephants, LA Times, 8.15.18
Link Between Iron in Cells and Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 8.14.18
Landmark Law Hopes to Improve Alzheimer's Care in Mass., BostonGlobe, 8.13.18
The Relationship Between Cellular Senescence & Cancer, FightingAging, 8.12.18
Hip Fracture Surgery Time Table, SciBlog, 8.8.18
Eating Crickets Can Be Good for Your Gut and More, SciBlog, 8.4.18
Memantine Drug Might Stop Alzheimer's Progression, SciBlog, 8.1.18
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
How Modern Medicine Has Changed the Supreme Court, NY Times, 8.31.18
Taking Care of Frail, Aging Parents, Kaiser, 8.22.18
The True Cost of Knee Surgery, WSJ, 8.22.18
About the Copay for that Drug You Need, PBS, 8.20.18
Dedicated Caregiver Space at Acute-Care Hospitals, Mod.HealthCare, 8.16.18
Hidden Cost of Medicare's Drug Prescription Program, NYTimes, 8.13.18
Nursing Homes Drug Dementia Patients Without Consent, WashPost, 8.12.18
Patient Groups Rattled By Medicare Drug Pricing Negotiations, Hill, 8.9.18
Genetics Testing and Obtaining A Long-Term-Care Policy, Kaiser, 8.7.18
Senior Living Providers and Medicare Advantage Programs, Sr.Housing, 8.6.18
Medicare Could Save $2.8 Billion a Year If..., STAT, 8.2.18
Why Americans Spend So Much on Health Care, WSJ, 8.1.18
Retirement/Housing/Financial
Finding a Job in a Tight Labor Market When Over Age 50, BostonGlobe, 8.29.18
Problems Raising the Retirement/Pension Age in Russia, WashPost, 8.29.18
Treatment of LGBT Residents in Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 8.29.18
House Beautiful, New Aging in Place Design Elements, WSJ, 8.25.18
The Murky World of Brokers Handling Savings of Elderly Parent, NYTimes, 8.25.18
Helping Banks Flag Fraud Against Seniors, NYTimes, 8.24.18
Best Places to Retire Abroad for $30,000 a Year, Int.Living, 8.17.18
When Not To Pay Off Your Mortgage, NY Times, 8.15.18
Divorce Very Bad For Retirement Finances, CRR, 8.9.18
Managing Your Money When the Next Recession Hits, NextAve., 8.8.18
Surge in Bankruptcy Filings for Older Americans, NYTimer, 8.6.18
When is It The Right Time to Move Our of Your Home, BostonGlobe, 8.6.18
Adult Foster Homes, NextAvenue, 8.3.18
Why Retire When You're Too Old to Enjoy It, LATimes, 8.2.18
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Senior Bias, Sr. Housing, 8.31.18
Writing a Thank You Note More Powerful Than You Think, SciBlog, 8.29.18
Death in the Age of Narcissism, NY Times, 8.28.18
About Taking That Senior Discount, NextAvenue, 8.22.18
How to Find Last Minute Summer Travel Deals, AARP, 8.17.18
Flying the Friendly Skies on The Cheap, LA Times, 8.13.18
10 Affordable Travel Destinations, TravelAwaits, 8.8.18
Boomers Writing Their Own Scripts on Spirituality, Boston Globe, 8.5.18
Breakfast Like a King, Lunch Like a Prince, Dinner Like a Pauper, LA Times, 8.3.18
Age Discrimination is Still the Same Old Problem, LondonTimes, 8.2.18
Top 10 Cruise Destinations, AARP, 8.1.18
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Best Buy Steps into Emergency Response Device Market, ABC News, 8.16.18
Oops, IBM's Watson Cancer Treatment Recommendations Incorrect, STAT, 7.25.18
Massachusetts Angles to Become Silicon Valley for Age-Tech, BosGlobe, 7.19.18
Retirees Fill Employment Gaps in Tight Labor Market, NYTimes, 7.16.18
5 New Caregiving Technology Startups, AIPTech, 7.12.18
JULY 2018
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
When Walking Makes Your Legs Hurt, HavardMed, 7.25.18
Eating and Our Circadian Rhythms, NY Times, 7.25.18
Time for That Colonoscopy, Kaiser, 7.25.18
Herpesvirus Infection May Cause of Alzheimer's, FightingAging, 7.22.18
Reversing Aging at the Mitochondrial Level, SciBlog, 7.20.18
Treating Dementia with Healing Waves of Sound, SciBlog, 7.20.18
Birthing 5 or More Babies May Increase Alzheimer's Risk, CNN, 7.19.18
Dying Organs Restored with Mitochondrial Transplants, NYTimes, 7.16.18
What You Need to Know About Alzheimer's, Yahoo, 7.16.18
Oranges and Macular Degeneration, SciBlog, 7.16.18
You May Age Faster the More You..., SciBlog, 7.14.18
What Not to Say to Someone Having a Health Crisis, NextAve., 7.11.18
Senolytics, Removing Aged Cells for Rejuvination, STAT, 7.10.18
Skinny Fat in Older Adults and Dementia/Alzheimer's Risk, SciBlog, 7.5.18
Feeling Young Could Mean Brain Aging More Slowly, SciBlog, 7.3.18
3D-Printed living Tissues Could Spell End of Arthritis, SciBlog, 7.2.18
The Connection Between Hearing Loss and Dementia, Hear-It, 7.2.18
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
Medicare Reconsiders Pays at Spinal Surgery Centers, Kaiser, 7.30.18
New Bill Introduced for Medicare to Negotiate Drug Prices, TheHill, 7.26.18
Understanding Medigap Coverage, Kaiser, 7.26.18
America is Running Out of Family CareGivers, WSJ, 7.23.18
Branding Safety Net Programs as Welfare, NYTimes, 7.23.18
New Medicare Proposal: One Price for Any Doctor Visit, NYTimes, 7.22.18
Trump's Migrant Policy Diverts Funds From Health Programs, Politico, 7.18.18
Health Insurance Rates Based on Your Socioeconomic Data, NPR, 7.17.18
The Astonishling High Administrative Costs of US Healthcare, NYTimes, 7.17.18
Medical Tourism on the Rise, Kaiser, 7.12.18
Medigap Enrollment and Consumer Protections Vary By State, Kaiser, 7.11.18
Nursing Home Staffing Issues, NYTimes, 7.8.18
Retirement/Housing/Financial
Should Soon-to-Be Retiree Pay Off Mortgage, LATimes, 7.22.18
The Perils of Cashing in a Pension, LondonTimes, 7.21.18 (Fractional Scamming)
Why Less-Educated Men Retire Younger, CRR, 7.12.18
Countdown to Retirement, A 5-Year Plan, NYTimes, 7.9.18
Pensions, Women Have to Save More Than Men, LondonTimes, 7.8.18
Binge Drinking and Retirement in Ireland, LondonTimes, 7.8.18
A New Kind of Suburban Living, Yahoo, 7.7.18
Loneliness in Public Housing Communities, SciBlog, 7.5.18
Emotional Playbook for Couples in Retirement, NextAvenue, 7.4.18
Putin Increases Russian Pension Age, LondonTimes, 7.2.18
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Divorce After Age 50, Quartz, 7.30.18
For Life's Big Questions, Ask a Tibetian Monk or Nun, STAT, 7.26.18
Gen Divide--BBC Offers Free TV Viewing to Over-75's, LondonTimes, 7.22.18
Buying a Multigenerational Home, NYTimes, 7.20.18
How to Leave a Legacy When You Don't Have Children, NYTimes, 7.20.18
Stop Hankering for the Fantasy of a Golden Age, LondonTimes, 7.19.18
Older Homeless People in LA, LATimes, 7.19.18
Hurricane Maria Still Taking Toll on Puerto Rico's Seniors, Kaiser/PBS, 7.18.18
5 Affordable Exotic Vacations, TravelAwaits, 7.18.18
When DNA Testing Shatters Your Identity, Atlantic, 7.18.18
Of Mice, Men and the Sunk Cost Fallacy, SciBlog, 7.14.18
9 Once Dangerous Travel Destinations That Are Safe to Visit, TravelAwaits, 7.13.18
Potpourri, Sr. Housing, 7.12.18
The Great Outdoors, SciBlog, 7.9.18
The New Old Age, NYTimes, 7.8.18
Looking for Part-Time Work this Summer, WashPost, 7.4.18
What We Can Learn from Mr. Rogers, NextAve, 7.4.18
A Heartbreaking Theft, Yahoo, 7.1.18
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Oops, IBM's Watson Cancer Treatment Recommendations Incorrect, STAT, 7.25.18
Massachusetts Angles to Become Silicon Valley for Age-Tech, BosGlobe, 7.19.18
Retirees Fill Employment Gaps in Tight Labor Market, NYTimes, 7.16.18
5 New Caregiving Technology Startups, AIPTech, 7.12.18
Why Apple Should Hire Your Grandmother, CNBC, 7.11.18
How Old Are Successful Tech Entrepreneurs, KellogInsider, 7.11.18
Investor View of Trillion Dollar Longevity Market, Stria, 7.11.18
AI, Healthcare and China, LATimes, 7.6.18
JUNE 2018
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
How Long Can We Live, NYTimes, 6.29.18
Battling Aging With Water Fleas, BostonGlobe, 6.24.18
Virus Connection to Alzheimer's, NYTimes, 6.22.18
Bone Loss Halved in Older Women Taking Probiotics, SciBlog, 6.21.18
Treating Alzheimer's with Nanotechnology, SciBlog, 6.19.18
Skin Serums to Reverse Aging, HarvardMed, 6.18.18
Diabetes May Be Early Manifestation of Pancreatic Cancer, SciBlog, 6.18.18
Today is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, NextAvenue, 6.15.18
Link Between High Blood Pressure and Dementia, SciBlog, 6.13.18
Products to Improve Hearing, FDA, 6.13.18
Risks for Lasik Eye Surgery, NYTimes, 6.12.18
Reversing Cognitive Impairments in Mice with Dementia, SciBlog, 6.9.18
Be Optimistic, You Might Live Longer, CRR, 6.8.18
Having Constipation Troubles, Try Mangos, SciBlog, 6.8.18
Increasing Your Chances For Having a Long, Healthy Life, NYTimes, 6.7.18
Walk Faster, Live Longer, SciBlog, 6.4.18
Improving Cognitive Performance, SciBlog, 6.3.18
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
New Study on the Cost of Dying, STAT, 6.29.18
Fine-Tuning Cancer Care with Geriatric Assessements, Kaiser, 6.28.18
When Should You Fire Your Doctor, NextAvenue, 6.27.18
Sky-High Deductibles Broke US Health Care System, Bloomberg, 6.27.18
For Profit Hospice Care, a Growing Industry, NYTimes, 6.25.18
Medicare Allows More Benefits for Chronically Ill, NYTimes, 6.25.18
Trump Proposes Restructuring HSS Department, MH, 6.22.18
Despite Medicare, Medical Expenses Still Take Bite Out of Income, CRR, 6.21.18
Republicans Give Up on Medicare Overhaul, Politico, 6.18.18
Health in Old Age, a Cartoonist's View, CRR, 6.14.18
How America Got Hooked on OxyContin, Kaiser, 6.13.18
When It Doubt, Ship Them Out, Medicare & Rehospitalization, Kaiser, 6.13.18
Social Security, Medicare and Republican Policies, LATimes, 6.6.18
Trump Plan to Lower Drug Prices Might Hurt Medicare Patients, Kaiser, 6.4.18
Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) and Medicaid, Home Health Care News, 6.2.18
Retirement/Housing/Financial
Britons Rushing to Retire Abroad Ahead of Brexit, LondonTimes, 6.24.18
Americans Entering Old Age Least Prepared in Decades, WSJ, 6.23.18
Worklife Imbalances Spur Retirement, CRR, 6.21.18
Growth in Retiring Baby Boomers Straining Welfare Programs, WSJ, 6.21.18
Senior Housing Trends--Amazon, Margaritaville, Sr.Housing, 6.21.18
Why Today's Retirees Are So Thrifty, NextAve., 6.20.18
How Does Divorce Affect Retirement Security, CRR, 6.12.18
Planning Ahead for Longer Lifespans, Barrons, 6.12.18
Chief Happiness Officer for Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 6.7.18
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Top 4 Sunscreens, AARP, 6.30.18
Spending Final Days at Home Instead of Hospital, LATimes, 6.27.18
Life Behind Bars for an Aging Prison Population, WashPost, 6.27.18
Turning Age 60 in the Age of Trump, NYTimes, 6.27.18
When Grandparents Should Interfere, NextAvenue, 6.27.18
Why Popcorn Tastes Better When You Eat It With Chopsticks, SciBlog, 6.26.18
Dementia and Gun Safety, Kaiser, 6.26.18
Aging Gracefully, Insight from a 90-Year-Old Poet, WashPost, 6.24.18
Swedish Death Cleaning, An Inside Look, NextAve., 6.22.18
Living the Ideal Life, a Worldview, SciBlog, 6.20.18
Age Segregation Getting Worse, HBR, 6.12.18
Whatever Happened to Those Radical Boomer Activists, Boston Globe, 6.12.18
Retired Liberal Women Under Siege & Then There is MSNBC, NYTimes, 6.8.18
6 Great American Road Trips, AARP, 6.6.18
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Voice, Virtual Reality, Robotics, and Sensors, MobiHealth, 6.28.18
10 Tech Companies to Keep an Eye On, TechWatch, 6.22.18
Digital Spying, Insurers and Your Age, Bloomberg, 6.19.18
Curbing Loneliness with Virtual Reality, Medium, 6.12.18
MAY 2018
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Memory Loss After Surgery, NextAvenue, 5.30.18
Dementia, Guns, Suicide, Elderly Men, NYTimes, 5.27.18
Sleep No More, HarvardMed, 5.26.18
US Life Expectancy Still Declining, AP, 5.24.18
Dodging the Dementia Bullet, Kaiser, 5.24.18
Are You and Your Doctor Ready to Talk About DNA Testing, Kaiser, 5.22.18
Heart Health and Frailty, SciBlog, 5.21.18
The Great Divide Between Medicine and Dentistry, Kaiser, 5.21.18
Slowing the Aging Process, The New World of Geroscience, BostonGlobe, 5.20.18
Cognitive Training Reduces Gait Freezing in Parkinson's Patients, SciBlog, 5.18.18
Intimacy Later in Life and Memory Loss, SciBlog, 5.17.18
Skin Cancer and Melanoma, DanaFarber, 5.17.18
Exergaming May Help Those at Risk of Alzheimer's/Dementia, SciBlog, 5.15.18
Deaths from Falls on the Rise for Older Adults, CDC, 5.11.18
Key Factors to Support Quality of Life In Dementia, SciBlog, 5.9.18
Why Older People Are More Prone to Distraction, SciBlog, 5.9.18
Hypnotherarpy for Acid Reflux, Tummy Troubles and More, NBC, 5.8.18
Bring on the "K" to Slow Cognitive Skill Decline, Tufts, 5.7.18
Walnuts and Your Heart Health, SciBlog, 5.5.18
Fasting, Cell Regeneration, and Longevity, SciBlog, 5.4.18
5 Health Mistakes Your're Making Before 9 am, AARP, 5.3.18
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
Copay Assistance and Expensive Drugs, Kaiser, 5.29.18
Paying for Long-Term Care Without Buying Insurance, NextAve, 5.24.18
Everything You Want to Know About Medicare Part D, Kaiser, 5.17.18
Lack of Insurance Expose Vision Care Blindspots, Kaiser, 5.15.18
Your Guide to Telemedicine and What Medicare Covers, Kaiser, 5.9.18
Billions in Retirement Cuts for Federal Employees in the Works, WashPost, 5.9.18
Weak Oversight Blamed for Poor Nursing Home Care in California, Kaiser, 5.4.18
Help for Family Caregivers, Kaiser, 5.1.18
Retirement/Housing/Financial
Estate/Long-Term Care Planning for Solo-Agers, NextAve., 5.30.18
10 Attractive Places to Live Outside US, WashPost, 5.26.18
Dynasty Trusts to Take Advantage of New Tax Law, LA Times, 5.16.18
7 Deadly Sins of Retirement Planning, CheatSheet, 5.15.18
Forget Florida, Retirees Moving to Appalachia, WSJ, 5.15.18
Can Retirement Ruin Your Marriage, WashPost, 5.7.18
Older Workers in Britain Face Paying Care Tax, LondonTimes, 5.6.18
For High-Octane Professionals, Retirement Not an Option, BosGlobe, 5.3.18
Inside Look at the Senior Housing Industry, Sr. Housing, 5.3.18
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Let's Build a (Stone) Wall, BostonGlobe, 5.29.18
3 Hots and a Cot, Not the Lifestyle for Baby Boomers, Sr. Living, 5.21.18
Avoid Buying These Items at the Airport, SmarterTravel, 5.18.18
Will We Still Be Relevant When We're 64, Kaiser, 5.15.18
Serving the Church, Older Priests Speak Out, BostonGlobe, 5.13.18
Easing Older Drivers Out of Their Cars in Japan, BostonGlobe, 5.13.18
Living Apart Together, Kaiser, 5.12.18
Thinking About Having a Green Funeral, NY Times, 5.11.18
Old and Lonely in Puerto Rico, Some Consider Suicide, Kaiser, 5.10.18
Are We Killing Ourselves to Live Longer, NextAve., 5.9.18
What Not to Say to an Isolated Older Adult, NextAve, 5.4.18
Lonely Old Man in China Puts Himself Up for Adoption, WashPost, 5.2.18
104-Year-Old Scientist's Birthday Wish is to Die, WashPost, 5.2.18
A Look at Lives of Trans & Gender Nonconformting Older Adults, NextAve, 5.1.18
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Diagnosing Parkinson's/Alzheimers with AI and Your Computer, WSJ, 5.30.18
AI and Skin Cancer Detection, Kaiser, 5.29.18
AI Impact on Nursing, CanadianNurse, 5.23.18
Some New Tech Gadgets, NextAve., 5.18.18
Harvard Startup Wants to Reverse Aging in Dogs, MIT, 5.17.18
It Had to Happen--Introducing the Smart Diaper, MobiHealth, 5.17.18
Amazon Makes Senior Housing Pitch, Sr. Housing, 5.16.18
APRIL 2018
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Everyday Drugs Raise the Risk of Dementia, LondonTimes, 4.26.18
Aging Baby Boomers, Obesity and Arthritis, WSJ, 4.23.18
Mind, Body & Depression, A New Way to View It, LondonTimes, 4.22.18
Spouses Can Boost Early Detection for Melanoma Patients, NYTimes, 4.19.18
Bunions, HarvardMed, 4.18.18
Why Women Live Longer Than Men, 4.15.18
The Whine in Wine, London Times, 4.13.18
Night Owls Beware, LA Times, 4.12.18
Is There Such Thing as Normal Aging, Kaiser, 4.11.18 Test Your Wits on Aging
A New Way of Defining Alzheimer's, AP, 4.10.18
Meditation's Lasting Power, SciBlog, 4.10.18
The Power of Taking a Cold Bath or Shower, London Times, 4.8.18
Tap Water, Dehydration and Alzheimer's, LA Times, 4.6.18
Relaxation Techniques May Reduce High Blood Pressure, SciBlog, 4.5.18
Older Americans & Vitamins, Do They Work, Kaiser, 4.4.18
Stress of Sudden Poverty Can Lead to Serious Illness & Death, LondTimes, 4.4.18
Go Ahead and Drink Your Coffee, LA Times, 4.2.18
Chronic Inflamation and Aging, FightingAging, 4.2.18
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
Older Surgeons & Mortality Rates for Emergency Procedures, SciBlog, 4.26.18
Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Off to Rough Start, Kaiser, 4.19.18
Barbara Bush's End of Life Decision Stirs Debate, Kaiser, 4.17.18
Putting Power Back in the Hands of Patients, London Times, 4.16.18
Millennials, GenXers, Boomers Feel Strain of Caring for Parents, SqAway, 4.5.18
Choosing a Medicare Plan, CBS, 4.4.18
Why Amazon Hired a Geriatrician, MedCity, 4.4.18
New Policy Could Pay for Home Care in Sr. Living Facilities, Sr.Housing, 4.4.18
Bringing Meals to Low-Income Seniors Can Reduce Medical Costs, LATimes, 4.3.18
Custom Meals Curb Hospital Stays for People with Chronic Disease, STAT, 4.3.18
Retirement/Housing/Financial
Marketers of Senior Housing Changing Their Tune, Sr. Housing, 4.19.18
Governments Struggle to Meet Pension Obligations, NY Times. 4.15.18
Granny Flats the LA Way, LA Times, 4.13.18
Some Under-the-Radar Retirment Benefits for Paul Ryan, Yahoo, 4.12.18
Arcane But Shrewd Retirement Scheme Making a Comeback, SqAway, 4.12.18
Why America's $1 Trillion Deficit is a Big Problem For You, WashPost, 4.10.18
Dependence on Social Security is Striking, Squared Away, 4.5.18
21 Unvarnished Truths About Retirement, Next Avenue, 4.4.18
Swelling Retirement Obligations Hurting Developing Countries, WSJ, 4.2.18
Unretirement, NY Times, 4.1.18
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Volunteering Can Be Good for Your Health, WSJ, 4.23.18
Oldsters Behind the Wheel, SciBlog, 4.22.18
Bridging the Gap, SmarterTravel, 4.22.18
Should Digital Remains Be Handled Like the Physical Kind, SciBlog, 4.18.18
Still Dreaming, Actors Over Age 70 Take the Stage, Next Avenue, 4.18.18
How to Plan Care in Later Years With No Adult Children, NY Times, 4.16.18
Happiness is Doing Better Than Your Parents if You Are a Man, LondTimes, 4.10.18
World Happiness Report, UN, 4.4.18
Americans Will Struggle to Grow Old at Home, Bloomberg, 4.4.18
Why Do So Many Friendships End, Next Avenue, 4.4.18
Brain-Boosting Food, London Times, 4.3.18
What Older Men (and Women) Want, London Times, 4.3.18
Business/Work/Technology/Products
The Problems Facing a Start-Up Telemed Company, 4.26.18
Robots and Restaurants, SmartBrief, 4.24.18
Chinese Investors Drawn to US Senior Housing Market, Sr. Housing, 3.13.18
Why Some Older People Reject Digital Technology, SciBlog, 3.12.18
New Technologies Help Seniors Age in Place, Kaiser, 3.12.18
MARCH 2018
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Sugar, Sugar, SciBlog, 3.31.18
Women and Alzheimer's, LA Times, 3.30.18
What Happens When We Die, CheatSheet, 3.25.18
The Bitter Truth About Sugar, AARP, 3.23.18
How Do We Lose Memory, SciBlog, 3.23.18
False Memories in Older Adults, SciBlog, 3.21.18
Intermittent Fasting Diets Reduce Cardio Disease Risk, SciBlog, 3.20.18
Challenges of Battling Cognitive Decline, SciBlog, 3.20.18
Calorie Restriction Better Than Exercise to Slow Aging Process, FightAg, 3.20.18
Cyclists May Age Better Than Those Who Don't, NBC, 3.12.18
When You Reach That Fork in the Road, Kaiser, 3.8.18
Healthy Diet Might Not Offset High Salt In-Take, SciBlog, 3.5.18
7 Heatlh Warning Signs Not to Ignore, AARP, 3.2.18
Dubious Elixers To Cheat Death and Live Longer, STAT, 3.2.18
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
Scrutinizing Medicare Coverage for Different Therapies, Kaiser, 3.29.18
The Importance of Chain Immigration on Elder Care, NYTimes, 3.25.18
Everything You Need To Know About New Medicare Cards, Kaiser, 3.20.18
Removing Medicare Physical Therapy Caps and More Good News, Kaiser, 3.14.18
FDA Opens Its Thinking on Alzheimer's, WashPost, 3.12.18
Bank Loans Signed at Hospital Leave Patients Vulnerable, WashPost, 3.12.18
Insurers Game Medicare to Boost Federal Bonus Payments, WSJ, 3.12.18
5 Recommendations to Lower Health Care Costs in US, Next Avenue, 3.7.18
Immigration Policy and Home Health Care, NPR, 3.5.18
Another Form of Elderly Abuse, Self-Neglect, NYTimes, 3.5.18
Pick the Right Provider & Get Cash Back, Kaiser, 3.5.18
Get Me to Medical Appointment on Time--Uber/Lyft to Rescue, WasPost, 3.2.18
Retirement/Housing/Financial
Pension Battle in Candy Land With Lasting Consequences, WashPost, 3.30.18
Boomers Do Retirement their Way, Squared Away, 3.30.18
Size Matters as Boomers Consider Sr. Housing Communities, Sr. Housing, 3.29.18
Medicare Advantage Insurers Consider Sr. Living Aquisitions, Sr. Housing,3.28.18
Locking in Monthly Rental Rates, A Gimmick or Real Value, Sr. Housing,3.27.18
Extreme Frugality--How to Retire Early, London Times, 3.25.18
What You Need to Know About Pension De-Risking, Next Avenue, 3.21.18
Senior Living at Sea, Sr. Housing, 3.14.18
5 Must Read Stories about Retirement, Squared Away, 3.8.18
Is a Late-Career Change Worth It, NYTimes, 3.7.18
Fidelity's Risky Retirement Fund Strategy Being Questioned, Yahoo, 3.5.18
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Looking at the Marriage Relationship, Next Avenue, 3.28.18
Two Old Men Fantasize About a Fistfight, LATimes, 3.22.18
Thinking About Having a Green Funeral, NYTimes, 3.22.18
5 Life Lessons for the 85+ Crowd, Next Avenue
8 Foods to Avoid Before Flying, SmarterTravel, 3.20.18
Decluttering the Swedish Way, Next Avenue, 3.14.18
Welcome to Margaritaville, WashPost, 3.8.18
Top 10 Things Your Kids Don't Want, Next Avenue, 3.7.18
Dining Trends in Senior Living Communities, Sr. Housing, 3.5.18
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Chinese Investors Drawn to US Senior Housing Market, Sr. Housing, 3.13.18
Why Some Older People Reject Digital Technology, SciBlog, 3.12.18
New Technologies Help Seniors Age in Place, Kaiser, 3.12.18
14-Year-Old Writes App to Help Alzheimer's Patients, Fast Company, 3.7.18
Improving Patient Engagement in Healthcare With IT, MobiHealth, 3.6.18
iPad Exercise Program for Elderly in Siberia, MobiHealth, 3.6.18
Reaping the Benefits of an Aging Workforce, NY Times, 3.3.18
FEBRUARY 2018
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Simple Urine Test Measures How Body Has Aged, SciBlog, 2.27.18
New Eyedrops Could Make Glasses Unnecessary, Jerusalem Post, 2.22.18
Mindfulness Can Improve Heart Health and More, HarvardMed, 2.22.18
February is Age-Related Macular Degeneration Month, Next Avenue, 2.21.18
Link Between Alzheimer's and Our Brain's Ancient Immune System, NPR, 2.20.18
Scientists Shed Light on Biological Roots of Individuality, SciBlog, 2.17.18
Epigenetic Clocks, An Update on Determining Chronological Age, SciBlog, 2.15.18
Five Warning Signs of Pancreatic Cancer, AARP, 2.15.18
A Few Reasons Why Swimming is Good For You, Next Avenue, 2.14.18
Asparagus and Breast Cancer, Guardian, 2.9.18
Changing How We Look at Dementia Through Dementia Friends, Kaiser, 2.8.18
Electrical Brain Stimulation and Alzheimer's, NPR, 2.7.18
Treatment Options in Anti-Aging Research, SciBlog, 2.7.18
Newer Drugs Improving Metastatic Prostate Cancer Treatment, HarvMed, 2.6.18
Blood Test Can Determine Early Stage Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 2.3.18
What We Eat Key to Preventing Alzheimer's, London Times, 2.3.18
Fighting Cancer with Nanobodies and Computer Simulation, SciBlog, 2.2.18
Pass the Wine Please--Low Levels of Alcohol Good for the Brain, SciBlog, 2.2.18
After Death Communications With a Deceased Person, Next Avenue, 2.2.18
Promising Cancer Vaccine in the Works at Stanford, StanfordMed, 2.1.18
Who Still Smokes, NPR, 2.1.18
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
More Work, Less Staff, Longer Waits with Trump's SS Budget, WashPost, 2.28.18
Complaints About Nursing Home Evictions on the Rise, NYTimes, 2.22.18
Health Care Costs Growing Faster than Economy, AP, 2.15.18
Winners and Losers Under Medicare Plan in Trump Budget, AP, 2.13.18
Aid-in-Dying, California and Veterans, Kaiser, 2.13.18
Why We Need Medicare for All, USA Today, 2.7.18
CMS Takes First Steps at Medicare Part D Discounts, TheHill, 2.7.18
Low-Income Patients and Annual Medicare Wellness Exams, ModHealth, 2.7.18
HHS Aims for Lifetime Coverage Limits for Medicaid, McLatchy, 2.6.18
If Immigrants are Pushed Out Who Will Care for Elderly, NYTimes, 2.5.18
Is the Right-To-Try Bill a Good Thing, STAT, 2.2.18
Retirement/Housing/Financial
Don't Call Me Senior--Independent Living Light, Sr. Housing, 2.27.18
Eye-Popping Pension Payouts, NY Post, 2.21.18
What to Do When You Saved Enough to Retire, MotleyFool, 2.21.18
Leaving an Inheritance Without Causing Family Strife, Next Avenue, 2.21.18
Financial Fragility of Retirees, Now and Future, Squared Away, 2.20.18
A Good Reason to Work Longer Before Retiring, Boston Globe, 2.18.18
Some Insights on Retiring Abroad, Squared Away, 2.15.18
Defrauding the Elderly on the Rise, Squared Away, 2.8.18
Early Career Decisions Could Effect When You Retire, SciBlog, 2.2.18
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Rebranding the Senior Center, Boston Globe, 2.27.18
The Ageless Body--What it Takes to Look Good, LondTimes, 2.24.18
9 Sentences You Don't Want to Hear While Traveling, SmarterTravel, 2.21.18
Redefining Aging at a New York Art Museum, Next Avenue, 2.21.18
Talk to Your Doctor About Your Bucket List, NYTimes, 2.11.18
There's a Perfect Age to Do Different Things, LondTimes, 2.10.18
Rock Stars of Aging, Kaiser, 2.5.18
There Has Never Been a Better Time to Grow Old, LondTimes, 2.2.18
Business/Work/Technology/Products
A Framework for Understanding Digital Health, MobiHealth, 2.22.18
Getting Paid to Take Your Pills, MobiHealth, 2.17.18
The Future of Voice First Technology, Aging In Place, 2.16.18
Machine Learning (AI) Emerging in Medical Care, Kaiser, 2.14.18
End of Life Planning Software Has a Problem, BostonGlobe, 2.11.18
How Tech Companies in China Plan to Shake Up Health Industry, NYTimes, 2.1.18
JANUARY 2018
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Medical Issues Where Acupuncture Might Be Effective, HarvardMed, 1.29.18
Gene Therapy and Arthritis, FightingAging, 1.28.18
Eat Less, Live Longer with Fast Mimicking Diet, LondTimes, 1.27.18
New Alternative to Total Hip Replacement, AARP, 1.26.18
Getting Older Adults in Shape for Surgery, Kaiser, 1.25.18
Afraid of Falling, Try the Dutch Cure, NY Times, 1.25.18
Expanding the Stroke Treatment Window From 6 to 16 Hours, WashPost, 1.24.18
Factors That Increase Risk of Secondary Cancer, Harvard, 1.24.18
Wisdom Defined by Hospice Patients, SciBlog, 1.24.18
Number of Older People with 4 or More Diseases to Double, SciBlog, 1.23.18
Ambitious New Anti-Aging Trial To Begin Using Blood Plasma, SciBlog, 1.20.18
British View--The Gap in Life Expectancy Between Rich & Poor, LondTimes, 1.20.18
Key to Willpower Unlocked, SciBlog, 1.18.18
Precision Medicine and Immunotherapy for Cancer, DanaFarber, 1.19.19
New Blood Test Could Help Detect 8 Common Cancers, Guardian, 1.19.18
Hearing Loss, Baby Boomers and BioTech, Boston Globe, 1.17.18
DNA Sequencing Cancer Tumors More Promise than Proof, NPR, 1.16.18
The Global Race for a Radioactive Isotope Used to Detect Cancer, Kaiser, 1.16.18
Marriage, Sex and Longevity, SciBlog, 1.15.18
Possible Link Between Chrohn's Disease and Parkinson's, JerusalemPost, 1.14.18
Why Coming Up With an Alzheimer's Drug is So Difficult, WashPost, 1.12.18
Mediterranean Diet May Protect Elderly from Frailty, SciBlog, 1.11.18
Trips to the ER Can Signal Start of More Serious Problems, Kaiser, 1.11.18
Down the Road: A New Way To Treat Alzheimer's Disease, SciBlog, 1.6.18
How DNA Sequencing Is Used in Cancer Therapy, Dana-Farber, 1.4.18
What Your Hair Says About Your Health, AARP, 1.4.18
PTSD Complicates Vietnam War Vets End of Life Care, Kaiser, 1.4.18
A Word About Stem Cell Therapies, STAT, 1.2.18
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
Telehealth Industry Poised to Lower Medicare Costs, Reuters, 1.31.18
Polyps, Colonoscopies and Insurance Payments, Kaiser, 1.30.18
Out-of-Pocket Health Care Spending by Medicare Participants, Kaiser, 1.29.18
AARP Calls For Congress to Repeal Medicare Pay limits on Therapy, AARP, 1.25.18
Why Spending More on Social Services Than Health Care is Good, SciBlog, 1.21.18
Three Ways to Cut Medicare, STAT, 1.19.18
Medicare, Home Care and the Chronically Ill, Kaiser, 1.18.18
British Government Tackles Loneliness Health Issue, LATimes, 1.18.18
Arthritis Drug Show Show Why US Prices Are So High, NextAve, 1.17.18
RAISE Family Caregiving Act on Way to President's Desk, NextAve, 1.17.18
Overhaul of Medicare 340B Drug Program Coming This Spring, STAT, 1.12.18
Right-To-Try Experimental Drugs Bill Back in News, STAT, 1.9.18
Inside Look on How Some Nursing Homes Operate, Kaiser, 1.8.18
What's Not-So-Good About Medicare, STAT, 1.5.18
Trump Admin. Relaxes Nursing Home Financial Penalities, Kaiser, 1.2.18
Why the US Spends So Much More Than Other Countries, NY Times, 1.2.18
Retirement/Housing/Financial
Stepmothers and Estate Fights, Next Avenue, 1.31.18
What Senior Housing Will Look Like in 2028, Next Avenue, 1.31.18
The Link Between Early Retirement and Living Longer, NY Times, 1.30.18
Getting a Roommate in Your Golden Years, NY Times, 1.25.18
AARP List of Best States to Retire in 2018, AARP, 1.24.18
Why More Americans Should Work in Retirement, WSJ, 1.24.18
Best Way to Spend Money Safely in Retirement, Next Avenue, 1.24.18
Great Second Careers, AARP, 1.17.18
Top Trends in Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 1.9.18
New Approach to Sr. Housing Dilemma, STAT, 1.5.18
Popular Retirement Blogs, Squared Away, 1.4.18
Inside One Michigan Continuing Care Retirement Community, Sr. Housing, 1.4.18
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Brain Scans Reveal Friends Are On the Same Wave length, LATimes, 1.31.18
Coming to Terms with DNA Ancestry Test Results, Kaiser, 1.29.18
Embarassing Travel Gadgets That Really Work, SmarterTravel, 1.26.18
How to Be Happier, Next Avenue/Mayo Clinic, 1.26.18
What is the Perfect Age, WSJ, 1.25.18
6 International Destinations on the Rise, Smarter Travel, 1.14.18
Destitute Mexican Prostitutes Find a Safe Haven, NY Times, 1.9.18
8 Top Travel Destinations for 2018, Boston Globe, 1.7.18
The Invisibility of Being Old and Disabled, Next Avenue, 1.5.18
Why Americans Handle Death So Badly, LA Times, 1.4.18
AARP's Top 10 International Destinations for 2018, AARP, 1.2.18
Retired House of Lords Members Awarded Meal Ticket for Life, LondTimes, 1.2.18
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Building a Better Toilet, NY Times, 1.27.18
Digital Health Trends, Part 1, MobiHealth, 1.27.18
Digital Health Trends, Part 2, MobiHealth, 1.27.18
What Happens When We Let Tech Care for Aging Parents, Wired, 1.25.18
How Much Workers Get Paid at Assisted Living Facilities, Sr. Housing, 1.25.18
New Digital Health Products at CES Show, MobiHealth, 1.18.18
New Tech Products for Elderly at 2018 CES Show in Vegas, Verge, 1.11.18
High-Tech Airbag for Your Hips to Cushion Falls, AARP, 1.11.18
DECEMBER 2017
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Short-Term Exposure to Low-Levels of Pollution & Eldery Death, SciBlog, 12.29.17
For a Healthier 2018 Find a Purpose in Life, SciBlog, 12.29.17
Lack of Sleep Boosts Levels of Alzheimer's Causing Proteins, SciBlog, 12.28.17
Dementia Relief in a German Nursing Home, WashPost, 12.27.17
Harnessing Modified Immune Cells to Destroy Cancer Tumors, LondTimes, 12.26.17
Coping With Sadness and Grief Before a Loved One Dies, Kaiser, 12.21.17
US Life Expextancy Declines for Second Year in a Row, WashPost, 12.21.17
Leafy Greens Keep Brain Sharp and Delay Dementia, London Times, 12.21.17
Can Shoveling Snow Put Your Heart at Risk, Harvard Med, 12.18.17
A Gut Check for the New Year, SciBlog, 12.18.17
Slow Brain Waves During Sleep Make Older Adults Forget, SciBlog, 12.15.17
Hearing Aids Could Stave Off Dementia, London Times, 12.15.17
When End-of-Life Decision Making Can Go Awry, STAT, 12.15.17
High Intensity Exercise Delays Parkinson's Progression, SciBlog, 12.14.17
Good Friends Might Be Your Best Brain Booster As You Age, Kaiser, 12.14.17
Action Games Expand the Brain's Cognitive Abilities, SciBlog, 12.13.17
Your Mood Depends on the Food You Eat & Your Age, SciBlog, 12.13.17
Why Has US Life Expectancy Declined, SquaredAway, 12.12.17
Wellness Coaching for Seniors, Boston Globe, 12.11.17
Ferocious Flu Season Ahead, Time to Get Your Shot, LA Times, 12.8.17
Canola Oil May Be More Harmful Than Helpful to Brain Function, SciBlog, 12.7.17
Genes Could One Day Be Altered to Prolong Human Life, SciBlog, 12.7.17
4 Tricks to Rev Up Your Memory, HarvardMed, 12.6.17
The Varieties of Aging in Nature, SciBlog, 12.6.17
Blood Pressure Begins to Decrease 14 Years Before Death, SciBlog, 12.5.17
Cataract Surgery Can Be Life-Extending, Phil Inquirer, 12.5.17
Reading Aloud Improves Memory, SciBlog, 12.1.17
Diet Success May Depend on DNA, SciBlog, 12.1.17
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
Eldercare Voucher Plan, London Times, 12.25.17
Can We Get Better at Treating Chronic Illnesses, STAT, 12.22.17
What the New Tax Bill Means for Sr. Housing Owners, Sr. Housing, 12.21.17
When Nursing Homes Push Out Poor/Disabled People, Kaiser, 12.20.17
Epidemic of Screenings Burderns Older Patients, Kaiser, 12.20.17
Sedation-Free Colonoscopies, Next Avenue, 12.20.17
Tax Cuts Could Make it Harder to Change Medicare & Medicaid, Axios, 12.20.17
Why Big Medicare/Medicaid Cuts are Likely, Next Avenue, 12.20.17
Drug Industry Spent Millions to Squelch Talk About High Prices, Kaiser, 12.19.17
Lab Bankcruptcies Thwart Medicare Efforts to Recover Millions $$, STAT, 12.15.17
Federal Taxes Have a Good Side Too, SquaredAway, 12.14.17
Picking Up the Pieces for Elderly Social Care in UK, London Times, 12.13.17
The Latest Republican Take on Changes to Medicare, WashPost, 12.12.17
Why Do People Put Off Going to the Doctor, Boston Globe, 12.8.17
An Opinion, Why Medicare Should Start at 50, Bloomberg, 12.7.17
Who is Taking Care of California's Seniors, Sacramento Bee, 12.6.17
Why So Many Seniors Go Without Dental Care, Next Avenue, 12.6.17
The Downside of Retail Health Care, STAT, 12.5.17
America's Crisis in Elder Care, Time, 12.2.17
Summary of Health Care Changes if Current Tax Bill Passes, Kaiser, 12.1.17
San Diego Bets on Medical Tourism, STAT, 12.1.17
Why Medical Costs Are So High, STAT, 12.1.17
Retirement/Housing/Financial
How's Your 401K? Just Ask Trump, CheatSheet, 12.26.17
I Hope I Can Quit Working Someday, WashPost, 12.23.17
Way Up North in Alaska, Sr. Housing, 12.22.17
Resort-Style Living for Graying Boomers in NY Area, NY Times, 12.15.17
A Peak Inside a Newer Assisted Living Model, Sr.Housing, 12.13.17
Why Some Workers Can't Call It Quits, Kaiser, 12.11.17
7 Deadly Sins of Retirement Planning, CheatSheet, 12.8.17
What Sr. Living Residents Want from University Partnerships, Sr.Housing, 12.8.17
How Social Security Gets Fixed Matters, SquaredAway, 12.7.17
Top 15 LBGT-Friendly Senior Living Communities, Sr. Advice, 12.6.17
Time to Rethink the Golden Years, Boston Globe, 12.4.17
How to Avoid Outliving Your Retirement Savings, LA Times, 12.3.17
Architecture/Design Trends in Sr. Living Communities, Sr. Housing, 12.1.17
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
The Paradox of Old Age, NY Times, 12.29.17
A Personal To-Do List for Aging, Next Avenue, 12.22.17
There is No Such Thing as Old Age Anymore, Time, 12.20.17
Top Travel Trends 2018, AARP, 12.20.17
How Healthy is Your State, STAT, 12.15.17
About the Freebird Club for Age 50+ Travel, Next Avenue, 12.14.17
Women More Unhappy Than Men Until Age 85, London Times, 12.14.17
Common Psychological Traits in Group of Italians Age 90 to 101, SciBlog, 12.13.17
7 Unbreakable Rules of Grandparenting, Next Avenue, 12.13.17
For Older Venezuelans, Fleeing Country Means Starting Over, NYTimes, 12.10.17
10 Countries Where Your Money Goes Farthest, Smarter Travel, 12.10.17
Travel 2017: 6 Things that Changed, Smarter Travel, 12.6.17
7 Tips for Planning Your Tomb Stone Memorial, Next Avenue, 12.6.17
Life Would Be Better If We Faced Up to Death, London Times, 12.2.17
The New 7 Wonders of the World, NY Times, 12.2.17
Business/Work/Technology/Products
How Big Tech is Going After Your Health Care, NY Times, 12.27.17
The Latest Vision-Loss Technology, Next Avenue, 12.27.17
Meet Bella, a Digital Pet Caring for the Elderly, Reuters, 12.20.17
Top 7 Start-Ups for Souped-Up Senior Care, Forbes, 12.20.17
Working Part-Time in Retirement, Next Avenue, 12.20.17
How AI Will Transform the Economy, NY Times, 12.4.17
What a Smart Home Might Look Like, Sr. Housing, 12.4.17
NOVEMBER 2017
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Alzheimer's Projections by State, AARP, 11.30.17
Preparing for the Worst, A Mindful Solution, SciBlog, 11.29.17
PSTD and Cancer, Kaiser, 11.21.17
Why Amish in This Indiana Town Live Longer and Healthier, SciBlog, 11.17.17
First Brain Training Game to Successfuly Reduce Dementia Risk, SciBlog, 11.17.17
What to Say to Someone Who is Feeling Down, ThriveGlobal, 11.17.17
To Be Older (Over age 58) is to Be Happy, Squared Away, 11.16.17
Tapeworm Drug Fights Prostate Cancer, SciBlog, 11.16.17
Photo Essay--Inside the Solitary Life of an Alzheimer's Sufferer, WashPost, 11.16.17
Defects in Cell's Waste Disposal System Linked to Parkinson's, SciBlog, 11.15.17
What Causes Depression, Harvard Med, 11.15.17
The Secret to a Longer Life May or May Not Be in Your DNA, NY Times, 11.14.17
Eating for Healthy Eyes, Tufts, 11.14.17
48 Minutes of Exercise per Week Reduces Immobility Disabilities, Tufts, 11.14.17
Bill Gates Invests $100 Million in Dementia Research, Sr. Housing, 11.14.17
Gut Microbiota and Cancer, SciBlog, 11.12.17
Anti-Aging is Now Taboo, Enter the Realm of Clean Beauty, WSJ, 11.11.17
Why Intermittent Fasting May Increase Lifespan, SciBlog, 11.5.17
Washington State, Medical-Aid in Dying & Dementia, Kaiser, 11.3.17
Lower Cancer Risk with Aspirin, Atlanta Journal, 11.2.17
Confronting Stereotypes, Kaiser, 11.2.17
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
Senator Rubio Tells a Secret About Tax Cut, LA Times, 11.30.17
Health Care Costs for Seniors Will Increase Under New Tax Plan, AARP, 11.28.17
Surprise Ambulance Bills, A Consumer's Guide, Kaiser, 11.27.17
Telemedicine is On Its Way, Sr. Housing, 11.27.17
Navigating the Medicare Enrollment Conundrum, SquaredAway, 11.21.17
Relationship Between Medicare and Social Security, Reuters, 11.21.17
HHS Concerned About Medicare's Long-Term Sustainability, ModHealth, 11.21.17
New Massachusetts Law Helps Family Caregivers, AARP, 11.20.17
FBI Raids Florida Stores That Sell Drugs From Canada, Kaiser, 11.20.17
How Medicare Could Change Under New Tax Bill, LA Times, 11.18.17
Medicare Seeks Comments on How to Lower Part D Drug Costs, Kaiser, 11.17.17
New Role for First Responders(EMTs)--Providing In-Home Care, STAT, 11.17.17
How Older Patients Can Dodge Pitfalls of Health Care System, Kaiser, 11.16.17
Oops, New Tax Plan Could Cut Medicare and More, Roll Call, 11.15.17
Is Family Doctor Style Medicine Better Than Hospitalized, STAT, 11.15.17
Tax Reform Math Hinges on Cutting Medicare, Reuters, 11.10.17
Medicare Trap/Health Saving Accounts When Working Past 65, LA Times, 11.7.17
Medicare Part D Enrollees & High Out-of-Pocket Drug Costs, Kaiser, 11.7.17
Britain's First Accident/Emergency Hospital Unit for Elderly, London Times, 11.7.17
Smartphone Medical Consultations Start in Britain, London Times, 11.6.17
House Votes to Real Medicare Cost-Cutting Board, Kaiser, 11.3.17
Record Number Dying Waiting for Hospital Appointments, LondonTimes, 11.3.17
Rising Health Insurance Costs Frighten Some Retires, Kaiser, 11.1.17
Retirement/Housing/Financial
Impact of Potential Tax Cuts on Seniors, Squared Away, 11.30.17
Boomers' Mortgage Debt Predicament, Squared Away, 11.30.17
A Lonely Death in Japan, NY Times, 11.30.17
An Argument for Mandatory Retirement, Next Avenue, 11.29.17
Another New Senior Living Model, Sr. Housing, 11.28.17
Social Security Changes for 2018, AARP, 11.27.17
Start Retirement Savings at Birth, Boston Globe, 11.23.17
Staffing Crisis Keeps Bad Employees in Senior Living Too Long, Sr.Housing, 11.16.17
Minnesota Sr. Home Residents Risk Eviction When They Complain, StarTri, 11.15.17
Where's the Assistance in Assisted Living, Next Avenue, 11.15.17
What's Cohousing All About, Kaiser, 11.8.17
Best and Worst States to Grow Old, Care.com, 11.4.17
Interior Designers Learn to Make Home Life Easier, STAT, 11.3.17
Older Savers Inch Ahead with Hot Stock Market, SquaredAway, 11.2.17
Gamification Therapy Takes Hold in Senior Communities, Sr. Housing, 11.1.17
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
9 Wearable Travel Accessories, Smarter Travel, 11.29.17
Driving After Age 65, SciBlog/AARP, 11.29.17
You Are Getting Better with Age, So Should Your Makeup, NY Times, 11.18.17
52 Places to Go, NY Times, 11.18.17
747 Passenger Service Nearing Its End, USA Today, 11.12.17
Build Your Own Coffin Clubs in New Zealand, Next Avenue, 11.8.17
Wireless Phone Charging at Airports, Smarter Travel, 11.5.17
10 Natural Wonders at Risk to Climate Change, Smarter Travel, 11.3.17
Less is More--It's Time to Declutter, London Times, 11.2.17
Finding Your Next Act--Looking Back to Move Ahead, Next Avenue, 11.1.17
Business/Technology/Products
Kranzberg's Six Laws of Technology, WSJ, 11.27.17
Earning Money in the Future Without Jobs, TED, 11.16.17
Understanding the Older Female Consumer, Next Avenue, 11.15.17
Ray Kurzweil Interview--Impact of Technology on Aging, Fighting Aging, 11.12.17
10 Reasons to Become a Boomer Entrepreneur, Next Avenue, 11.1.17
OCTOBER 2017
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Frailty and Surgery, NY Times, 10.31.17
Health Benefits of Laughing Yoga, STAT, 10.31.17
How to Embrace Getting Old, Smarter Living, 10.30.17
Montomorency Tart Cherry Juice Good for Insomniacs, SciBlog, 10.29.17
Hospice at Home, Missed Support Visits and Neglect, Kaiser, 10.27.17
Report on Dementia Caregivers, U. of Michigan, 10.26.17
Transplantion of Young Cells Could Aid in Cancer Treatment, SciBlog, 10.25.17
Dementia Drug Being Pushed on Nursing Home Residents, Next Avenue, 10.25.17
A Vaccine that May Prevent Alzheimer's, London Times, 10.24.17
What to Eat for Breakfast, Harvard Med, 10.23.17
Uneeded Scans, Therapy, Surgery Add to Patient Ills, Kaiser, 10.23.17
Air Pollution and Life Expectancy, SciBlog, 10.18.17
Childhood Poverty May Increase Biological Age in Women, SciBlog, 10.17.17
Skipping Breakfast May Hurt Your Heart Health, AARP, 10.17.17
Get SMART About Setting Goals As You Age, Harvard Med, 10.16.17
Learning and Staying in Shape Key to Longer Lifespan, SciBlog, 10.14.17
Aging Slows Perception of Falls, SciBlog, 10.11.17
Common Acid Reflux Medications Promote Chronic Liver Disease, SciBlog, 10.10.17
In Good Form--Physicians Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment, Kaiser, 10.10.17
On Death and Dying, STAT, 10.10.17
Lifestyle Changes May Prevent 90% of Alzheimer's Cases, London Times, 10.7.17
Insightful Talks on Aging, NIC, 10.4.17
Maybe Today Is the Day To Talk About End-of-Life Care, STAT, 10.3.17
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
Republican Idea For Reducing Medicare Costs, NY Times, 10.30.17
Congress Putting Squeeze on Social Security Services, LA Times, 10.24.17
Communities Struggle to Meet Growing Needs of Seniors, Sr.Housing, 10.24.17
Snagging the Best Medicare Advantage Plan, CNBC, 10.19.17
More on the Medicare Vs Medicare Advantage Debate, Kaiser, 10.19.17
Hospitals Buy Nursing Homes for Medicaid Dollars, Kaiser, 10.18.17
Social Care Crisis in Scotland, London Times, 10.18.17
Medicare Open Enrollment FAQs, Kaiser, 10.16.17
Annual Medicare Enrollment Begins--What to Know, Tampa Bay Times, 10.13.17
FDA Approves Record Number of Generic Drugs, STAT, 10.13.17
Make Your Own Meds, STAT, 10.12.17
Medicare Advg Plan Ratings Unchanged from Last Year, ModernHealth, 10.12.17
Advanced Directives, Dementia and VSED, Kaiser, 10.12.17
The Privatization of Medicare, Kaiser, 10.9.17
Idaho/Utah Seniors Pay Highest Medicare Rx Premiums, IdahoStatesmen, 10.6.17
Adult Caregivers Undertrained & Overwhelmed, STAT, 10.6.17
Trade off Between Medicare Adv. & Traditional Medicare, Kaiser, 10.5.17
Solving the Home-Care Crisis in the UK, London Times, 10.4.17
Staggering Price of Long-Term Care, Next Avenue, 10.4.17
Retirement/Housing/Financial
Designing a Home for Aging in Place, Architectural Digest, 10.26.17
Fastest Growing Rental Markets for Older Adults, Sr. Housing, 10.25.17
What It Takes To Attract Younger Seniors to CCRCs, Sr. Housing, 10.23.17
Trends in Nonprofit Senior Living, Sr. Housing, 10.18.17
Age-Related Demographic Shift Changing Senior Living, Sr. Housing, 10.18.17
Out-of-Pocket Medical Spending & Retirement Income, Squared Away, 10.17.17
Social Security Numbers Could Be Replaced, AARP, 10.16.17
When to Take Social Security, Squared Away, 10.12.17
Reverse Retirement on the Upswing, Yahoo, 10.11.17
100 Best Places to Retire in US, US News, 10.11.17
Worker Demands Ease Up After Age 50, Squared Away, 10.5.17
Financial Stress by Age Group, Squared Away, 10.5.17
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
25 Happiest Cities in US, National Geographic, 10.31.17
Falafel War in Paris' Old Jewish Quarter, LA Times, 10.30.17
The Truth About Car Rental Insurance, SmarterTravel, 10.28.17
10 Hidden Vacation Spots Around the World, SmarterTravel, 10.23.17
9 States Will Require Passports for Domestic Travel, Esquire, 10.16.17
7 Travel Gadgets That Really Work, SmarterTravel, 10.16.17
Hotel Security in Wake of Las Vegas Shootings, SmarterTravel, 10.15.17
What a British Photographer Discovered About Aging, London Times, 10.12.17
Top 10 Things Americans Fear the Most, SciBlog, 10.11.17
The Most Affordable Time To Travel To Bucket Destinations, TripAdvisor, 10.6.17
Countries That Require Visas, SmarterTravel, 10.4.17
10 Tips for Stretching Your Hotel Dollars, AARP, 10.4.17
The 'Gotcha' Word in Travel Insurance, SmarterTravel, 10.2.17
Business/Technology/Products
Top 5 Tech Trends in Healthy Longevity, Aging in Place Tech, 10.30.17
Global Coalition on Aging, Aging in Place Tech Watch, 10.26.17
Sample of Companies Exhibiting at Aging Tech Conference, Aging 2.0, 10.25.17
8 Technology Challenges to Improve the Lives of Older Adults, Aging2.0, 10.20.17
10 Promising Job Fields for the Over 50 Crowd, AARP, 10.19.17
What the Rise in AI Means to Doctors, STAT, 10.17.17
Best Buy and Amazon Offer In-Home Care Services for Seniors, StarTrib, 10.4.17
SEPTEMBER 2017
Health/Longevity/Medical/Science
Positive Outlook May Mean Better Sleep, Harvard Med, 9.29.17
The Top 50 Influencers in Aging, Next Avenue, 9.29.17
The Last Happy Doctor, Charlotte Observer, 9.27.17
4 Tricks to Rev Up Your Memory, Harvard Med, 9.27.17
Coping with Frozen Grief, NextAvenue, 9.27.17
Losing Weight at Any Age Leads to Cost Savings, SciBlog, 9.26.17
Smile When You Get Your Next Flu Shot, London Times, 9.26.17
Personalized Treatment Plans for Dementia, SciBlog, 9.25.17
Exercise Can Make Cells Healthier & Promote Long Life, SciBlog, 9.25.17
Parkinson's Suffers in Britain Denied Drug Made in US, London Times, 9.25.17
AI Predicts Alzheimer's 10-Years Before Symptoms Appear, London Times, 9.20.17
Longevity in Context, SciBlog, 9.19.17
The Secret to Happiness is a Good Night Sleep, London Times, 9.19.17
Memory Care Program from Australia, Sr. Housing, 9.17.17
Time Perception and Age, SciBlog, 9.16.17
An Algorithm to Predict Parkinson's Disease, SciBlog, 9.15.17
Health Benefits of Putting Off Retirement, HarvardMed, 9.15.17
Alcohol Abuse Rising in Older Adults, NY Times, 9.15.17
Mechanism Found That Ties Calorie Restriction and Longevity, SciBlog, 9.14.17
What College Students and Older Adults May Have in Common, SciBlog, 9.14.17
How to Embrace Getting Old, NY Times, 9.13.17
3 Vaccines Older Adults Need, Next Avenue, 9.13.17
Test for Prostate Cancer Gets Stronger Backing, Georgia Health, 9.12.17
Life Expectancy in Britain Trails Other European Countries, London Times, 9.11.17
Scratch and Sniff Test Can Predict Parkinson's, SciBlog, 9.7.17
Mouse Study Shows Ketogentic Diet Increases Longevity, SciBlog, 9.6.17
The Secret to Chronic Happiness As You Age, Kaiser, 9.5.17
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
Medicare Advantage Shopping Rules, SquaredAway, 9.28.17
Nursing Home-Medicaid Conundrum, Kaiser, 9.28.17
An Insider's Guide to High Drug Prices, Kaiser, 9.27.17
Money-Saving Offer for Medicare Late Enrollees to Expire, Kaiser, 9.22.17
HHS Hints at Major Changes to Medicare, STAT, 9.22.17
Uncovering the Hidden World of Caregiving with CareMaps, Kaiser, 9.21.17
New Medicare Card Rollout to Fight Fraud & ID Theft, NPR, 9.15.17
House Committee May Look Into Nursing Home Oversight, TheHill, 9.15.17
US Uninsured Rate Drops As More People Age into Medicare, WSJ, 9.14.17
Demand to Make Elderly Abuse a Hate Crime in Scotland, London Times, 9.13.17
CMS Proposes Changes to Medicare Home Health Payments, ModHealth, 9.12.17
Gov't to Close Medigap F&C Plans for New Participants in 2020, ChiTrib, 9.12.17
Medigap Vs Medicare Advantage Plans, Squared Away, 9.7.17
Retirement/Housing/Financial
The New Reality--I'm Going to Work Until I Die, WashPost, 9.3.17
Labor Shortage Contributing to Assisted Living Rent Increases, Sr. Housing, 9.27.17
Hurricane Irma/Why Did Nursing Home Residents Have to Die, USAToday, 9.22.17
Concierge-Style Condos on the Rise, Sr. Housing, 9.22.17
Pension Crooks at Work in the UK, London Times, 9.21.17
Plan for a Senior Living Community for Former NFL Players, Sr. Housing, 9.21.17
Nursing Home Disaster Plans Faulted As Paper Tigers, Kaiser, 9.20.17
HUD's New Reverse Mortgage Rules Start Oct. 2, AARP, 9.18.17
Why It's So Hard For Americans to Save for Retirement, WashPost, 9.17.17
Thinking of Moving? Check State Tax Rates, Squared Away, 9.14.17
Impact of Raising Children on Retirement Savings, Squared Away, 9.12.17
Trending/Month-to-Month Leasing Agreements at CCRCs, Sr. Housing, 9.7.17
Hurricane Harvey/Vulnerable Older Adults at Risk, NY Times, 9.5.17
Continuing Care at Home (CCaH), CCRCs without Walls, Sr. Housing, 9.5.17
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
5 Ways to Make Your Visit to a New City More Fruitful, SmarterTravel, 9.25.17
What to Do If Your Phone is Stolen, SmarterTravel, 9.24.17
A Free Movie/If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast, HBO, 9.23.17
Learning to Live Alone with Roommates, Next Avenue, 9.20.17
Avoid Hefty Airport Money Exchange Rates, SmarterTravel, 9.19.17
Dining Discounts for Older Adults, AARP, 9.19.17
New Driver's License Requirements for US Airport Security, WashPost, 9.19.17
The Best Travel Credit Cards, NextAdvisor, 9.17.17
The Best Things to See in NY, Paris, Berlin, London Times, 9.17.17
12 Scenic Rail Trips, AARP, 9.15.17
One Elderly Couples Decision to Stay in Place During Irma, LA Times, 9.13.17
Medicare Abroad, What You Need To Know, Intl Living, 9.11.17
Over-Tourism, Where Should You Go Instead, Smarter Travel, 9.11.17
Lifetime National Park Pass to Get More Expensive, Money, 9.11.17
11 Trips You Need to Take After Retirement, Travel+Leisure, 9.11.17
October is Best Month to Buy Air Tickets, AARP, 9.11.17
Business/Technology/Products
Ageism in Tech Companies, Bloomberg, 9.27.17
5 Old Technologies That Deserve a Second Look, NextAvenue, 9.27.17
How Virtual Reality Improves Senior Living, HealthTech, 9.25.17
China Rushes to Surpass US in Decoding Genes to Fight Disease, WSJ, 9.20.17
The Future of Robots in Senior Living, Sr. Housing, 9.18.17
New Assisted Shaving Razor from Gillette, Sr. Housing, 9.18.17
Aging2.0 Conference, SF, November 14-15, 9.15.17
The Business of Longevity, NY Conference Nov. 1, Next Avenue, 9.13.17
Using Amazon's Alexa As a Home Health Aide, CNBC, 9.6.17
How Wearable Technology Makes Sr. Living Smarter, Sr. Housing, 9.5.17
AUGUST 2017
Health/Longevity/Medical/Science
Dance More, Age Less, SciBlog, 8.26.17
Link Between Vitamin B12/B6 and Lung Cancer, SciBlog, 8.23.17
Link Between Gum Disease and Dementia, London Times, 8.22.17
Alzheimer's and Your DNA, STAT, 8.22.17
Stop Overeating with Walnuts, SciBlog, 8.19.18
Constipation, Another Health Issue on the Rise, STAT, 8.18.17
Asthma, More Deadly With Age, Kaiser, 8.17.17
Arthritis in Knees, a Preventable Disease, London Times, 8.15.17
Medication Errors on the Rise, AARP, 8.14.17
World's Oldest Man, Holocaust Survivor, Passes Away, Jerusalem Post, 8.13.17
Fight Frailty With Short Intense Bursts of Exercise, SciBlog, 8.5.17
Does Prostate Cancer Screening Matter, Harvard Med, 8.4.17
Places Where Seniors Are Most/Least Likely to Take Their Pills, STAT, 8.4.17
Study Links Gum Disease and Cancer in Older Women, SciBlog, 8.2.17
Give Statins to Men Over 60, Women Over 75, London Times, 8.1.17
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
Medicare Benefit Pays for End-of-Life Plannng, Kaiser, 8.14.17
Trump-Backed Immigration Plan Could Hurt Sr. Housing, Sr. Housing, 8.7.17
Plan to Partially Privatize Medicare Moving Forward, Buffalo News, 8.3.17
Medicaid Home-Based Services Up in the Air, Kaiser, 7.31.17
How To Get Long-Term Care Without Busting the Bank, Kaiser, 7.27.17
Lifestyle/Retirement/Housing/Financial
Spotlight on Suing Nursing Homes for Elderly Abuse, LA Times, 8.23.17
Must Have Estate Planning Documents, Next Avenue, 8.23.17
Dying Together Was Their Deepest Wish, Euthanasia/Holland, WashPost, 8.18.17
Best and Worst States to Grow Old, Sr. Housing, 8.18.17
Women Spending Fewer Years in Marriage, Squared Away, 8.17.17
What to Do If a Medical Bill Triggers Sticker Shock, Kaiser/WSJ, 8.16.17
New Elder Orphans Facebook Group for Adults Aging Alone, WBUR, 8.16.17
Should You Sell Your Home When You Retire, Next Avenue, 8.16.17
Town Square Concept for Dementia Care Gaining Traction, Sr. Housing, 8.16.17
Stop Treating 70-and 90-Year-Olds the Same, NY Times, 8.14.17
Poverty Risk in Old Age from Pension Ignorance, London Times, 8.14.17
Saving for a Pension, An Impossible Task for Millennials, London Times, 8.13.17
Crash Pad Apartments for Young Seniors, Sr. Housing, 8.12.17
Best Places to Retire Abroad, Next Avenue, 8.9.17
Four Country Survey on End-of-Life Care, Next Avenue, 8.9.17
Cannabis 101, Sr. Housing, 8.7.17
Loneliness May Be Greater Public Health Hazard Than Obesity, SciBlog, 8.6.17
Beware of New Social Security Scam, AARP, 8.5.17
Reverse Mortgage Survey Results, Squared Away, 8.3.17
What Adult Siblings Fight Over the Most, Next Avenue, 8.2.17
Many People Still Sidestepping End-of-Life Planning, Kaiser, 8.1.17
Business/Technology
New AI Predicts Dementia/Alzheimer's 2 Years Before Onset, SciBlog, 8.23.17
Winner of Contest At International Gerontology Conference, AgingTech, 7.31.17
IBM Study on Using Technology to Fight Loneliness, IBM, 7.20.17
New Stairs Technology to Help Elders Remain Independent, SciBlog, 7.15.17
Using Technology to Seal Your Legacy, Kaiser, 7.14.17
JULY 2017
Health/Medical/Science
Biomarkers May Lead to Alzheimer's Diagnosis/Treatment, SciBog, 7.31.17
Everyday Pill Could Stop Dementia, London Times, 7.31.17
Dementia--New Substance May Improve Brain Function, SciBlog, 7.29.17
What Pediatrics Can Teach Us About Aging Well, Next Avenue, 7.26.17
So You Want to Live to 100?, Yahoo UK, 7.26.17
Over-The Counter Hearing Aids Nearly Equal to High Cost Devices, Kaiser, 7.25.17
Being Neurotic May Help You Live Longer, SciBlog, 7.24.17
9 Modifiable Health & Lifestyle Factors May Prevent Dementia, BBC, 7.20.17
Treatment for Low Back Pain, Harvard Med, 7.17.17
Daily Crosswords Linked to Sharper Brain Later in Life, SciBlog, 7.17.17
High Alzheimer's Rate in African-Americans May Be Tied to Poverty, NPR, 7.17.17
Frank's Sign--Earlobe Crease Could Predict Risk of Stroke, AARP, 7.15.17
Mitochondria Role in Aging, SciBlog, 7.14.17
15% of Men Regret Prostate Cancer Treatment, STAT, 7.14.17
Changing What You Eat Can Change How Soon You Will Die, STAT, 7.14.17
Are You Feeling a Little Lightheaded, Harvard Med, 7.13.17
Link Between Sleep and Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 7.11.17
Drinking Coffee Could Lead to a Longer Life, SciBlog, 7.11.17
Pressure-Sore Skin Test for Early Detection of Dementia, Jerusalem Post, 7.10.17
The Limits of End-of-Life Advance Directives, STAT, 7.7.17
Link Between Air Pollution and Premature Death in Elderly, SciBlog,7.4.17
Living Home Longer--MIND Program for Dementia, Next Ave., 7.4.17
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
Medicaid Home-Based Services Up in the Air, Kaiser, 7.31.17
How To Get Long-Term Care Without Busting the Bank, Kaiser, 7.27.17
How To Lower Sky-High Drug Prices, LA Times, 7.27.17
Why People Don't Buy Long-Term Care Insurance, Next Avenue, 7.26.17
Fixing the Long-Term Care Cost Dilemma, Next Avenue, 7.20.17
Nursing Homes Offer Medicare Advantage Plans, Kaiser, 7.13.17
How Much Long-Term Care Do Adult Children Provide, Boston College, 7.13.17
Program Helping Patients Leave Nursing Homes Could Face Cuts, STAT, 7.11.17
Call for Tax to Care of Elderly at Home in Ireland, London Times, 7.10.17
Nursing Home Performance and Medicare/Medicaid, Kaiser, 7.7.17
As Seniors Get Sicker, More Likely to Drop Medicare Adv. Programs, Kaiser, 7.6.17
Lifestyle/Retirement/Housing/Financial
How to Get The Most Out of Retirement, Next Avenue, 7.28.17
Which Generation Leaves the Highest Tips, AARP, 7.27.17
Items Worth Holding Onto As You Age, Next Avenue, 7.26.17
Why Families Experience Assisted Living Sticker Shock, Sr. Housing, 7.26.17
Hot Trends in Memory-Care Dining, Sr. Housing, 7.26.17
Jump Starting the End-of-Life Planning Conversation, Kaiser, 7.25.17
How Other Countries Are Preparing for an Aging Population, AARP, 7.21.17
Retro Fitting Your Home Using Reverse Mortgage, Squared Away, 7.20.17
101-Year-Old Woman Breaks 100 Yard Dash Record, ESPN, 7.16.17
What Age is Considered Old Nowadays, CBS MoneyWatch, 7.14.17
Japan's Corpse Hotels for the Living and Dearly Departed, NY Times, 7.2.17
Business/Technology
Winner of Contest At International Gerontology Conference, AgingTech, 7.31.17
IBM Study on Using Technology to Fight Loneliness, IBM, 7.20.17
New Stairs Technology to Help Elders Remain Independent, SciBlog, 7.15.17
Using Technology to Seal Your Legacy, Kaiser, 7.14.17
Occupancy Rates in Senior Housing Complexes Dropping, Sr. Housing, 7.14.17
Soft and Stretchy Fabric-Based Sensors for Wearable Technology, SciBlog, 7.13.17
4 Boston Startups Focused on the Elderly, BostInno, 7.13.17
JUNE 2017
Health/Medical/Longevity
Tips for a Long, Healthy Life from Bapan, China, WSJ, 6.29.17
Stress Relief Tips, Harvard Med, 6.27.17
Male Health Care Workers Face Discrimination, Sr. Housing, 6.27.17
Why Snoring Gets Worse with Age, Next Avenue, 6.23.17
Sex Improves Cognitive Function in Older Adults, London Times, 6.22.17
Extra-Virgin Olive Oil, Preserving Memory and Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 6.21.17
Want to Live Past 100?, Next Avenue, 6.21.17
What Older Adults Can Learn from Babies, SciBlog, 6.17.17
The Obesity Paradox--Extra Pounds Later in Life May Be Protective, STAT, 6.14.17
Good Posture and Aging, Harvard Med, 6.14.17
How-To Videos for Family Caregivers, Next Avenue, 6.14.17
5 Reasons You Can't Sleep, AARP, 6.13.17
A Guide to Men's Health, Age Fifty and Forward, Harvard Med, 6.13.17
Of Mice, Men and the $300 Fasting Diet to Live Longer, STAT, 6.13.17
Longevity Research on Restricting Caloric Intake, Fighting Aging, 6.11.17
Does Medicare's Free Annual Wellness Visit Do Any Good, STAT, 6.9.17
Chronic Pain Linked to Increased Dementia Risk, SciBlog, 6.8.17
Health Span Versus Lifespan, Predicting the Future, SciBlog, 6.7.17
The Reason Loma Linda (California) Residents Live Longer, LA Times, 6.4.17
Brain Health and Playing a Musical Instrument, ScienceBlog, 6.2.17
Dying is Happier than You Think, ScienceBlog, 6.2.17
Misdiagnosis of Macular Degeneration By Trained Professionals, AARP, 6.2.17
Using Stem Cells to Bring Back the Clinically Dead, STAT, 6.2.17
Incentives to Dr.s Who Reduce Drugs Given to Elderly, London Times, 6.1.17
Government
Trumpcare Could Bring Back Nursing Home Abuse, NY Times, 6.27.17
Nursing Home Residents Right to Sue Under Attack, LA Times, 6.13.17
The Latest Enrollment Stats on Medicare Advantage Programs, Kaiser, 6.6.17
Feds To Waive Penalties for Late Medicare Signups, Kaiser, 6.6.17
Louisiana, Medical Tourism and Proton Therapy for Cancer, STAT, 6.2.17
Lifestyle/Housing/Financial
No One Wants to Be Old, Kaiser, 6.26.17
Technology Making Elder Financial Abuse Easier, Boston Globe, 6.25.17
Retired and Still Paying Off the Mortgage, London Times, 6.24.17
8 Countries Where Your Retirement Dollars Go a Long Way, Next Ave., 6.21.17
Johns Hopkins In-Home Program Shows Big Results, Sr. Housing, 6.21.17
Therapy Dogs Provide Comfort at Funeral Homes, Boston Globe, 6.19.17
Some Seniors Just Want to Be Left Alone, Kaiser, 6.15.17
Japan's Bold Steps to Help the Elderly, Globe & Mail (Toronto), 6.14.17
Retiring to Manhattan is Not For Everyone, NY Times, 6.11.17
Why Time Speeds Up As We Age, AARP, 6.9.17
Hemp Homes for Seniors, Senior Housing, 6.9.17
More Economically Disadvantaged Srs living With Family, Boston College, 6.8.17
Organizing Photos Goes Pro, Aging in Place Tech Watch, 6.8.17
Help for Pets of Dying Owners, Next Avenue, 6.7.17
How Much Long-Term Care Do Adult Children Provide, Boston College, 6.6.17
They've Still Got Bucket Lists at Age 92 and 97, Kaiser, 6.5.17
Building a Network of People to Rely On When You Need Help, 6.1.17, Kaiser
Business/Technology
Senior Planet's Hackathon, Next Avenue, 6.30.17
3-D Printing and Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 6.29.17
HomeEXCEPT, AARPs Innovation Champion Award Winner, Aging in Place, 6.27.17
Chinese Firm in Talks to Buy US's Largest Sr. Living Provider, Sr. Housing, 6.14.17
Why Doctor's Office Visits May Become Obsolete, SF Chronicle, 6.13.17
Semi-Finalists in Aging2.0 Global Startup Search, Aging2.0, 6.1.17
MAY 2017
Health/Medical/Longevity
Pillow Talk, AARP, 5.31.17
Promising Research on Halting Spread of Cancer, ScienceBlog, 5.29.17
Influx of Elderly Patients Forces ERs to Practice Comfort Care, Kaiser, 5.26.17
Teaching Hospitals have Lower Mortality Rates for Older People, STAT, 5.24.17
Stressing Brain with Technology May Reduce Aging Diseases, ScienceBlog, 5.22.17
The Future of Academic Aging Research, Fighting Aging, 5.21.17
Dialysis Companies Maximize Profits at Patients' Expense, John Oliver, 5.19.17
Loneliness in Seniors Can Be Erased, Kaiser, 5.19.17
Medicare Patients Fare Worse with Older Doctors, STAT, 5.19.17
Adopting Heart-Healthy Habits Can Save Money & Lives, Harvard Med, 5.17.17
Electrodes Implanted in Brain to Treat Parkinson's, ScienceBlog, 5.17.17
Eye Drops Replace Shots for Treating Macular Degeneration, ScienceBlog, 5.16.17
My Plate for Older Adults, Tufts, 5.16.17
More on the Methuselah Foundation, FightingAging, 5.14.17
A New Program in the Fight Against Loneliness, STAT, 5.9.17
US Life Expectancy Varies From County to County, WashPost, 5.8.17
Making a Difference in the Battle Against Aging, Fighting Aging, 5.7.17
Prostate Cancer Treatment and Over Diagnosis, STAT, 5.5.17
A Glimmer of Hope in Alzheimer's Battle, STAT, 5.2.17
Government
Medicare Plans to Replace SS Numbers on Cards, ABC News, 5.31.17
How the Proposed AHCA Bill Could Hurt You, AARP, 5.23.17
Give Now to Save Medicare, National Committee, 5.21.17
Millions of over-75s Could Lose Free TV Licenses, The Times (London), 5.21.17
Women Get Bigger Social Security Bump, Squared Away, 5.18.17
Thousands Hit By New Elderly Care Costs, The Times (London), 5.18.17
A Whistle Blower Tells of Health Insurers Bilking Medicare, NY Times, 5.16.17
May is Older Americans Month, Admin. for Community Living (ACL), 5.16.17
Percent of Income Medicare Participants Pay for Health Care, CNBC, 5.15.17
Helping Older Adults Age in Place, Next Avenue, 5.10.17
Winners and Losers in New Healthcare Bill, STAT, 5.5.17
8 Ways the New Healthcare Bill Could Be Hazardous, AARP, 5.4.17
Gov't Funded Long-Term Care Ombudsman Office, Kaiser, 5.2.17
Lifestyle/Housing/Financial
Changing Careers at Age 60, Next Avenue, 5.31.17
A Ride Service Geared for Older Adults, Next Avenue, 5.31.17
How Mexico is Luring American Assisted Living Residents, Sr. Housing, 5.31.17
Only 33% of Older Americans Have Saved for Long-Term Care, Sr. Housing, 5.26.17
More Older People Work Full-Time Instead of Part-Time, Sq Away, 5.25.17
AARP Launches New Job Search Site for 50+ Crowd, AARP, 5.25.17
Average Monthly Rents Across the Senior Housing Landscape, Sr. Housing, 5.24.17
Elder Concierge to the Rescue, NY Times, 5.21.17
Over 60 and Hip-Hop Dancing, NY Times, 5.21.17
Attracting Generation Z to Senior Care Jobs, Sr. Housing, 5.17.17
Lessons in Life from the Death of a Loved One, The Times (London), 5.16.17
Sorry, Nobody Wants Your Parents' Stuff, Next Avenue, 5.15.17
How to Spend an Inheritance, LA Times, 5.14.17
Termites and the Elderly, LA Times, 5.13.17
Healthiest States for Seniors, Sr. Housing News, 5.11.17
Going Above and Beyond in Senior Living Communities, Sr. Housing News, 5.11.17
China's Prosperity Eludes Aging Workers, WSJ, 5.17.17
How to Take Charge of Your Life Before It's To Late, Next Avenue, 5.10.17
Stop Separating Elderly Couples Says UK Judge, The Times (London), 5.10.17
Stress in Retirement Differs By Socioeconomic Group, ScienceBlog, 5.6.17
Obits That Keep You Laughing, AARP, 5.4.17
Welcome to Dementia Village, Next Avenue, 5.3.17
The Dark Side of Early Retirement, Yahoo Finance, 5.2.17
Business/Technology
Apple's Research Kit, STAT, 5.26.17
Microsoft Watch Could Help Alleviate Parkinson Tremors, AARP, 5.22.17
11 Apps That Will Change Your Life, NextAvenue/Grandparents, 5.19.17
5 New Technologies for Older Adults, Aging in Place Tech Watch, 5.18.17
Virtual Reality for Seniors, Wired, 5.4.17
Wireless Listening Systems in Senior Living Communities, Longevity, 5.4.17
APRIL 2017
Health/Medical/Longevity
97-Year-Old Fulfills Lifelong Dream, Good Morning America, 4.28.17
Stem Cells Edited to Fight Arthritis and Other Diseases, ScienceBlog, 4.28.17
Survey on End-of-Life Care, Comparing 4 Countries, Kaiser, 4.27.17
Mental Qigong as Good as Physical for Improving Health, ScienceBlog, 4.27.17
Italian-style Coffee May Reduce Risk of Prostate Cancer, ScienceBlog, 4.26.17
Ageism in Healthcare, Next Avenue, 4.26.17
Sound Waves Enhance Sleep and Memory in Older Adults, ScienceBlog, 4.25.19
Predicting People's Brain Age to Predict Early Death, ScienceBlog, 4.25.17
Sharing Medical Information with Adult Children, WSJ, 4.24.17
Should Hearing Aids Be Sold Over the Counter, NPR, 4.24.17
5 Part Series on How to Beat Aging, The Times (London), 4.24.17
Remembering the World's Oldest Person, NY Times, 4.21.17
More on Alzheimer's, Kaiser, 4.21.17
The Best Exercise for Aging Muscles, NY Times, 4.18.17
Blood Biomarkers May Predict Longevity, Washington Post, 4.16.17
Should You Get Screened for Prostate Cancer, STAT, 4.14.17
North Dakota, a Hot Spot for Alzheimer's Research, STAT, 4.14.17
Genes versus Happiness for a Longer Life, ScienceBlog, 4.12.17
Deep Sleep Might Act as Fountain of Youth, ScienceBlog, 4.7.17
African-Americans Distrustful of Hospice Care, STAT, 4.7.17
FDA Approves Simple Genetic Test for Alzheimer's and more, STAT, 4.7.17
Think Before You Eat--Diet and Alzheimer's, Kaiser, 4.6.17
Stress Relief Tips for Older Adults, Harvard Med.,4.5.17
3 New Super Foods for 2017, AARP, 4.1.17
Government
Gay Marriage, Access to SS and Survivor Benefits, Squared Away, 4.27.17
Small Practice Doctors Seek Tweak to Medicare Payment Rules, The Hill, 4.25.17
Police Departments Make Safety Calls to People Living Alone, WashPost, 4.24.17
Medicare for All, The Progressives Choice, CNN, 4.3.17
Let Judges Work Past Age 70 to Ease Shortage, The Times (London), 3.30.17
Lifestyle/Housing/Financial
Long-Term Care Insurance Goes Uptown, Squared Away, 4.27.17
Chik-fil-A and Senior Living, Senior Housing, 4.26.17
The Priciest Metros for Assisted Living, Senior Housing, 4.25.17
Living on a Cruise Ship--It's Cheaper Than You Think, Fox News, 4.24.17
Social Security, How Much Will I Collect at Age 70, The Motley Fool, 4.17.17
Hispanic Retirees: Low Savings, Long Life, Squared Away, 4.13.17
States with Highest/Lowest Tax Rates for Seniors, Yahoo/Money, 4.9.17
Elderly Overpaying for Utilities, The Times (London), 4.9.17
15 Ways Retirement Will Change in 2017, Next Avenue, 4.7.17
Which of 6 Major Retirement Paths Will You Follow, Next Avenue, 4.7.17
Doris Day at Age 95 or is That 93, AARP, 4.6.17
5 Countries That Welcome US Retirees to Live There, Next Avenue, 4.5.17
Aging Adults Move to Be Near Mom or Dad, Kaiser, 4.3.17
Business/Technology
Urban Design Trends in Senior Living, Senior Housing, 4.18.17
How Driveless Cars will Change Urban Parking Garages, LA Times, 4.16.17
The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Quartz, 4.12.17
To Be A Genius, Think Like a 94-Year-Old, NY Times, 4.7.17
3 Untapped Technologies for Senior Housing, Senior Housing, 4.6.17
New Tech Helps Shape Wellness in Sr. Living Communities, Senior Housing, 4.3.17
March 2017
Health/Medical/Longevity
Doctors Learn to Talk to Patients About Death and Dying, STAT, 3.28.17
Saving Money Through Pre-Hospice/Palliative Home Care, Kaiser, 3.27.17
Centenarians Share Secrets to Long Life, Kaiser, 3.27.17
Where You Live May Determine How You Die, Kaiser, 3.16.17
The Green Effect on Women and Mortality Rates, Harvard Medical, 3.13.17
Why Grown-Ups Need a Proper Bedtime, The Times (London), 3.11.17
Get Dental Work Before Retiring, Squared Away, 3.9.17
Blueberry Concentrate Improves Brain Function, ScienceBlog 3.7.17
Top US Hospitals Promote Unproven Therapies, STAT, 3.7.17
Scotland Facing Unprecedented Mortality Crisis, The Times (London), 3.5.17
Delirium versus Dementia, Next Avenue, 3.3.17
You May Want to Marry My Husband, NY Times, 3.3.17
Government
Let Judges Work Past Age 70 to Ease Shortage, The Times (London), 3.30.17
How to Save Meals on Wheels, The Daily Show, 3.29.17
What the US can Learn from Canada's Health Care System, STAT, 3.27.17
Universal Basic Income Debate Heats Up, CNBC, 3.27.17
Bernie Goes to Bat for Opening Drug Importation Laws, Kaiser, 3.22.17
How Proposed Medicaid Changes Could Affect People on Medicare, Kaiser, 3.20.17
Meals on Wheels By the Numbers, MarketWatch, 3.20.17
Bereaved Families in UK Hit With Stealth Death Tax, The Times (London), 3.19.17
Sticker Shock Forcing Medicare Patients to Skip Drugs/Treatment, Kaiser, 3.17.17
Ryancare versus Obamacare--What You Need To Know, Next Avenue, 3.17.17
A Separate Tax to Fund Health Care in Britain, The Times (London), 3.8.17
Republicans Unveil New Health Plan Setting Off Bitter Debate, NY Times, 3.7.17
Right-to-Try Proposal Gaining Momentum in Congress, STAT, 3.7.17
Moving Through Congress, A New Bill to Fight Age Discrimination, AARP, 3.3.17
What Hospitals Must Now Reveal to Medicare Patients, Next Avenue 3.3.17
Lifestyle/Housing/Financial
Older Adults Embrace Living Apart Together (LAT), Next Avenue, 3.29.17
Is Home Equity an Underutilized Retirement Asset, Squared Away, 3.28.17
Meet the World's Oldest Billionaires, AARP, 3.25.17
Health Care Reform--Some Advice to Senior Housing Execs, Senior Living, 3.24.17
Americans Are Dying with Average Debt of $62K, Credit.com/Yahoo
Ohio's Low Nursing Home Ratings Raise Concern, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 3.20.17
Sr. Living Execs Prepare For Boomer Wave Ahead, Senior Living, 3.20.17
Jimmy Buffett-inspired Senior Housing Coming to Florida, Curbed, 3.13.17
The Benefits of Aging in Place for Elderly in Public Housing, ScienceBlog, 3.8.17
Scottish Grocer Offers Relaxed Checkout for People with Dementia, AARP, 3.8.17
Design Tips for Calmer Memory Care, Senior Housing, 3.7.17
What I Wish I'd Known, From Elders to Kids, NY Times, 3.3.17
Why Men Have Trouble With Aging, WSJ, 3.2.17
Business/Technology
Getting Tech Right for Boomers in Senior Housing, Senior Living, 3.31.17
Unraveling the Mysteries of Aging, DNA Repair, Harvard Gazette, 3.29.17
Virtual Reality in Senior Living Communities, Senior Living, 3.28.17
Meet the Pup, Hasbro, 3.15.17
Samsung's Approach to Senior Living and Technology, Senior Housing, 3.9.17
This House was 3D-Printed in 24 Hours, Robots and More, Mashable, 3.8.17
AI is Driving the Real Health Care Transformation, VB, 3.8.17
More Jobs? Cuts at Boeing, 1,800 Take Buyouts, Seattle Times, 3.3.17
More Jobs? Cuts at Fidelity, 3,000 offered Buyout, Boston Bus. Journal, 3.1.17
February 2017
Health/Medical/Longevity
New Data on Life Expectancy to 2030, Imperial College/Fighting Aging, 2.26.17
Link between Sugar and Alzheimer's, ScienceBlog, 2.23.17
It's 10-a-Day for Fruits and Vegetables, The Times (London), 2.23.17
Scientists Slow Aging With Artificial Antioxidant, ScienceBlog, 2.17.17
HIV Now a Geriatric Disease for Aging Survivors, SF Chronicle, 2.16.17
Government
Congress Moves to Punish Anyone Using ACA & Medicare, HuffingtonPost, 2.28.17
The Latest Thinking on Proposed Changes to Medicare, AARP, 2.27.17
A Predicament: Under Funded Pension Programs, Washington Post, 2.22.17
Beware of the Incredibly Shrinking Social Security Check, Squared Away, 2.21.17
Tax Squeeze to Support an Aging Population, The Times (London), 2.18.17
More about the Prevention & Pub. Health Fund, Star Tribune, 2.17.17
New Retirement Savings Programs in Jeopardy, AARP, 2.16.17
Age Tax Legislation Moving Through Congress, AARP, 2.15.17
Trump Pick to Run Medicare, Chicago Tribune, 2.14.17
Social Care Crisis Needs a Japanese Solution, The Times (London), 2.6.17
Lifestyle/Financial
Retirement, Living Longer Without A Safety Net, NY Times, 2.27.17
Life Changes You, a 60-Year Study Finds, The Times (London), 2.21.17
Expat Calculator--Find Cities in Your Budget, LA Times, 2.15.17
States with Highest/Lowest Assisted Living Costs, Senior Housing, 2.15.17
Adapting to an Aging Citizenry in Japan, NY Times, 2.12.17
Shift to Home Care and Adult Day Care, Senior Housing, 2.8.17
Lessons on Aging Well from a 105-year-old Cyclist, NY Times, 2.8.17
Business/Technology
Warning from Gates, Musk, Hawkings on Robots, FreeCodeCamp, 2.22.17
What you need to know about a techno-utopian retirement, The Guardian, 2.22.17
A Guide to the $13.4 Billion Biodesign Industry, FastCo, 2.3.17
January 2017
Person-Centered Care Plans in Memory Care Communities, Senior Housing
Improving Senior Living Options, Zoning Laws, NY Times
Colorado's Catholic Hospitals Opt Out of Aid-in-Dying Law, STAT
Why People Don't Buy Long-Term Care Insurance, Next Avenue
Inaccurate Provider Information in Directories for Medicare Advantage Plans, CMS
What it Takes To Create Age-Friendly Cities, Guardian
First Wave of Eldercare Robots Coming Soon, Senior Living
Best Places in the World to Retire, Next Avenue
Some Out-of-the-Box Thinking on Aging in Place, Next Avenue
Ancillary Services Essential for Success in Senior Housing Industry, Senior Housing
Can You Really Move Back to Your Hometown, Next Avenue
Control Aging, the Telomere Effect, STAT
No Medical Evidence to Support Cryotherapy to Slow Aging and other Diseases, NY Times
2016 News and Trends
News and Trends
Spinal Cord Stimulation and Parkinson's Disease, SciBlog, 9.30.20
CoVid, Retirement and Bummer-Out Boomers, MW, 9.30.20
Can Robo-Pets Provide Comfort to Seniors, NYTimes, 9.30.20
New Technologies Ushering In Healthcare Revolution for Seniors, Worth, 9.30.20
Improved Website For Comparing Medicare Health Services, HealthLeaders, 9.30.20
Tricky Decisions for Snowbirds This Year, NextAve, 9.30.20
Disadvantages of Aging in Place, NextAve, 9.30.20
Just Checking In, Ladders, 9.29.20
The Science Behind the Longevity Movement, Vogue, 9.29.20
Trump Promises Medicare Recipients $200 Drug Certificates, STAT, 9.25.20
When a Conservatorship Goes Terribly Wrong, NextAve, 9.25.20
A Push in China to Add Elevators in Older Apartments, NYTimes, 9.23.20
Structural Racism Worsens for Black and Latinx Elders, NextAve, 9.23.20
New Ideas in Long-Term Care, NextAve, 9.23.20
Investors' Warning, Forbes, 9.22.20
Baby Boomers Shunning Mega-Housing Developments in Retirement, CNBC, 9.22.20
Why Humans Live Longer Than Chimpanzees, SciBlog, 9.21.20
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Starting in 2021, Social Security Will Spend More Than it Takes In, MF, 9.21.20
Hospitals Charge More Than 2x What Medicare Pays, NYTimes, 9.21.20
Reassuring News in the Statin Debate, NYTimes, 9.21.20
How Grandparents Get Their Names, NextAve, 9.16.20
A Good Reason to Eat More Beans, CNBC, 9.16.20
Centenarians top 80,000 for First Time in Japan, Kyoda, 9.15.20
New Dental Treatment To Fill Cavities, Kaiser, 9.15.20
What to Know About Retiring Abroad, CNBC, 9.15.20
Americans Raiding Retirement Savings, CNBC, 9.14.20
Trends in Tech for Older Adults, ASA, 9.14.20
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How Aging Trends with Reshape Life in 2030, NextAve, 9.14.20
Medicare, Drug Prices and the White House, STAT, 9.14.20
Scorecard: The State of the US Health System, CommFund, 9.11.20
Risk of Catching CoVid on a Plane, Kaiser, 9.10.20
A Common Pain Reliever That Makes Risky Moves Less Dangerous, OSU, 9.9.20
Skin Cells Used to Slow Aging, SciBlog, 9.9.20
Can Anyone Afford to Retire in Massachusetts, BosGlobe, 9.8.20
Why Black Aging Matters, Too, Kaiser, 9.3.20
Relocating Can Boost Living Standards, CRR, 9.3.20
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Social Security Could Come to a Screeching Halt Sooner Than You Think, CNN, 9.2.20
Get Moving To Age Better, NYTimes, 9.2.20
Jobs that Employers Want Older Workers to Do, CRR, 9.2.20
Climate Change and Where to Retire, NextAve, 9.2.20
Alleviate Pain and Tension Using the Alexander Technique, NextAve, 9.2.20
Best Time To Get a Flu Shot, Huffpost, 9.2.20
30 Items Every Retiree Should Get Rid Of, Cheapism, 9.1.20
AUGUST 2020
News and Trends
15 Countries Where You Can Live Comfortably on Social Security, Cheapism, 8.31.20
4 Steps Retirees Can Take in Response to Fed's New Policy, Forbes, 8.31.20
Smoke Cigars, Drink Whiskey, Eat Fried Food and Live to 105, CNBC, 8.26.20
Time to Get Rid of Your Landline, AARP, 8.26.20
Nursing Home Residents and Voting, ProPublica, 8.26.20
Disconnect Between Stock Market and the Economy, BusInsider, 8.25.20
Mail Delays May Affect Med Supplies For 1 in 4 Over Age 50, SciBlog, 8.25.20
Wall Street Looting American Retirement System, RollingStone, 8.24.20
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CoVid Brings Wave of Early Retirements, Axios, 8.21.20
Biden's Plan for Social Security, CNBC, 8.21.20
Aging and Your Genetic Background, MedX, 8.21.20
Sing Like a Bird, SciBlog, 8.20.20
Seven Months Later, What We Know About CoVid, STAT, 8.17.20
Obesity and Knee Pain As We Age, CRR, 8.13.20
Can Aging Really Be Treated or Cured, PHYS, 8.12.20
New Tech Products for Seniors, AHTW, 8.12.20
Is Taking Biotin in Your Future, JAMA, 8.12.20
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How Long You Live May Depend on the Color of Your Skin, NYTimes, 8.11.20
US Democracy Facing a Crisis, SciBlog, 8.11.20
What to Do in Midlife to Feel Great at 80, LondTimes, 8.10.20
When CoVid Hit, Many Elderly Were Left to Die, NYTimes, 8.8.20
When Social Security is the Primary or Only Source of Income, CRR, 8.6.20
What You Really Should Know About the US' Pandemic Response, Nature, 8.5.20
Childhood Trauma Can Speed Biological Aging, SciBlog, 8.4.20
Experimental Blood Test for Alzheimer's, AP, 8.4.20
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Canes, Walkers and Other Items Are Getting a New Look, WSJ, 8.4.20
Should You Pay Off Mortgage Before Retirement, NerdWallet, 8.3.20
How to Ride Out the Stock Market Roller Coaster, WashPost, 8.3.20
Baby Boomers Worst Hit by CoVid Pay Cuts in UK, LondTimes, 8.2.20
How to Make Your Retirement Savings Last for Decades, Money, 8.1.20
JULY 2020
News and Trends
Finding A Lost Retirement Plan, CRR, 7.30.20
Coming Soon, The Culling of Workers Over the Age of 50, MW, 7.30.20
What Does the Future of AI Mean to Humans, SciBlog, 7.30.20
Smaller Senior Living Facilities Struggle to Make Ends Meet, SrHousing, 7.30.20
GOP Slips An Attack on Social Security into CoVid Relief Bill, LATimes, 7.29.20
The Future of Medicine in the UK After CoVid, LondTimes, 7.28.20
Full Bladder, Closed Bathrooms, LATimes, 7.28.20
In Early Retirement Is It Better to Be a Landlord or Homeowner, Barron's, 7.27.20
The America We Knew--Mail Delivery in the Age of Trump, Fortune, 7.26.20
14 Reasons You Might Go Broke in Retirement, Kiplinger, 7.26.20
5 Signs You Found the Perfect Place to Retire, MW, 7.24.20
A New Ageism, NextAve, 7.24.20
Are Social Security Cuts in the Forecast, NextAve, 7.24.20
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Pandemic Puts More Retirements at Risk, CRR, 7.23.20
CoVid Era Travel Tips, AARP, 7.22.20
When Was the Last Time You Smoked a Cigarette?, CDC, 7.22.20
Reprogramming How Human Cells Age, Phys, 7.18.20
How Seniors Can Calculate Covid Risk, NYTimes, 7.17.20
Slowing the Aging Process and Iron Levels in Your Blood, Yahoo, 7.16.20
Anti-Aging Therapies and Your Dog, Forbes, 7.12.20
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Exercise and Your Aging Brain, STAT, 7.10.20
Hearing Persists at End of Life, SciBlog, 7.8.20
Why Baby Boomers Are in Debt, MSN, 7.7.20
Are You Smiling Behind That Mask, Stanford, 7.7.20
Report Finds Crisis in Nation's Assisting Living Facilities, WBUR, 7.6.20
Budgeting for the 4 Phases of Retirement, Investopedia, 7.6.20
Key to Anti-Aging May Lie in Your Bones, Guardian, 7.5.20
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The Challenge for Older Workers During COVID Times, CRR, 7.2.20
In UK, Most Only Work 10 Years in Good Health After Age 50, Conversation, 7.2.20
Looking at Red Light to Prevent Declining Eyesight, CNN, 7.1.20
How AI Fits Into End-of-life-Care, STAT, 7.1.20
Music to Improve Brain and Mental Health, AARP, 7.1.20
Why Next 3 Months Important for SS Recipients, MF, 6.30.20
New Feature to Protect Your Social Security Benefits, MF, 6.28.20
JUNE 2020
Coronavirus Related News
Living in an Assisted Living Facility, Sr.Housing, 6.11.20
Senior Care Calls, NYTimes, 6.10.20
Older Workers at Home, CRR, 6.9.20
The Patchwork Pandemic, Atlantic, 6.8.20
Crisis Fatigue, Wired, 6.5.20
Small-House Senior Living, Sr.Housing, 6.4.20
Senior Isolation in Public Housing, ProPublica, 6.3.20
Unraveling COVID Origins, ARS, 6.2.20
Other News and Trends
Why Next 3 Months Important for SS Recipients, MF, 6.30.20
New Feature to Protect Your Social Security Benefits, MF, 6.28.20
Identifying Dementia Through Inflammatory Bowel Disease, SciBlog, 6.26.20
Yes, Somebody Wants Your Stuff, NextAve, 6.26.20
The Future of Travel According to Rick Steves, WashPost, 6.24.20
Are Saving Enough for Retirement, Yahoo, 6.23.20
Promising Cancer Treatment, BBC, 6.23.20
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Proteasome Activity and Aging, Medical Press, 6.21.20
Aging is a Woman's Secret Power, NBC, 6.20.20
Housing for an Aging Population in the UK, ARCO, 6.19.20
What is Elder Justice, NextAve, 6.19.20
Sedentary Behavior and Cancer, JAMA, 6.19.20
New Collaboration to Explore Age-Tech Solutions in Health Care, HU, 6.18.20
401K Changes in the Works, Yahoo 6.18.20
The Future of Aging in America, NextAve, 6.17.20
Very Low Interest Rates and Your Retirement, Money, 6.14.20
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How Safe is Your Company Pension, NBC, 6.14.20
Medicare Costs in Retirement, CNBC, 6.11.20
Playing Hard to Get Might Actually Work, SciBlog, 6.11.20
Choosing the Best Long-Term Care Insurance Option, Kiplinger, 6.10.20
Cost of Cancer Care, AACR, 6.10.20
Focus on Financial Freedom, Not Retirement, Forbes, 6.8.20
Negative Thinking and Dementia, CNN, 6.8.20
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Does Gold Belong in Your Retirement Portfolio, MW, 6.5.20
What Might Be Next in Tech Adoption Trends, AHTW, 6.5.20
Why Some Seniors Remember Better Than Others, SciBlog, 6.4.20
Technology for Aging Market Overview, AHTW, 6.4.20
My Retirement Plan is You, NYTimes, 6.4.20
Low-Dose Aspirin and Depression, JAMA, 6.4.20
Vitamin K and Bone Strength, Tufts, 6.2.20
MAY 2020
Coronavirus Related News
New Rules of Retirement, WashPost, 5.31.20
How COVID Spreads in Nursing Homes, CRR, 5.29.20
103-Year-Old Woman Recovers from Virus with a Cold Beer, BosGlob, 5.28.20
Nursing Homes Fight for Protection from Lawsuits, Politico, 5.26.20
When the Bubonic Plague Hit France in 1720, STAT, 5.26.20
Lost Wealth Today vs the Great Recession, CRR, 5.22.20
Bringing Home a Loved One from Long-Term Care, NextAve, 5.22.20
9 Ways COVID Could Change US Health Care Industry, STAT, 5.19.20
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1 in 5 Provide Unpaid Caregiving, AARP, 5.15.20
Vitamin D and COVID Mortality, Yahoo, 5.14.20
Traditional Healers Wanted, Kaiser, 5.14.20
Conspiracy Theorists Seize the Moment, Politico, 5.13.20
Seniors Fearful of COVID-19 Changing Their Living Wills, Kaiser, 5.12.20
Lessons Learned from the Black Plague in Italy, SciBlog, 5.12.20
Have You Taken Your Flavonoid Today, Oxford, 5.12.20
Public Pension Plan Update, CRR, 5.12.20
A Harebrained Idea to Take Social Security Early, CNBC, 5.12.20
Staff Living On-Site at Sr. Homes, Sr.Housing, 5.12.19
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How Pandemics End, NYTimes, 5.9.20
Blowing the Whistle on Trump's COVID Policies, Kaiser, 5.8.20
How to Adapt to a New Normal, Kaiser, 5.8.20
Senior Shopping Hours, BosGlobe, 5.6.20
Why Weren't We Ready for COVID, NewYorker, 5.5.20
How Pandemics Catalyze Social and Economic Change, SciBlog, 5.3.20
Older Workers Could Be Last in Line When Companies' Reopen, MW, 5..1.20
Other News and Trends
Autofocusing Reading Glasses of the Future, TED, 5.30.20
Best Financial Moves to Make When Retired, CNBC, 5.30.20
Millennial Economic Heartbreak, MW, 5.29.20
Thinking of Buying an RV?, Kiplinger, 5.29.20
How Unpaid Debt is Handled When a Person Dies, CNBC, 5.29.20
Chronic Conditions and Tooth Loss, CDC, 5.29.20
What's the Color of Your Wall, Sr.Housing, 5.28.20
Employer Perceptions of Older Workers Pre-Pandemic, CRR, 5.26.20
Great Places to Retire in the US, GoBankingRates, 5.22.20
Anti-Aging Protein Key to Longevity, Yahoo, 5.20.20
Wired for Marriage, SciBlog, 5.19.20
Keeping Up With Cost Increases and Social Security, CNBC, 5.19.20
You Are In Better Shape for Your Retirement with Social Security, WashPost, 5.14.20
Blood Test to Detect Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 5.9.20
Parents Cut Back Aid to Children in a Downturn, CRR, 5.7.20
Middle Age More Stressful Than in the 1990s, SciBlog, 5.7.20
Alzheimer's Gene Triggers Breakdown in Brain Blood Barrier, SciBlog, 5.1.20
Unexpected Retirement Costs Can Be Big, CRR, 4.30.30
How You Make Coffee Could Add Years to Your Life, Ladders, 4.29.20
Retirement Strategy: Cover Your Monthly Expenses, Kiplinger, 4.28.20
Reversing the Cell Aging Process, NewAtlas, 4.27.20
APRIL 2020
Coronavirus Related News
Why is COVID-19 So Confusing, Atlantic, 4.30.20
Why Stocks Are Recovering While the Economy Tanks, Yahoo, 4.30.20
Demand for Home Care Rises, WSJ, 4.28.20
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Seniors Can Show Unusual Symptoms, Kaiser, 4.24.20
State Bankruptcy?--Kiss Your State Pension Goodbye, Forbes, 4.24.20
Shielding Nursing Homes from Lawsuits, LATimes, 4.23.20
Blood-Pressure Drugs and COVID, Yahoo, 4.23.20
My 64-Year-Old Mom is Getting Ready to Die, NYTimes, 4.22.20
Telehealth and Medicare Fraud, Kaiser, 4.22.20
Managing Grief During a Pandemic, NextAve, 4.22.20
Revisiting End of Life Care, BostonGlobe, 4.22.20
About that Stimulus Check, MF, 4.21.20
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The 4% Pension Withdrawal Rule May No Longer Be in Effect, Yahoo, 4.18.20
Social Security's Day of Reckoning May Be 2 Years Earlier, MW, 4.16.20
Going Back to Work One Age Group at a Time, LondTimes, 4.16.20
Generation Z and High Anxiety, PsyToday, 4.15.20
Just What Older People Didn't Need: More Isolation, NYTimes, 4.15.20
Senior Living Providers and Creative Engagement, Sr.Housing, 4.15.20
Inside Continuing Care Communities, Kaiser, 4.14.20
Furor Erupts on How Hospitals Get Paid By Emergency Fed. Grants, Kaiser, 4.13.20
Millennials are the New Lost Generation, Atlantic, 4.13.20
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Let the Robots Do It, NYTimes, 4.10.20
Beleaguered Assisted Living Industry, Kaiser, 4.9.20
Tapping Social Security in a Downturn, CRR, 4.9.20
Older People Coping Better Than Young in UK, LondTimes, 4.9.20
Inside Meals on Wheels, Kaiser, 4.7.20
Is It Time to Look for a Vacation Deal?, WSJ, 4.7.20
Senior Housing Industry Could Take Huge Economic Hit, Sr.Housing, 4.6.20
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Finding Purpose During a Pandemic, NextAve, 4.3.20
Sprinting Toward Telehealth in Sr. Living Communities, Sr.Housing, 4.3.20
Boomers Facing Tough Financial Decisions, CRR, 4.2.20
Changing the Way Each Generation Lives, Forbes, 4.2.20
Volunteering to Get a Vaccine, MIT, 4.2.20
How Virus Exposes How We Regard Old People, Yahoo, 4.2.20
How $2 Trillion Stimulus Affects Retirees, MW, 4.1.20
Out of Retirement and Into the Fight, NYTimes, 4.1.20
Companies Cut 401K Contributions, WSJ, 4.1.20
Older Works Will Need to Go Back to Work to Lift Economy, Bloomberg, 4.1.20
Other News and Trends
Unexpected Retirement Costs Can Be Big, CRR, 4.30.30
How You Make Coffee Could Add Years to Your Life, Ladders, 4.29.20
Retirement Strategy: Cover Your Monthly Expenses, Kiplinger, 4.28.20
Reversing the Cell Aging Process, NewAtlas, 4.27.20
Queen Elizabeth's Healthy Diet, Yahoo, 4.24.20
Sr. Drivers Prefer Watching Videos To Learn Driver Assistance Tech, SciBlog, 4.23.20
Dutch Court Backs Euthanasia for Dementia Patients, LondTimes, 4.22.20
Autoimmunity Plays a Role in Parkinson's Disease, SciBlog 4.20.20
Our Parents Were Healthier, CRR, 4.9.20
MARCH 2020
Coronavirus Related News
New Stats--Older People's Risk of Serious Illness and Death, STAT, 3.31.20
Senior Living Providers Retool Their Dining Services, Sr.Housing, 3.27.20
Entering Retirement in the Middle of a Financial Meltdown, MW, 3.27.20
Destroying Americans' Retirement Dreams, Bloomberg, 3.27.20
Medicare Update, NYTimes, 3.25.20
Does Everyone Over 60 Need to Take Same Precautions, Kaiser, 3.24.20
3 Ways the Virus Could Affect Social Security, MF, 3.22.20
Ways to Boost Your Immune System, AARP, 3.21.20
Seniors Fighting the Virus Alone, NYTimes, 3.19.20
Programs Struggle to Reach Seniors Living at Home, Kaiser, 3.18.20
Medicare Expands Telemedicine, AP, 3.18.20
Is It Ok To Walk Outside, NYTimes, 3.18.20
8 Ways the Virus Will Alter Boomer Retirements, Forbes, 3.17.20
California Calls for Residents Over 65 To Stay At Home, NYTimes, 3.16.20
No Quarantine for Over-70s in Scotland, LondTimes, 3.16.20
Preparing to Stay at Home, CNA, 3.11.20
Surge of Virus Misinformation, NYTimes, 3.9.20
Two Things Every Retiree Should Do Now, MF, 3.9.20
Flying and the Coronavirus, ABC, 3.8.20
Coronavirus Update, AARP, 3.6.20
Nursing Homes, the Elderly and the Coronavirus, Kaiser, 3.2.20
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
A Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson's, NPR, 3.24.20
Cranky Old People Better at Fending Off Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 3.12.20
Widowhood, Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 2.28.20
Health Care/Caregiving/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
British Care System for Elderly May Collapse in 10 Years, LondTimes, 2.23.20
Hospice Care at $200 per Day, MarketPlace, 2.21.20
1 in 5 Americans Are Unpaid Informal Caregivers, CDC, 2.21.20
Difference Between Heart Bypass Surgery at Ages 79 and 80, NEJM, 2.20.20
Unwanted Care at End of Life, JAMA, 2.18.20
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
Managing an Emergency Fund for Unexpected Expenses, USAToday, 3.18.20
Is Aging in Place Realistic, Fresenius, 3.10.20
3D Housing Designed for Seniors, Kaiser, 3.9.20
Giving Heirs Their Inheritance Before You Die, WSJ, 3.9.20
Downsizing and Leaving the Home You Love, LondTimes, 3.8.20
Retiring Into a Shaky Stock Market, NYTimes, 3.8.20
Group Homes Instead of Assisted Living, AARP, 3.2.20
Student Debt and Your Retirement, NYTimes, 3.1.20
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
A Taste of Mortality for Boomers, WSJ, 3.28.20
Why Your Cotton Towell Gets Stiff When Drying Naturally, SciBlog, 3.27.20
Why Life Gets Better With Age, SciBlog, 3.26.20
9 Slang Terms and Their Boomer Equivalents, BusInsider, 3.24.20
Help, I'm a Boomer, Where Did My Life Go, LondTimes, 3.23.20
If Your Child's Failure to Launch is a Problem, NextAve, 3.12.20
Lifespan--Urban/Coastal Living Versus Rural, Kaiser, 3.12.20
When Golfing and Gardening Aren't Enough, Inc., 3.12.20
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Imports, Robots and Older Workers, CRR, 3.31.20
Ultra-Rich Investing in Reverse-Aging Companies, CNBC, 2.24.20
Telehealth Clinic Debuts, XRHealth, 2.21.20
Senior Living Provider's to Watch in 2020, Sr. Housing, 2.4.20
Startup Companies Tackling Hearing Loss, BosGlob, 2.4.20
FEBRUARY 2020
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
What Price Will We Pay to Stop the Coronavirus, LondTimes, 2.28.20
Widowhood, Cognitive Decline and Alzheiemers, SciBlog, 2.28.20
Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults, NASEM, 2.28.20
Your Epigenetic Clock, LEAF, 2.26.20
ADHD in Older Adults, WSJ, 2.25.20
Cannabis Use on the Rise for 65+, JAMA, 2.25.20
A Promising New Strategy To Make Broken Bones Heal Faster, SciBlog, 2.24.20
Wearable Brain Device Improves Motor Function After Stroke, SciBlog, 2.22.20
Finding the Root to Treat Aging with Dieting, SciBlog, 2.22.20
The Fear of Dementia, NextAve, 2.21.20
Mediterranean Diet Scores Another Win for Longevity, CNN, 2.18.20
Games and Puzzles for Dementia Patients, WSJ, 2.17.20
Your Health and Changing to Daylight Savings Time, Kaiser, 2.14.20
Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) to Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 2.13.20
A Sudden Temporary Upsurge of Grief (STUG), NextAve, 2.12.20
Risk of Heart Attack During Bereavement, SciBlog, 2.11.20
Understanding Leaky Gut, SciBlog, 2.11.20
US LIfe Span Lags Other Rich Countries, SciBlog, 2.5.20
Seeing Device for Advanced Age-Related Macular Degeneration, SciBlog, 2.5.20
Health Care/Caregiving/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
British Care System for Elderly May Collapse in 10 Years, LondTimes, 2.23.20
Hospice Care at $200 per Day, MarketPlace, 2.21.20
1 in 5 Americans Are Unpaid Informal Caregivers, CDC, 2.21.20
Difference Between Heart Bypass Surgery at Ages 79 and 80, NEJM, 2.20.20
Unwanted Care at End of Life, JAMA, 2.18.20
Buried Items in Trump's Budget that Will Effect Medicare, CNBC, 2.12.20
About That Surprise Medical Bill, Atlantic, 2.12.20
Facts About Medicare Advantage Plans, Kaiser, 2.7.20
New Medicare Policy May Effect PT in Skilled Nursing Facilities, NextAve, 2.5.20
What to Do When Your Home Health Care Agency Ditches You, Kaiser, 2.4.20
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
Panic in the Stock Market and Your Retirement Savings, Yahoo, 2.29.20
Retirement is Liberating But Takes Hard Work, CRR, 2.28.20
Have You Misplaced A Retirement Plan, CRR, 2.28.20
Assisted Living Occupancy Rising Again, Sr.Housing, 2.28.20
Changes in the Tax Law You Should Know About, CBS, 2.17.20
The Main Reason Seniors Overspend, MF, 2.17.20
Mind the Gap Retirement Planning, Forbes, 2.17.20
Tapping Home Equity, CRR, 2.13.20
Children, Parents and Their Retirement Financial Plans, Yahoo, 2.11.20
Small Homes, Pocket Neighborhoods, Sr.Housing, 2.7.20
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Are People in Their 70s Healthy Enough to Run for President, WashPost, 2.29.20
Boomers and River Cruises, WashPost, 2.29.20
Life Insurance Costs for Presidential Candidates, WashPost, 2.28.20
Why America is Losing the Toilet Race, NPR, 2.26.20
New Public Charge Rule Could Harm Older Immigrants, NextAve, 2.26.20
Too Much Information Can Lead to Making Worse Decisions, SciBlog, 2.22.20
Children's Books and Aging, NextAve, 2.29.20
Romance Scammers and the Elderly, CRR, 2.13.20
Growing Risk To America's Seniors: Themselves, WSJ, 2.12.20
How Boomers, Millennials, Xers, Zers Spend Their Morning, Inc, 2.11.20
Love, Sex and Friendship After Age 50, Stria, 2.4.20
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Ultra-Rich Investing in Reverse-Aging Companies, CNBC, 2.24.20
Telehealth Clinic Debuts, XRHealth, 2.21.20
Senior Living Provider's to Watch in 2020, Sr. Housing, 2.4.20
Startup Companies Tackling Hearing Loss, BosGlob, 2.4.20
No Benefit Jobs and Retirement, CRR, 1.30.20
JANUARY 2020
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Slight Increase in US Life Expectancy, CDC, 1.30.20
The Benefits of Eating Walnuts, SciBlog, 1.28.20
Possible Alzheimer's Breakthrough, SciBlog, 1.23.20
Possible Parkinson's Treatment Targets 2 Major Nerve Systems, SciBlog, 1.23.20
Taxonomy of Pain, Knowable, 1.21.20
Slow Aging With a Full-Body Exercise, NBC Today, 1.17.20
10 Nutrients to Know, Tufts, 1.16.20
Got Milk, MedXpress, 1.16.20
A Global Review--Ageism Effects on Health, PlosOne, 1.16.20
The Four Ways of Aging, NBC, 1.14.20
Another Promising Treatment for Dementia, 1.11.20
Benefits of Drinking Tea, Yahoo, 1.10.20
Another Take On Lower Back Pain Treatments, Kaiser, 1.9.20
98.6, SciBlog, 1.8.20
Broaching the Subject of Hearing Loss, NextAve, 1.8.20
Unraveling the Mysteries of Pain, NatGeographic, 1.8.20
When You Eat As Important As What You Eat, SciBlog, 1.4.20
Link Between Arthritis and Depression, CDC, 1.3.20
Tau Protein Drives Brain Degeneration, SciBlog, 1.2.20
Extending Healthspan, Kaiser, 1.2.20
How to Live Longer, 14 Health Tips, LondTimes, 1.2.20
Tackling Inflammation to Fix Age-Related Ailments, NYTimes, 1.2.20
Cutting Your Sugar Addiction, NYTimes, 1.2.20
Health Care/Caregiving/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
Ageism in the Doctor's Office, Stria, 1.28.20
The Burden of Home Hospice, Kaiser, 1.23.20
Know Your Rights--Nursing Home Eviction, NextAve, 1.22.20
Personalized Medicine for Aging, STAT, 1.14.20
A Country Where Universal Health Care Works, Vox, 1.14.20
Searching for a Good Doctor Online, UMich, 1.6.20
An Alternative to Long-Term Care Insurance, Forbes, 1.4.20
Geriatrician Shortage on the Horizon, NYTimes, 1.4.20
States Give Financial Help to Caregivers, CRR, 1.2.20
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
Trumpian Changes to Social Security, MF, 1.31.20
Mid-Size College Towns, MW, 1.24.20
Social Security is the Great Equalizer, CRR, 1.21.20
Retiring in Florida, The Villages Vs Reality, CRR, 1.16.20
Boomer Home Sales Effect On Senior Living Communities, Sr. Housing, 1.14.20
A Downside to the New Secure Act, Yahoo, 1.12.20
The End of Retirement, WSJ, 1.10.20
Retiree Living Standards By State, CRR, 1.9.20
Beware of Housing Predictions, LATimes, 1.5.20
Tips If You Are Retiring in 2020, WSJ, 1.4.20
6 Ways the Secure Act May Impact Your Retirement, NextAve, 1.3.20
Baby-Boomer Concerns About Retirement, CRR, 1.2.20
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Pets and Homes for People Over 50, Stria, 1.28.20
The Socialist Movement Comes of Age, Atlantic, 1.27.20
Preparing to Race Up the Eiffel Tower, WSJ, 1.27.20
The Sounds of Aging, PS, 1.24.20
Connecting Stress to Graying Hair, SciBlog, 1.24.20
UK's Minister of Loneliness, NextAve, 1.22.20
7 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do, BusInsider, 1.20.20
The Way We Age Now, WSJ, 1.20.20
China--Aging, A Shrinking Population and Investing in Gov't Bonds, WSJ, 1.20.20
When Life Thows You Curveballs, NYTimes, 1.20.20
A New Dining Adventure for Meals on Wheels, WGBH, 1.19.20
Rich People Live Longer, Healthier Lives, NYTimes, 1.16.20
Common Downsizing Mistakes, NextAve, 1.15.20
Gen Z and Boomers Differ on Trusted Brands, BI, 1.14.20
How to Avoid Getting the Worst Seat on a Plane, WashPost, 1.12.20
12-Step Guide to Keeping New Year's Resolutions, SciBlog, 1.2.20
Business/Work/Technology/Products
No Benefit Jobs and Retirement, CRR, 1.30.20
Six New Tech Products for Health, Safety & In-Home Monitoring, APT, 1.22.20
Growing Medicare Advantage Enrollment Bolsters UnitedHealth, AP, 1.16.20
Are You Ready for a Toilet Equipped with Alexa, WSJ, 1.16.20
Most Talked About Products at Consumer Electronics Show, CNN, 1.10.20
DECEMBER 2019
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Potential Dementia Vaccine, SciBlog, 12.31.19
Intermitent Diet May Help You Live Longer, CNN, 12.26.19
New Therapies Help Dementia Patients with Depression, NYTimes, 12.20.19
Memory Recall Abilities Tied to Time of Day, SciBlog, 12.18.19
Losing Weight After Age 50 Reduces Breast Cancer Risk, NBC, 12.18.19
Math Equation Predicts & Detects Liver Cancer, SciBlog, 12.17.19
Frail Older Patients Struggle After Surgery, NYTimes, 12.15.19
Assn. Between Poor Diet & Age-Related Macular Degeneration, SciBlog, 12.13.19
Link Between Drinking Tea and Reducing Depression in Seniors, SciBlog, 12.13.19
Eating More Ketones May Fight Against Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 12.10.19
Play Sports for a Healthier Brain, SciBlog, 12.10.19
Our Bodies Age in Three Distinct Shifts, ScienceAlert, 12.7.19
The Benefits of Time-Restricted Eating, SciBlog, 12.6.19
The Deep Biomarkers of Aging and Longevity, SciBlog, 12.5.19
How Exercise Might Fight Aging, NYTimes, 12.5.19
Look to Bank Account for Early Signs of Dementia, STAT, 12.5.19
More Americans Dying in Prime of Life, WashPost, 12.2.19
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
Govt Funded Day Care Keeps Seniors Out of Nursing Homes, Kaiser, 12.23.19
Parenting Your Aging Parents When They Don't Want Help, Kaiser, 12.19.19
Hospital-Level Care at Home, ACP, 12.17.19
Would You Let a Robot Take Care of Your Mother, NYTimes, 12.13.19
Why Nursing Homes Cost So Much, CRR, 12.12.19
Caregiving Disrupts Work/Finances, CRR, 12.12.19
The Soul of a Caregiver, Kaiser, 12.5.19
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
High-End Housing for Seniors a Hit with Investors, WSJ, 12.31.19
Surviving the Coming Retirement Crisis, Quartz, 12.30.19
Sequence of Return Risk, Kiplinger, 12.28.19
Americans Are Retiring to Vietnam, LATimes, 12.26.19
Preparing for the Unexpected Death of a Spouse, NextAve, 12.25.19
Secure Act Passes House, Draw Retirement Savings at Age 72, Yahoo, 12.25.19
Trump Declares War on Some Areas of Social Security, Salon, 12.21.19
Myths About Retiring Abroad, NextAve, 12.18.19
Move-In Incentives in Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 12.17.19
The Most Popular Foreign Retirement Destination, MFool, 12.15.19
Why People Are Waiting to Age 70 To Take SS, MFool, 12.12.19
Corporate Pensions Head for Extinction, USAToday, 12.11.19
Housing Glut Could Delay Boomers Move to Sr. Housing, Sr.Housing, 12.5.19
Retiring Abroad--The Expat Life, BusInsider, 12.4.19
Social Security Tilted In Favor of High Earners, BosGlobe, 12.3.19
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Why French Women Age Better, LondTimes, 12.21.19
Happiness in Retirement Dependent on How You Spend Your Time, Qtz, 12.20.19
What Women Age 50+ Are Thinking About the Election, AARP, 12.19.19
Mobituaries, NextAve, 12.18.19
The Age Where Life Has the Most Meaning, LiveSci, 12.17.19
What Macroeconomics' Founder Predicted About Capitalism, MIT, 12.17.19
A Japanese Village Where Dolls Replace Children, NYTimes, 12.17.19
New Social Media Tactics to Quash Dissent, SciBlog, 12.12.19
Longevity Market Survey, Stria, 12.12.19
Pickleball, A Smash Hit in Southern California, LATimes, 12.7.19
Senior Song Book, People, 12.7.19
Geezer Jocks, BosGlobe, 12.5.19
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Average Age of Taxi Drivers in Ireland, LondTimes, 12.27.19
Older Workers Ride Out Computer Age, CRR, 12.19.19
Some New Technology Offerings, Aging in Place TechWatch, 12.12.19
As Boomers Retire, Changes Afoot on Main Street, CNBC, 12.11.19
Switzerland, Technology, and Elder Care, GT, 11.26.19
NOVEMBER 2019
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Will a Treatment for Alzheimer's Ever Be Found, SciBlog, 11.29.19
A Drug to Slow Skin Aging, SciBlog, 11.26.19
Tips on Saving Your Knees, AARP, 11.19.19
With Improved Health, Age 70 should be the New 65, LonTimes, 11.19.19
What Science Tells Us About Preventing Dementia, WSJ, 11.18.19
Americans Don't Understand Dementia Risk, MW, 11.16.19
Hibernating Bears and Your Health, NYTimes, 11.15.19
Bacteria in Gut May Alter Aging Process, MedPress, 11.15.19
Understanding the Cause of Parkinson's, SciBlog, 11.11.19
Find Out Your True Biological Age for $500, Outside, 11.11.19
Epigenetics, We Might Not Have to Age So Fast, WSJ, 11.9.19
Could Decreasing Inflammation Be the Cure for Everything, AARP, 11.8.19
Harvard Study Advances Aging-Gene Therapy, BosGlobe, 11.5.19
A New Alzheimer's Drug Using Seaweed, STAT, 11.5.19
A Rare Mutation May Protect Against Alzheimer's, STAT, 11.5.19
Antibiotic Use and Concerns, UMichigan, 11.4.19
Those Elusive Zzzzzzs, BosGlobe, 11.1.19
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
Buttigieg Proposes $90 a Day Long-Term Care Plan, Sr. Housing, 11.26.19
Generic Drugs and Medicare Plans, Bloomberg, 11.22.19
Developmentally Disabled Adults and Health Care, Politico, 11.14.19
4 Questions to Ask About Long-Term Care Insurance, MotFool, 11.12.19
1 in 2 Seriously Ill Medicare Enrollees Struggle with Bills, PBS, 11.5.19
How Medicare Will Be Hurt If Obamacare is Overturned, CNBC, 11.5.19
Uniting UK With Free Personal Care to All Over 65, LondTimes, 11.4.19
Getting Hit With a Medicare Premium Surcharge, SFChronicle, 11.3.19
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
Money Conversations Between Boomers and Their Children, WSJ, 11.30.19
Martha Stewart Assisted Living Brand Taking Shape, Sr. Housing, 11.27.19
Staffing Problems at Sr. Living Communities, 11.25.19
Attention Baby Boomers, Who Will Buy Your Home, Fox/WSJ, 11.23.19
World's Best Pension System Pushed to Brink, CNN, 11.21.19
Pass the Wealth Please, Bloomberg, 11.21.19
All for One and One for All in Senior Housing Market, Sr. Housing, 11.20.19
What It's Like to Retire Abroad, WSJ, 11.19.19
Housing Affordability Crisis, Axios, 11.18.19
Charting When to Take Social Security, MotFool, 11.17.19
The Myth of a Comfortable Retirement, Axios, 11.17.19
Gambling on 401Ks, Yahoo, 11.16.19
More Retirees Today Have Mortgages, CRR, 11.14.19
Upsizing in Retirement, NextAve, 11.13.19
Senior Housing Faces a Budding Glut, WSJ, 11.12.19
State By State Tax Guide for Retirees, MW, 11.7.19
A Tax Break Only For People Over Age 70, WashPost, 11.4.19
People are Staying in Their Homes Longer, WSJ, 11.4.19
One Overlooked Reason to Take SS at 62, MotleyFool, 11.3.19
A New Way to Fund Your Retirement, Yahoo, 11.2.19
Odds of a Market Crash During Retirement Years, MW, 11.1.19
16 States to Avoid for Retirement, MoneyWise, 11.1.19
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
The Political Divide Between Boomers and Millennials, Atlantic, 11.28.19
Robocall Scams Exist Because They Work, WSJ, 11.28.19
Having That Family Talk About Aging, Stria, 11.26.19
Economic insecurity for Elders Living Alone, BosGlobe, 11.19.19
Revealing Words People Use to Describe Retirement, WSJ, 11.18.19
10,000 Canines Needed for Dog Aging Project, GeekWire, 11.14.19
Age 90 and Still Taking Cocaine, LondTimes, 11.10.19
Boudreaux Wines Fired Into Space to Test Ageing, Decanter, 11.6.19
Overlanding Your Way Through Retirement, BusInsider, 11.5.19
Pole Vaulting at Age 85, BosGlobe, 11.5.19
Caring for Mom or Building a Future, WashPost, 11.3.19
Living Along the Border with Dementia, NYTimes, 11.3.19
Millennials and Boomers at Work, NYPost, 11.3.19
Boomers When They Turn 80, CRR, 11.1.19
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Switzerland, Technology, and Elder Care, GT, 11.26.19
Older Workers Have a Big Secret, Their Age, WSJ, 11.18.19
Launching That Encore Career, Money, 11.12.19
App That Tells You Best Diet for Your Genes, LondTimes, 11.12.19
Telehealth Pods Coming to a Store Near You Soon, STAT, 11.8.19
A Brighter Future for Older Workers, CRR, 11.7.19
OCTOBER 2019
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Hearing Loss and Your Brain, NextAve, 10.30.19
Eye Exam to Diagnose Alzheimer's, BosGlobe, 10.29.19
How a Young Mindset Helps You Live Longer, LondTimes, 10.29.19
A Spoonful of Medicine and What Your Doctor Says, STAT, 10.28.19
Meet the Age CodeBreaker, SciBlog, 10.24.19
Global Competition to Improve Healthy Longevity, NAM, 10.22.19
The Link Between Walking Slowly and Aging, BosGlobe, 10.18.19
Reduced Neuronal Activity May Extend Life Span, STAT, 10.17.19
The Future of Weight Loss, AARP, 10.15.19
Blood Tests That Screen for Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 10.11.19
The Dementia Crisis, OrlandoSentinel, 10.11.19
What's Driving the Longevity Gap Between Rich and Poor, CRR, 10.10.19
Microbiome and Muscle Strength in Older Adults, Tufts, 10.10.19
Exercising Regularly is Good for Your Heart, SciBlog, 10.8.19
Lower Risk of Dying Early with a Pet Dog, CNN, 10.8.19
Eating Mushrooms May Lower Risk of Prostate Cancer, SciBlog, 10.7.19
An Online Clinic to Slow Aging Using Common Drugs, CNBC, 10.7.19
Stroke Incidence Decreasing in Older Adults, JAMA, 10.1.19
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
US News Nursing Home Rankings, US News, 10.29.19
Pros and Cons of Adding Dental Coverage to MCare, CRR, 10.17.19
More on Long-Term Care Insurance Planning, CNBC, 10.15.19
Drug Prescription Prices Rise for Some Part D Plans, Kaiser, 10.11.19
Planning for Long-Term Care, Kiplinger, 10.9.19
Medicare, Telemedicine, Medical Equipment Scams, Kaiser, 10.9.19
Negotiating Your Own Deal Outside of Medicare, Kaiser, 10.8.19
About That Long-Term Care Insurance Expense, LATimes, 10.6.19
Trump Shifts Focus to Medicare, USAToday, 10.4.19
Is Your Hospital Being Penalized by Medicare, Kaiser, 10.1.19
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
Coal Company Bankruptcy Hurts Retired Miners, HufPost, 10.30.19
Should You Relocate to Trim Taxes, Kiplinger, 10.29.19
Early Retiement Pension Withdrawls With Rule of 55, Yahoo, 10.26.19
Age-Proofing A Home Won't Come Cheap, Kaiser, 10.24.19
Millennials Need To Save 40% of Pay to Retire at 65, CNBC, 10.24.19
How GE Shafted Its Retirees, Forbes, 10.22.19
Red Carpet Treatment in Sr. Housing Communities, Sr. Housing, 10.22.19
World's Best and Worst Pension Systems, Bloomberg, 10.21.19
Expenses Often Forgotten When Planning to Retire, WSJ, 10.18.19
Spousal Social Security Benefits, MarketWatch, 10.18.19
The Hospice Opportunity in Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 10.15.19
Summary of Social Security Changes for 2020, MotleyFool, 10.12.19
25 Things to Sell When You Retire, MSN, 10.11.19
Why People Are No Longer Downsizing, LondTimes, 10.11.19
Cost of Living Increase for Social Security for 2020, USAToday, 10.11.19
Active Adult Community or Experiential Living, Sr. Housing, 10.10.19
What to Do When Employer Changes Retirement Plan Terms, MW, 10.8.19
New Alternative Housing Trends, NYTimes, 10.7.19
Importing Multigenerational Living Ideas, Stria, 10.7.19
Co-Located Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 10.7.19
You Are In Your 60s and Haven't Saved Enough, WSJ, 10.4.19
Social Security Scammers, USAToday, 10.3.19
The New Realities of Work and Retirement, NPR, 10.2.19
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
What is the Future of Aging Populations, Forbes, 10.29.19
A Roadmap for Healthy Aging in Communities, Stria, 10.29.19
The Truth About Aging, NewYorker, 10.28.19
How the Baby Boomers Broke America, 10.27.19
Hacking Scam of Note, CNN, 10.27.19
Taking Ayahuasca When You Are a Senior Citizen, NYTimes, 10.19.19
Old People Have All the Power, NYTimes, 10.18.19
California to Create A Master Plan for Aging, NextAve, 10.18.19
You're Only as Old as You Feel, NYTimes, 10.17.19
Growing Inequality Among Older Americans, BosGlobe, 10.16.19
Cold Weather and Cuffing, BosGlobe, 10.15.19
Costco's $4.99 Rotisserie Chicken, CNN, 10.11.19
A Peace Corps of Caregivers, Kaiser, 10.10.19
In France, Elder Care Comes with the Mail, NewYorker, 10.10.19
The Two Most Surprising Parts of Retiring, BusInsider, 10.5.19
The Secret to Feeling Younger, CRR, 10.3.19
AARP's Top 10 Cruise Destinations, AARP, 10.2.19
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Sideprneurship, NextAve, 10.30.19
Virtual Reality Helping Seniors Remember, NBC, 10.29.19
Reinventing a Place for Mom, Sr. Housing, 10.29.19
Older Workers, Nontraditional Jobs and Benefit Issues, CRR, 10.8.19
Age Bias in Advertising, NYTImes, 10.8.19
7 New Tech Devices for Elder Care, CNBC, 10.7.19
Company Assumptions About Older Adults Are Wrong, MIT, 10.7.19
When 5G Could Make a Difference in Your Life, Cnet, 10.1.19
SEPTEMBER 2019
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Fraudulent Medicare Genetic Testing Scam, NPR, 9.30.19
What Can Help You Live to a Ripe Old Age, WashPost, 9.30.19
A Low Dose Addiction Medication to Treat Chronic Pain, Kaiser, 9.26.19
Leukemia Drug Used to Fight Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 9.25.19
Walking the Line, a Shoe-Mounted Laser for Parkinson's, Horizon, 9.25.19
Beating the Pain of Old Age with a Pill, LondTimes, 9.19.19
Poor Sleep in Middle Age and Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 9.13.19
Somatic Mutations (DNA) and Aging, MBG, 9.5.19
How America Fails to Feed its Aging, Kaiser, 9.3.19
Aspirin Not Recommended for Healthy People Over 70, SciBlog, 9.1.19
Hunger Hormone and Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 9.1.19
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
Broken Promises in Georgia's Sr. Care Industry, AJC, 9.30.19
More Benefits Await for Medicare Advantage Plans, Kaiser, 9.26.19
Uber, Lyft and Medicaid, Kaiser, 9.26.19
AARP Launches Attack on Pharma, STAT, 9.17.19
Nursing Homes and Deadly Germs, NYTimes, 9.12.19
Getting Around, Age-Friendly Health Care, Kaiser, 9.12.19
Avoiding Common Medicare Mistakes, AARP, 9.12.19
Flaw in Medicare Online Tool to Compare Drug Prices, BosGlobe, 9.11.19
Long-Term Care Insurance Costs Continue to Rise, CNBC, 9.9.19
Groupons for Medical Treatment, Kaiser, 9.6.19
Bargain Dentistry and a Vacation Too, Kaiser, 9.3.19
Hundreds Die in Agony Despite Palliative Care, LondTimes, 9.2.19
On the Job 24 Hours a Day, 27 Days a Month, NYTimes, 9.2.19
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
On the Docket, Three New Retirement Rules, Forbes, 9.27.19
Half of Retirees Afraid to Use Savings, CRR, 9.26.19
The Forgotten Middle in Senior Housing, NextAve, 9.25.19
A Baby Boomer Moment in Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 9.25.19
Top 10 Senior Housing Construction Markets, Sr. Housing, 9.24.19
The Best and Worst Cities to Retire, Yahoo, 9.24.19
How Much A Comfortable Retirement Costs by State, GO, 9.20.19
The 7 Year Itch, Taking SS at age 62 or 70, NJ.com, 9.12.19
The Surprising Age Many People Retire, CNBC, 9.11.19
Six Ways SS Will Change in 2020, Forbes, 9.10.19
Some Thoughts on Aging, AIPT, 9.10.19
Four Trends Driving Sr. Housing in US and Abroad, Sr. Housing, 9.9.19
Three US Cities to Consider Living In Upon Retirement, MotleyFool, 9.8.19
About That Inheritance Talk with an Older Parent, WSJ, 9.7.19
Co-Op Senior Housing Gaining Traction, Sr. Housing, 9.6.19
Baby Boomers Coping With Stock Market Uncertainty, BosGlobe, 9.4.19
Four Reasons to Relocate in Retirement, MotleyFool, 9.1.19
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
What Jackfruit and Kiwifruit Have in Common, WashPost, 9.30.19
Taking Away a Senior's Smartphone, Kaiser, 9.26.19
Staying Together by Living Apart, WSJ, 9.26.19
Let's Tango, NextAve, 9.25.19
Boston's New Commission Takes on Ageism, BosGlobe, 9.24.19
Healthcare on Cruise Ships, Kaiser, 9.20.19
The Flight of Snowbirds, NextAve, 9.18.19
Living a Minimalist Lifestyle, NextAve, 9.18.19
Older Women Should Throw Off the Shackles, LondTimes, 9.9.19
Elderly Residents Face Evacuation Challenges During a Storm, NPR, 9.6.19
Emergency Planning and Older Adults, UMichigan, 9.4.19
Your Insomnia May Be Genetic, LondTimes, 9.2.19
Business/Work/Technology/Products
New Hearing Aid Apps That Leverage Bluetooth, NextAve, 9.11.19
Better By Design for Older Adults, NextAve, 9.11.19
Second Careers Late in Life Extend Work/Happiness, CRR, 9.5.19
Meet the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs, MIT, 8.29.19
Why Aren't More Women Working, NYTimes, 8.29.19
AUGUST 2019
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Unlocking Your Body's Regenerative Potential, SciBlog, 8.27.19
What's New in Anti-Aging Research, Forbes, 8.27.19
Algorithms, Doctors & Better Conversations with Dying Patients, Mosaic, 8.27.19
Optimistic Attitude Key to Living Longer, STAT, 8.27.19
Early Childhood Exposure to Air Pollution and Arthritis, SciBlog, 8.26.19
Why Pancreatic Cancer is So Deadly, CNN, 8.26.19
Delirium is Part of Aging, NextAve, 8.21.19
Blood Test Predicts How Long You Will Live, OneZero, 8.21.19
What if Aging Was a Curable Disease, MIT, 8.19.19
Napping and Alzheimer's, WebMD, 8.13.19
Stress, Cognitive Decline and Women, SciBlog, 8.5.19
How to Minimize Dementia Risk, MarketWatch, 8.4.19
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
The Link Between the Affordable Care Act and Retirement, CRR, 8.29.19
States Scramble for New Ways to Pay for Late-in-Life Care, BosGlobe, 8.29.19
How to Find Low-Cost Care When Medicare Doesn't Cover It, NextAve, 8.28.19
New Rules for Medicare CAR-T Coverage, STAT, 8.8.19
Long-Term Care Insurance Profiteering in Virginia, VPilot, 8.3.19
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
Undoing Your Social Security Benefits, MotleyFool, 8.24.19
Negative Interest Rates are Coming, Yahoo, 8.24.19
About That 401K Plan, Kiplinger, 8.22.19
Paying Taxes on Your Social Security Benefits, MotleyFool, 8.21.19
Age in Place Programs That Really Work, NextAve, 8.21.19
New Intergenerational Experiment in Sr. Living Community, SrHousing, 8.20.19
Congress Weighs Changes to the Way You Retire, CNBC, 8.11.19
Social Security Scam in Oregon, KEZI, 8.10.19
The Best Retirement Strategy, CNBC, 8.7.19
5 Myths About Early Retirement (FIRE), Forbes, 8.5.19
Most Important Retirement Chart You'll Ever See, MotleyFool, 8.2.19
Protecting Yourself from Social Security Fraud, Forbes, 8.2.19
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Think Your Parents are Stubborn, NYTimes, 8.31.19
About Those Ultraluxury Ranch Houses, WSJ, 8.23.19
How to Build a She Shed, NextAve, 8.21.19
What to Do After You're Retired, NextAve, 8.14.19
Seniors Starting to Waver on Supporting Trump, WSJ, 8.10.19
Overcoming Intimacy Challenges After Age 50, NextAve, 8.7.19
20 Signs of Being an Adult, GoodNews, 8.6.19
Let's Go Gramping, LATimes, 8.2.19
How to Care for an Aging Pet, NYTimes, 8.2.19
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Meet the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs, MIT, 8.29.19
Why Aren't More Women Working, NYTimes, 8.29.19
Technology Versus the Human Touch, SciBlog, 8.27.19
The Benefits of Working Past Age 70, LondTimes, 8.21.19
Why US Firms Desperately Want To Retain Seniors, BBC, 8.20.19
JULY 2019
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
New Cause of Cell Aging Discovered, SciDaily, 7.27.19
Soil, Easter Island, Rapamycin and Living Longer, MH, 7.20.19
Alzheimer's Gene May Impact Cognition Before Adulthood, SciBlog, 7.19.19
The Role of Seizures in Alzheimer's, STAT, 7.19.19
Are Vitamins a Waste of Money, Yahoo, 7.19.19
Common Medications Can Masquerade As Dementia, Kaiser, 7.18.19
Why Alzheimer's Risk is Higher for Women Than Men, NPR, 7.17.19
Scientists Close In On Blood Test for Alzheimer's, LATimes, 7.16.19
Inflammation and Our Immune System, Vice, 7.16.19
Six-Legged Superfoods, SciBlog, 7.15.19
Simple Ways to Prevent Falls in Older Adults, NPR, 7.15.19
A Healthy Lifestyle Might Offset Genetic Risk of Dementia, STAT, 7.15.19
Official UK Sleep Guidelines in the Works LondTimes, 7.13.19
Clinical Trial Guide for Seniors and the Elderly, PolicyLab, 7.13.19
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
America's Long-Term Care Crisis is Worsening, MarketWatch, 7.24.19
Medical Coverage When You Retire Abroad, Kaiser, 7.23.19
Has Your Doctor Asked You About Climate Change, Kaiser, 7.19.19
The Current State of Drug Prices, GoodRx, 7.19.19
Medicare Advantage Overbills Taxpayers By Billions a Year, Kaiser, 7.16.19
Medicare Proposal To Treat Lower Back Pain with Acupuncture, STAT, 7.16.19
How to Get A Cheaper Prescription, Kaiser, 7.10.19
Elderly Can't Often Afford Medicines, PhysWeekly, 7.10.19
Nursing Home Staffing Levels Fall Below Standards, ModHealth, 7.3.19
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
Social Security Sliding Into Insolvency, BosGlobe, 7.21.19
Where To Retire Nicely Outside US for Under $30K a Year, USAToday, 7.19.19
What Does Independent Living Really Mean, NextAve, 7.10.19
At Age 75, Taking Care of Mom, NYTimes, 6.29.19
Middle-Market Senior Housing Issues, Sr. Housing, 6.18.19
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Advice on Solo Aging, USAToday, 7.26.19
When Grandparents Help Hold It Together, NYTimes, 7.24.19
The Accordion is Back, NextAve, 7.24.19
Our Aging Prison Population, JSTOR, 7.19.19
Another Take on Filial Piety, HufPost, 7.17.19
A Practical Guide for Facing Life's End, NextAve, 7.17.19
What Presidential Candidates Are Talking About At AARP Forum, Kaiser, 7.16.19
Best States for Aging, USNews, 7.16.19
Hotel Sheets That Tell You When They Were Last Washed, LondTimes, 7.10.19
Older Adults Serve As Engines of Community Innovation, PennState, 7.10.19
Chat Benches to Reduce Isolation, CNN, 7.10.19
Pacemakers and Corpses, Vice, 7.9.18
Reviving Dead Brains, What Could Go Wrong, NYTimes, 7.3.19
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Six New Technologies for Older Adults, Aging in Place, 7.11.19
UK Partners with Amazon's Alexa for Medical Queries, STAT, 7.11.19
Older Adults and Technology, Stanford, 6.2.19
JUNE 2019
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Antidepressants Increase Risk of Falling, SciBlog, 6.18.19
Predictability of Med. Conditions From Social Media Posts, PlosOne, 6.18.19
The New Number, 7,500 Steps A Day, Elemental, 6.17.19
Feeling Good As You Age, Kaiser, 6.13.19
Eating Less Red Meat Could Lead to Longer Life, CNN, 6.13.19
Benefits of Protein from Plants, SciBlog, 6.11.19
Supplements for Brain Health Not Very Effective, AARP, 6.11.19
Eye Floaters and Flashes, AARP, 6.8.19
Air Pollution and Dementia, Wired, 6.2.19
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
Getting That Surprise Medical Bill, Kaiser, 6.20.19
How Georgia Medicaid Cuts Hurt Elderly, AJC, 6.19.19
The Worst Patients in the World, Atlantic, 6.13.19
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
At Age 75, Taking Care of Mom, NYTimes, 6.29.19
Middle-Market Senior Housing Issues, Sr. Housing, 6.18.19
Del Webb Adapts to Changing Sr. Living Landscape, Sr. Housing, 6.17.19
Retiring to Someplace Safe, WSJ, 6.15.19
Women Reinventing Themselves After Age 50, WSJ, 6.10.19
Husbands, Widows and Social Security, CRR, 6.6.19
The Retirement Community of the Future, NextAve, 6.5.19
Best New Ideas in Retirement, MarketWatch, 6.2.19
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Rational Suicide, Kaiser, 6.25.19
Some Thoughts on Getting Old and Staying Young, Kaiser, 6.11.19
Hacking Mom's Phone After She Dies to Preserve Memories, NYTimes, 6.10.19
Aging Population Increases Energy Use, SciBlog, 6.7.19
Senior Scams Proliferate, BosGlobe, 6.7.19
97-Year-Old Vet Jumps Out of Plane, CNN, 6.6.19
In The Winter of Old Age, LondTimes, 6.6.19
Cleaning Out a Late Loved One's Home, NextAve, 6.5.19
Are Seniors More Vulnerable to Financial Scams, Marketplace, 6.2.19
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Older Adults and Technology, Stanford, 6.2.19
MAY 2019
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Comparing 3 Methods of Intermittent Fasting, NextAve, 5.29.19
In Search of Alzheimer's Treatments, STAT, 5.21.19
New World Guidelines for Preventing Dementia, USAToday, 5.15.19
Worrying About Dementia, A New Poll, UMichigan, 5.15.19
Easing Age-Related Deterioration By Disabling a Protein, STAT, 5.14.19
Can We Live Longer But Stay Younger, Atlantic, 5.13.19
Early-Stage Alzheimer's Detection with Blood Tests, SciBlog, 5.7.19
Retirees Struggle with Hunger, CRR, 5.2.19
Positive Emotion Therapy for Caregivers, 5.2.19
Alzheimer's Research Update, SciBlog, 5.2.19
Alternatives to Knee Replacement, NextAve, 5.1.19
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
Health Plan Deductibles Triple in 10 Years, CRR, 5.30.19
Precision Health, Stanford, 5.24.19
Will You Be Able to Afford Long-Term Care When You Need It, NYTimes, 5.13.19
Healthcare Costs, Medicare Versus Private Insurance, Rand, 5.10.19
Medical Costs Create Financial Hardship, SciBlog, CRR, 5.2.19
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
Oversupply and Other Issues in Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 5.24.19
How Much Should I Save for Retirement, NextAve, 5.22.19
Lowering the Cost of Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 5.21.19
Social/Economic Inequities Grow As We Age, CRR, 5.16.19
Social Security Impostor Scam, USAToday, 5.14.19
What Retired Life is Like for ExPats in Ecuador, NextAve, 5.8.19
Intergenerational Differences in Wealth, Telegraph, 5.2.19
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Sidewalks, Cars, Germans, Americans, CRR, 5.30.19
Stonewall Generation and Aging, Kaiser, 5.22.19
Beaches, AARP, 5.22.19
Dogged Determination, SciBlog, 5.18.19
Older Fathers, Fertility and Health Risks, SciBlog, 5.13.19
Anger May Be More Harmful Than Sadness, SciBlog, 5.9.19
The Benefits of Owning a Robopet, SciBlog,, 5.9.19
Romeo, Romeo, Where Art Thou, CRR, 5.9.19
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Older Adults and Technology, Stanford, 6.2.19
Technology Usage Survey Results for the 55+ Crowd, Link-Age, 5.30.19
Virtual Reality Comes of Age in Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 5.15.19
What It Means to Be Human--Computer Assisted Telepathy, NPR, 5.7.19
Reinventing the Coffee Cup, WSJ, 4.29.19
APRIL 2019
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Poor Sense of Smell Linked to High Risk of Death, ACP, 4.30.19
Virtual Vocal Tract, a Potential Aid for Stroke Patients, STAT, 4.25.19
Innovative Drug Delivery Improves Immunotherapy, SciBlog, 4.23.19
Dialysis, Mortality and Older Adults, JAMA, 4.23.19
Search for the Fountain of Youth May End With SIRT6, SciBlog, 4.20.19
Lifting Weights Quickly Can Mean a Longer Life, SciBlog, 4.12.19
Healthy Diet Helps Older Men, SciBlog, 4.10.19
Zapping Brain with Electrical Current Boosts Memory, STAT, 4.9.19
Another Reason to Eat Garlic, SciBlog, 4.8.19
Food Allergies After Age 50, NextAve, 4.3.19
What an Hour a Week of Walking Can Do, SciBlog, 4.1.19
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
End of Life Care for Detainees at Guantanamo, Kaiser, 4.29.19
Middle Income Seniors Lack Resources for Housing & Care, BosGlobe, 4.25.19
Medicare and SS Funding Remains Shaky, Kaiser, 4.23.19
The Truth About Dentistry, Atlantic, 4.18.19
A Look Inside Geriatric Medicine, NextAve, 4.17.19
Insurance Companies Acquiring Sr. Living Providers, Sr. Housing, 4.17.19
New Medicare Advantage Telehealth Policies, Sr. Housing, 4.16.19
The Price of Brand Versus Generic Drugs, AARP, 4.5.19
The Cost of Dental Care, CRR, 4.4.19
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
Camaraderie, Great Food Tops Assisted Living Survey, Sr. Housing, 4.30.19
Tax Baby Boomers and Save Capitalism, Bloomberg, 4.24.19
Where Retirees Are Moving and More, MarketWatch, 4.23.19
Six Tax Changes Retirees Should Know, WSJ, 4.11.19
Fierce Competition in Senior Housing Market, Sr. Housing, 4.11.19
For Boomers, 7 Deadly Sins of Retirement Planning, MW, 4.9.19
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge Results, SCL, 4.30.19
Facebook's Digital Graveyard, Yahoo, 4.30.19
Conquering Cancer at Age 77, WSJ, 4.27.19
Researchers Seek the Sage Advice of Elders, Kaiser, 4.26.19
Hidden Suicide Epidemic in Long-Term Care Facilities, NextAve, 4.24.19
5 Ways to Save on Hotel Travel, AARP, 4.17.19
The Funeral As We Know It Becoming a Relic, WashPost, 4.15.19
Living Funerals Gaining in Popularity, NextAve, 4.3.19
Adventurer That's Too Old for the Pole Takes to the Sea, LondTimes, 4.1.19
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Reinventing the Coffee Cup, WSJ, 4.29.19
3-D Printed Organs, SciBlog, 4.23.19
Coming Soon...The Internet of Thoughts, SciBlog, 4.12.19
Are You Saving Enough for Retirement, Barrons, 4.7.19
MARCH 2019
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Skin Moisturizing May Reduce Chronic Diseases, SciBlog, 3.30.19
Vegan Diets Have Highest Disease-Fighting Biomarkers, SciBlog, 3.28.19
Anti-Aging Study Increases a Worm's Lifespan by 50%, New Atlas, 3.27.19
Understanding Loneliness in Older Adults, Kaiser, 3.14.19
Link Between A Stroke and Detecting Dementia, SciBlog, 3.14.19
Age Proof Your Brain, LondTimes, 3.12.19
Eye Scan That Can Detect Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 3.11.19
1 in 4 Older Adults Report Feelings of Isolation, UMich, 3.4.19
Cleaning Out Zombie Cells to Live a Longer Healthier Life, NYPost, 3.3.19
The Latest Mouse Research on Brain Rejuvenation, SciBlog, 3.2.19
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
Where's the Doctor at Assisted Living Facilities, NYTimes, 3.30.19
Recovering At Home from Joint Replacements, Kaiser, 3.28.19
Drug Exclusions in New Medicare Proposal, STAT, 3.28.19
Medicare's Uncapped Drug Costs Take Bite Out of Budget, NPR, 3.27.19
Offsetting Caregiver Expenses with Tax Credits, Kaiser, 3.25.19
About Those Surprise Medical Bills, Kaiser, 3.22.19
About That Annual Physical Exam Under Medicare, Kaiser, 3.20.19
More on Trump Budget, Medicare, Drug Costs, etc., STAT, 3.12.19
New Trump Budget: Medicare and Social Security Among Cuts, Vox, 3.12.19
Doctors to Take A More Active Role in Dementia Screening, BosGlobe, 3.11.19
Background Checks, Caregivers & Care.com, WSJ, 3.9.19
Healthcare Reform in Finland to Address Aging Issues, BBC, 3.8.19
When It's Time to See a Geriatrician, AARP, 3.6.19
GE Sets Aside More Money for Long-Term Care Payouts, Reuters, 3.5.19
Companies Providing Caregiving Coordination and Support, Reuters, 3.5.19
Medicare Trims Payments to 800 Hospitals for Safety Issues, Kaiser, 3.1.19
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
How China Trade Affects Social Security, CRR, 3.28.19
Two Income Families Not Saving Enough, MarketWatch, 3.28.19
3 Good Reasons to Take SS at 62, Yahoo, 3.19.18
A Decade of Changes Ahead in Senior Living, Sr. Housing, 3.15.19
3 Reasons Why Baby Boomers are in Retirement Trouble, Yahoo, 3.10.19
Redefining Old and the Scary Truth About 401Ks, MarketWatch, 3.9.19
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
What Dementia Teaches Us About Love, LondTimes, 3.30.19
Elderly Report Financial Abuse by their Children, CRR, 3.28.19
Millennials Don't Want to Buy Some Baby Boomer Homes, BusInsider, 3.28.19
Mood Changers, SciBlog, 3.27.19
Older Immigrants More Satisfied Than US Born, SciBlog, 3.21.19
Rising to the Challenge of an Aging Population, WashPost, 3.15.19
NYC Real Estate in the Afterlife, NYTimes, 3.15.19
Pickleball for All, NextAve., 3.13.19
How to Get Your Digital Afterlife in Order, BosGlobe, 3.9.19
Books on Elderly Happiness, CRR, 3.7.19
Culinary Changes in Senior Housing Communities, Sr. Housing, 3.4.19
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Work and Retirement In the Age of Longevity, WorldatWork, 3.29.19
Eight Technologies to Watch in 2019h AgingInPlaceTech, 3.29.19
The Netherlands "Continued Work" Bonus, CRR, 3.21.19
Where Electronic Health Records Went Wrong, Kaiser, 3.18.19
Using AI to Predict When a Patient Will Die, Wired, 3.15.19
White House Report on Emerging Tech/Aging, NSTC, 3.14.19
How Aging Clothing Brands Try to Look Young Again, WSJ, 3.12.19
When Old Isn't So Old, NYTimes, 3.5.19
Innovation Center for Startup Businesses Focused on Aging, BosGlobe, 3.4.19
FEBRUARY 2019
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
At-Home Test for Colon Cancer, CBS, 2.27.19
Bispecific Antiibodies, A New Era of Cancer Treatments, STAT/MedNews, 2.27.19
Intuitive Eating, Atlantic, 2.25.19
A Joyful Approach to Alzheimer's, WashPost, 2.22.19
Can Immunotherapy Be Combined with Chemo to Fight Cancer, DF, 2.21.19
Warning About Treatments Using Young Blood Plasma, WSJ, 2.20.19
Dialysis and the Elderly, NYTimes, 2.19.19
Link Between Menopause and Alzheimer's, WSJ, 2.19.19
Tardigrades, the Immortal Animal, AgingFree, 2.17.19
More Protein, Fewer Calories Help Seniors Lose Weight Safely, SciBlog, 2.15.19
Lack of Brain Cleaning Cells and Alzheimer's, SciBog, 2.15.19
Anti-Aging Drug Passes First Human Trial, Futurism, 2.15.19
The Science of Sounder Sleep, AARP, 2.14.19
Exercise Gives Older Men a Brain Boost, SciBlog, 2.14.19
A Pill to Slow the Aging Process?, Kaiser, 2.11.19
Blood Cells Could Hold Master Clock on Aging, MedX, 2.8.19
What Can Worms Tell Us About Aging, SciBlog, 2.7.18
Why Women's Gray Matter Ages Better Than Men's, LondTimes, 2.5.19
Impact of Fasting on Aging, MedNews, 2.4.19
Impact of Exercise on Aging Brains, Inverse, 2.1.19
Give Statins to Everyone over the Age of 75, LondTimes, 2.1.19
A Cure For Cancer?, JeruPost, 2.1.19
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
Volunteer to Fight Medicare Fraud, AARP, 2.25.19
New App to Navigate Medicare Coverage, Kaiser, 2.22.19
Hospitals Under Pressure to Offer Private Rooms, BosGlobe, 2.19.19
Seniors Aging in Place Rely on Devices/Help from Other People, Kaiser, 2.14.19
Medicare/Medicaid Contain Costs Better than Priv. Insurers, ModHealth, 2.12.19
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
Millennials Struggle to Find Homes Because of Age in Place, CNBC, 2.20.19
What's New for the 2019 Tax Season, AARP, 2.18.19
When You Don't Have Enough Money to Be Retired, Barron's, 2.16.19
Everything You Need to Do Before Retirement, MarketWatch, 2.15.19
Saving Too Much Too Early in the Year Can Hurt Retirement, Forbes, 2.13.19
Bernie Sanders Introduces Bill to Boost SS, TheHill, 2.13.19
Retiring Earlier than Planned, What Matters Most, CRR, 2.12.19
Let's Invent a New Retirement Plan, WSJ, 2.11.19
Your Grandchildren are Already in Debt, NYTimes, 2.11.19
The Fear of Spending During Your Retirement Years, Kiplinger, 2.9.19
What it Cost to Retire Comfortably in Each State, 24/7, 2.8.19
Propelling the Age-Friendly University Movement, Sr. Housing, 2.5.19
How Grandparents can Help Pay for College, WSJ, 2.2.19
Over 60 and Crushed by Student Loan Debt, WSJ, 2.2.19
Millionaires Retiring Early Often Overlook Crucial Step, BusInsider, 2.1.19
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
A 95-Year-Old Billionaire's Take on Longevity, CNBC, 2.22.19
At the Senior Center, Don't Call me Senior, BosGlobe, 2.20.19
The Generational Void, TheWeek, 2.14.19
Ramifications of More Deaths Than Births in Maine, BosGlobe, 2.12.19
10 Tips for First-Time Cruisers, AARP, 2.11.19
Contacting the Bereaved About Their Property, NYTimes, 2.11.19
Paradise Fire Killed the Most Vulnerable, LATimes, 2.10.19
At What Age is Love Enthralling, NYTimes, 2.8.19
Why You Should Dig Up Your Family History, NYTimes, 2.6.19
What's the 10-Year Facebook/Instagram Challenge All About, NYTimes, 2.5.19
How Patriot Quarterback Tom Brady Conquered Aging, WSJ, 2.2.19
When is the Surgeon Too Old to Operate, NYTimes, 2.2.19
Too Old to Lead the Nation?, BosGlobe, 2.2.19
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Chinese Investment in US Senior Housing Halts, Sr. Housing, 2.28.19
Careers Become Dicey After Age 50, CRR, 2.14.19
The Challenges of Bringing an Anti-Aging Pill to Market, Forbes, 2.13.19
Longevity Vision Fund Seeks Reverse Aging Solutions, EndPts, 2.5.19
New Features For Android Phones for People with Hearing Loss, BGR, 2.5.19
A Peek Into the Future of Virtual Reality, BosGlobe, 2.1.19
JANUARY 2019
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Aging and Chronic Diseases Share Common Genetic Factors, MedX, 1.31.19
Could This Enzyme Slow Aging, MedNews, 1.30.19
Prevent a Second Stroke with Positive Thinking, LondTimes, 1.30.19
Preserving Your Brain To Bring You Back in the Future, STAT, 1.30.19
Intensive Hypertension Treatment and Dementia, Kaiser, 1.29.19
How Sleep and Mood Affect How In Control Older Adults Feel, SciBlog, 1.29.19
Link Between Gum Disease and Alzheimer's, TheHill, 1.25.19
Delaying Aging Through Autophagy, SciBlog, 1.24.19
Predicting Cognitive Ability Later in Life, SciBlog, 1.22.19
Some New Insight into What Causes Alzheimer's, MedNews, 1.22.19
Who is Most Likely to Live to Age 90, CNN, 1.22.19
Fight Aging with a Transfusion from Young People's Blood, MensHealth, 1.19.19
Gene Identified That Spreads Prostate Cancer, SciBlog, 1.17.19
Why Older Adults Should Eat More Protein, Kaiser, 1.17.19
Macular Degeneration Trial with New Stem Cell Technique, STAT, 1.17.19
Program for Dementia Patients Uses Simple Movements, NextAve, 1.16.19
Stroke Drug May Also Prevent Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 1.15.19
Your DNA and Life Expectancy, LondTimes, 1.15.19
Eating Wholemeal Bread Cuts Heart, Cancer, Diabetes Risk, LondTimes, 1.11.19
Racial Differences in Alzheimer's Unveiled, SciBlog, 1.8.19
Is Marijuana As Safe As We Think, TheNewYorker, 1.8.19
Older Black Men and Prostate Cancer, WashPost, 1.7.19
AI Can Detect Alzheimer's 6 Years Before a Diagnosis, SciBlog, 1.4.19
Elixers for Immortal Life, JSTOR, 1.4.18
7 Ways To Age Well in 2019, NYTimes, 1.2.19
Oldest Ever Woman Might Have Been a Fraud, MercuryNews, 1.1.19
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
Medicare for All, What Americans Think, Kaiser, 1.23.19
What's New for Medicare in 2019, NextAve, 1.23.19
Walgreen's & Microsoft Team Up to Deliver Digital Health Care, STAT, 1.16.19
Out of Network Costs and Emergency Room Care, Vox, 1.8.19
Health Insurance Decision Making As You Near Retirement, UMich, 1.3.19
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
Judging Financial Advisers, CRR, 1.31.19
How Long Will Your Retirement Savings Last, CRR, 1.31.19
Frail Seniors Find Ways to Live Independently, Kaiser, 1.31.19
Planning Ahead for Assisted Living, NextAve, 1.30.19
Powers of Attorney Surge in UK, LondTimes, 1.27.19
10 Retirement Lessons from a Retirement Pro, MarketWatch, 1.26.19
Hispanic Retirement Outlook Gets Worse, CRR, 1.24.19
Are Baby Boomers Ready for Retirement, MarketWatch, 1.24.19
Social Security and Your Retirement, MotleyFool, 1.21.19
Planning to Live to 100...Time to Rethink Retirement, LondTimes, 1.21.19
Five Common Threats to Your Retirement, Kiplinger, 1.18.19
Where Investors are Putting Their Money in Sr. Housing, Sr. Housing, 1.18.19
New Housing Model for Dementia Care, Sr. Housing, 1.17.19
How to Dodge a Market Dip That Threatens Your Retirement, NYTimes, 1.16.19
How Senior Care Communities Care for Couples, Forbes, 1.16.19
Bank Profits and Their Aging Customers, LondTimes, 1.13.19
Changes Taking Place in Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 1.8.19
Top Senior Housing Trends for 2019, Sr. Housing, 1.7.19
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
10 of the Craziest Features on Cruise Ships, AARP, 1.31.19
Boot Camp After 60--10 Steps to Turn Around Unhealthy Habits, Kaiser, 1.30.19
The Joy of Aging is Not Caring What You Say, LondTimes, 1.26.19
A Senior Center Without Walls, VisionAware, 1.25.19
Waiting for That Special Day, SciBlog, 1.24.19
Showing That You Care In Life, Not Just in Death, LondTimes, 1.24.19
Sorry, We Baby Boomers are Not All Dead Yet, LondTimes, 1.22.19
When is it Time to Hit the Brakes, NYTimes, 1.22.19
Oh Dear, Prince Philip Driving at Age 97, LondTimes, 1.20.19
When Death was Women's Business, JSTOR, 1.18.19
What's Causing the Rise of Hoarding Disorder, JSTOR, 1.18.19
A Dementia Friendly Barber, WashPost, 1.18.19
Where People Live Longer Than Anyone Else, WashPost, 1.18.19
The Hottest Hair Color of the Moment is Gray, WSJ, 1.18.19
Assessing Trump's First 2 Years for Older Americans, NextAve, 1.18.19
The Ballerina That's Too Old to Jump, LondTimes, 1.17.19
The Negative Effects of Elderspeak, NextAve, 1.16.19
How Much Info Do You Need to Make a Decision, Sciblog, 1.15.19
Meet My 84-Year-Old Housemate, LondTimes, 1.13.19
AgeFriendly.com Debuts to Help Navigate Retirement, BosGlobe, 1.12.19
What Will People Wear in the Future, Economist, 1.11.19
Confessions of a Geriatric Cocaine User, LondTimes, 1.5.19
Age Discrimination is More Common Than You Think, WashPost, 1.4.19
Old Age is Not What You Think, NYTimes, 1.4.19
Doing Splits at Age 95, LATimes, 1.2.19
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Age Bias Law Doesn't Protect Job Applicants, AARP, 1.28.19
Age Bias in the Workplace Hurts Men More Than Women, CNN, 1.23.19
Apple Plan to Bring Watch to At-Risk Seniors, STAT, 1.17.19
Employers Need To Address Caregiving Crisis, WSJ, 1.16.19
New Tech Products for Seniors at Consumer Electronics Show, Phys, 1.16.19
As Baby Boomers Age, Companies Help Grieving Employees, LATimes, 1.12.19
Elder Care is a High Tech Pursuit in Japan, WSJ, 1.12.19
5 Types of Robots at This Year's Consumer Electronics Show, Verge, 1.12.19
Tech Firms Try Their Hand at Alzheimer Solutions, STAT, 1.10.19
Hear Me Roar--Older Women at Work, NYTimes, 1.9.19
Medical Consults With Skype To Become Norm in UK, LondTimes, 1.8.19
Chronic Disease Gadgets Take Center State at Trade Show in Vegas, STAT, 1.7.19
How Technology Baffled Congress in 2018, WashPost, 1.3.19
DECEMBER 2018
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Biomarkers May One Day Predict Aging and Health, SciBlog, 12.31.18
Improving Quality of Life for People with Dementia, LondTimes, 12.26.18
Depression May Be a Side Effect of Common Drugs, ConsReports, 12.25.18
Dementia Care Issues in England, LondTimes, 12.17.18
The Quest to Stay Young, BostonGlobe, 12.14.18
Your Aging Brain and What to Do About It, BostonGlobe, 12.14.18
Most Prostate Cancer Patients Don't Need Aggressive Treatment, STAT, 12.13.18
Social Interactions Among Gut Microbes Can Shape Our lives, SciBlog, 12.12.18
Eating Nuts, NextAve, 12.12.18
Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) in Women, NextAve, 12.12.18
What's in Your Cognitive Reserve, LATimes, 12.11.18
Several Stories About Aging, Kaiser, 12.10.18
Drawing is Better Than Writing to Improve Memory, SciBlog, 12.9.18
A New Blood Test for (tau) Alzheimer's is Under Development, SciBlog, 12.9.18
Researchers Classify Alzheimer's Patients into 6 Subgroups, SciBlog, 12.5.18
Regenerative Power of Honeybee Royal Jelly, SciBlog, 12.5.18
A Potential Culprit for Parkinsonism, SciBlog, 12.5.18
Health Care/Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
Misconceptions About Health Care Costs When You're Older, NYTimes, 12.26.18
Pre-Existing Conditions, Seniors and Medigap Insurance, Axios, 12.17.18
Medicare Advantage Plans Begin Offering Referral Services, Sr. Housing, 12.14.18
More than Half of Cal. Nursing Homes Balk at Stricter Staff Rules, Kaiser, 12.9.18
UnitedHealthCare and the SilverSneakers Fitness Program, Kaiser, 12.6.18
Long-Term Care Hospitals and Medicare Patients, HHS, 12.6.18
Hospitals Sue Over Medicare Site-Neutral Payment Policy, ModHealth, 12.5.18
California's Medicaid/Palliative Care Program, NextAve, 12.5.18
More Inspections of Nursing Homes To Catch Understaffing, Kaiser, 12.3.18
Medicare, Hospital Readmission Rates, Penalties and Bonuses, Kaiser, 12.3.18
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
10 College Towns for Retirees, CNBC, 12.27.18
A New Approach to Tiny Houses for Seniors, CourierPress, 12.27.18
Have Purpose in Your Life Even When You Retire, USAToday, 12.26.18
Retirement, Making It Up As You Go, BostonGlobe, 12.26.18
Assisted Living's Breakneck Growth Leaves Patient Safety Behind, Kaiser, 12/17/18
Guide to Managing Someone Else's Money, CFPB, 12.13.18
Increasing SS Benefits at Age 85 to Reduce Poverty, CRR, 12.13.18
Home Care vs Living in a Senior Community, Sr. Housing, 12.10.18
Top Places to Live for Retirement, Sr. Housing, 12.7.18
Donating IRA Assets to Lower Taxable Income, WSJ, 12.7.18
The Reverse Mortgage/Home Equity Conundrum, CRR, 12.6.18
When Your 401K Turns Into a 201K, Forbes, 12.6.18
Senior Housing in China, Sr. Housing, 12.6.18
Crafting Marijuana Policies Can Be Tricky in Sr. Living Facilities, Sr. Housing, 12.4.18
Seniors Stuck in Place, Sr. Housing, 12.4.18
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
A Quest for Survival, The Elderly Left Behind in Venezuela, WashPost, 12.30.18
Gray Can Be Beautiful at Any Age, LATImes, 12.26.18
Pension Plan Improving Mental Health in Rural China, SciBlog, 12.17.18
Hospice and Palliative Care for Pets, NYTimes, 12.14.18
Top Dining Trends at Senior Living Facilities, Sr. Housing, 12.13.18
How Realistic is Dying at Home, NextAve, 12.12.18
The Loneliest Generation, WSJ, 12.12.18
Life Lessons from the People We Call to Lay Someone to Rest, WashPost, 12.11.18
Activities to Fight Loneliness During Holidays at Senior Centers, WSJ, 12.10.18
And You Thought Climate Change was a Problem, Horizon, 12.9.18
Senior Adults will Outnumber Children Under 18 by 2030, DailyMail, 12.9.18
Older Americans Are Flocking To Medical Marijuana, NYTimes, 12.8.18
No Life Story Should Be Without an Ending, LondTimes, 12.6.18
As Couples Age, Humor Replaces Bickering, SciBlog, 12.4.18
Alzheimer's Photo Retrospective, WashPost, 12.4.18
A Walk in the Park, NYTimes, 12.4.18
Business/Work/Technology/Products
7 Ways Your Job May Be Making You Age Faster, ReadersDigest, 12.27.18
World's First Cell-Grown Steak, JP, 12.13.18
AI and the Future of Medicine, SciBlog, 12.12.18
Universal Basic Income Making a Comeback, SciBlog, 12.12.18
When No One Retires, HBR, 12.9.18
An Apple Watch in Grandma's Stocking, Kaiser, 12.4.18
Living to 100, Will Technology Matter, Aging in Place Tech Watch, 12.4.18
November 2018
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
US Life Expectancy Drops Again As Drug Overdoses Increase, Yahoo, 11.29.18
Experimental Alzheimer's Vaccine Under Development, Newsweek, 11.26.18
The Poor Die 10 Years Earlier Than The Rich in UK, CNN, 11.23.18
How to Care For Thinning and Easy Bruising Skin, NextAve, 11.21.18
The Air We Breathe and Longevity, WashPost, 11.20.18
How Long Can People Live, NYTimes, 11.20.18
Putting a Stop to Leaky Gut, HarvardMed, 11.19.18
How to Prolong Your Life By At Least a Decade, Barron's, 11.18.18
150 Minutes a Week of Moderate-Intensity Exercise, NYTimes, 11.18.18
Forgetfulness is Essential for a Healthy Brain, LondonTimes, 11.17.18
The Real Trick to Staying Young, Quartz, 11.16.18
Memory Supplements Might Not Contain What They Claim, GAO, 11.16.18
Get Moving, New Exercise Guidelines, AP, 11.13.18
Oh, My Aching Back, HarvardMed, 11.7.18
More Reasons to Drink Coffee, SciBlog, 11.6.18
Health Benefits of Nuts and Pretzels, SciBlog, 11.5.18
Anti-Aging Flavonoids like Cocoa to the Rescue, SciBlog, 11.2.18
Strong Correlation Between Being Fit and Living Longer, NYTimes, 11.2.18
Half of Women Over Age 50 Have Incontinence, SciBlog, 11.1.18
World's Longest Study on Aging, Forbes, 11.1.18
Your Appendix and Its Connection to Parkinson's, STAT, 11.1.18
Health Care/Insurance
Medicare Buy-In Proposal for Those Age 50 to 65, TheHill, 11.29.18
Proposed Changes on Medicare Drugs Creates Winners/Losers, AP, 11.27.18
Dealing with the High Cost of Long-Term Care, WashPost, 11.26.18
Living in Dread of Hospitals, LondTimes, 11.24.18
Hybrid Long-Term Care Insurance, WSJ, 11.23.18
How Retirees Can Negotiate Drug Prices, CRR, 11.19.18
Traditional Medicare Vs Advantage Plans, NE Journal of Medicine, 11.16.18
Hospitals Ignore Improving Elder Care, STAT, 11.16.18
The Good, Bad, Ugly of Medicare Advantage Plans, PBS, 11.15.18
Host of New Medicare Advantage Plan Benefits for Next Year, Kaiser, 11.9.18
Health Care Gives Dems Modest Edge with Seniors, Kaiser/Axios, 11.5.18
Skyrocketing Cost of Precision Medicine to Fight Cancer, Kaiser, 11.1.18
Retirement/Housing/Financial/Social Security
Are You Getting Your Money's Worth from SS, MotleyFool, 11.30.18
Senior Spending on Housing and Related Issues, NextAvenue, 11.30.18
CalSavers, A State Retirement Program for All Workers, LATimes, 11.27.18
US Pension Funds Turn to Riskier Real Estate Bets, WSJ, 11.26.18
Cutting SS Benefits May Be a Good Idea, MotleyFool, 11.25.18
Middle Class Hit Hardest by Inheritance Tax in UK, LondTimes, 11.24.18
10 Things to Consider When Relocating After Age 50, NextAVe, 11.21.18
The Cost of Caring for Parents and Adult Children, WSJ, 11.19.18
Rest Homes in Mass. Closing as Financial Pressure Mounts, BostGlobe, 11.19.18
Boomers Face More Risks to Their Retirement, CNBC, 11.16.18
Affninity Groups and Intergenerational Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 11.16.18
How Couples Retire, CRR, 11.15.18
The 4% Rule on Retirement Savings Withdrawls, MotleyFool, 11.15.18
Student Loan Debt When You Are Over Age 50, CNBC, 11.14.18
Reducing Widows' Poverty By Increasing SS Benefits, CRR, 11.8.18
Trends Changing the Face of Intergenerational Living, Sr. Housing, 11.8.18
Retirement Living Myths and Facts, NextAve, 11.7.18
Save for Retirement or Your Kids' College Education, NBC, 11.6.18
Claiming Social Security at Age 62, MotleyFool, 11.6.18
What's Doing in the Agrihood, Sr. Housing, 11.5.18
Fight for Pension Equality Starts Now in UK, LondonTimes, 11.4.18
New Retirement Plan: Save, Save, Save, Spend Virtually Nothing, WSJ, 11.3.18
The Tradeoffs on Where to Retire, CRR, 11.1.18
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Quality of Life Peaks at 68 If You Have Lots of Friends, LondTimes, 11.28.18
Elderly Gun Owners with Dementia, SciBlog, 11.26.18
Tea or Coffee, MGB, 11.26.18
The Secret Behind the Nancy Drew Mysteries, JSTOR, 11.23.18
Assisted Dying, LondTimes, 11.23.18
When in Vegas, One Toke Over the line, LATimes, 11.23.18
Starting Over in Your 70s After a Deadly Wildfire, LATimes, 11.20.18
How Many Seniors Live in Poverty, Kaiser, 11.19.18
Silver-Tongued Salesmen, Warranties and the Elderly, LondTimes, 11.19.18
Taking Over the Family Thanksgiving Meal from Your Parents, WashPost, 11.18.18
How a Paradise (California) Nursing Home Evacuated, LATimes, 11.17.18
Why We Often Remember Bad Instead of Good, WashPost, 11.16.18
Modern Love, I Would Have Driven My Mom Anywhere, NYTimes, 11.16.18
Zipcar, Membership and Aging, BostonGlobe, 11.15.18
We Are Only As Old As We Self-Identify, LondonTimes, 11.13.18
Dying is the Last Adventure, Shedding Light On How to Live, Kaiser, 11.8.18
The New Urban Jungles, NYTimes, 11.8.18
Black Americans and End-of-Life Issues, NextAve, 11.7.18
Social Security Numbers and Proving Your Identity, NBC, 11.4.18
Welcome to the Age of the Tiger Traveler, LATimes, 11.4.18
Breakdancing Competitively at Age 60, WSJ, 11.3.18
Business/Work/Technology/Products
An AI-Powered Machine That Can Finish Your Sentence, NYTimes, 11.23.18
Meet Zora, the Robot Caregiver, NYTimes, 11.23.18
The Graying Workforce, HBR, 11.16.18
The Future Has Arrived, Real Estate & Technology, NYTimes, 11.16.18
Is There Equality in Data-Driven Medicine, NYTimes, 11.15.18
Using Computers to Translate Brain Thoughts into Speech, STAT, 11.15.18
May AI Help You, NYTimes, 11.15.18
October 2018
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
A 10-Minute Walk Can Be Good for The Brain, NYTimes, 10.29.18
Yo Yo Dieting and Longevity, SciBlog, 10.29.18
Gut Bacteria and Aging, MedicalNews, 10.27.18
Sandra Day O'Connor Tells America About Her Dementia, WSJ, 10.24.18
Anxiety Unraveled, NextAve, 10.24.18
Clearing Out-of-Commission Brain Cells Improves Cognition, SciBlog, 10.22.18
Yes, There is a Cure for Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 10.15.18
Healthcare/Insurance/Government/Social Security
Medicare, A Political Football, Kaiser, 10.30.18
Problems obtaining Funding for Unorthodox Alzheimer's Research, STAT, 10.29.18
Caregivers Do Double Duty to Make Ends Meet, WSJ, 10.29.18
Why You Shouldn't Wait to Sign Up for Medicare Part B, NYTimes, 10.29.18
Should Doctors Apologize to Patients After Making a Mistake, NYTimes, 10.28.18
Social Security Insights, MotleyFool, 10.28.18
Social Security Warns About Spoofing Scams, AARP, 10.26.18
Famiies Fight Over Caregiving of Elderly with Dementia, USAToday, 10.26.18
Anthem Rolls Out New Extra Benefit Medicare Plans, Sr. Housing, 10.26.18
Patients Have Trouble Obtaining Own Medical Records, Kaiser, 10.25.18
Social Security Longevity Gap Between Rich and Poor, CRR, 10.25.18
Medicare, Social Security, the Budget Deficit and Politics, WashPost, 10.18.18
Don't Count on Health Insurance to Pay the Bills, NYTimes, 10.17.18
Medicare Adv. Plans Improperly Deny Many Claims, NYTimes, 10.15.18
Medicare Advantage Enrollment Continues to Soar, Kaiser, 10.15.18
Step Therapy and Medicare, STAT, 10.12.18
Switching Medigap Plans Can Be Tricky, CRR, 10.11.18
Medicare for All? See What Trump Has to Say, WashPost, 10.11.18
Will Maine Voters Decide to Make Aging in Place Affordable, Kaiser, 10.11.18
Telemedicine and Medicare, Kaiser, 10.10.18
Nursing Homes Push Dying into Pricey Rehab, Bloomberg, 10.10.18
What to Know About Medicare Open Enrollment, Kaiser, 10.8.18
Financial Focus of MedAdvantage Plans Shifts to Doctors, Kaiser, 10.8.18
Seniors to Shape California's Future, LATimes, 10.7.18
Modernizing Social Security, Helping the Oldest, CRR, 10.2.18
Care Homes Charge Hefty Premium for Dementia Patients, LondTimes, 10.1.18
Nursing Home Occupancy Rate Continues to Drop, NYTimes, 10.1.18
Retirement/Housing/Financial
Home Design, Boomers in Transition, Sr. Housing, 10.31.18
Baby Boomers Living at Home Effects Sr. Housing Facilities, WSJ, 10.30.18
Tough Realities for Baby Boomers, MoneyWatch, 10.29.18
People are Saving About Half of What They Need for Retirement, CNBC, 10.29.18
More Americans Retiring Abroad, BostonGlobe, 10.28.18
Do You Need $5 Million to Retire Early, WashPost, 10.26.18
For Parrotheads Only, Inside Margaritaville, Sr. Housing, 10.26.18
Meet Melinda, Sr. Housing, 10.25.18
Americans Financially Not Prepared to Live Longer Lives, SciBlog, 10.23.18
Retirement Sanctuary for NIH Research Chimpanzes, STAT, 10.19.18
2018 Assisted Living Care Costs Increased 6.7%, Sr. Housing, 10.16.18
The Marshmellow Test for Retirement, CRR, 10.11.18
Making Palm Springs a Cool Place to Retire Again, WSJ, 10.11.18
How to Manage Paying for Retirement Housing, WSJ, 10.11.18
The Communities that Retired Rich Asisans Call Home, WSJ, 10.10.18
Innovative Move-In Incentives in Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 10.9.18
Inheriting Mom's House, LATimes, 10.7.18
Spending and Savings Guide During Retirement, CouponFollow
Retirement Wealth Gap Adds New Indignity to Old Age, WSJ, 10.5.18
Retire Rich Schemes Not to Be Believed, CRR, 10.4.18
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
What Would An Age-Friendly City Look Like, Guardian, 10.31.18
What My Older Cat Taught Me About Aging, NextAvenue, 10.31.18
Why the Elderly Deserve a Discount, LondonTimes, 10.27.18
Helicopter Children to Their Parents, NextAve, 10.26.18
History of Biotech and Science Through Words and Date of Origin, STAT, 10.26.18
The World's 12 Most Walkable Cities, SmarterTravel, 10.24.18
If I Only Knew Way Back Then, SciBlog, 10.19.18
Over 75s Face Losing Free BBC TV Licenses, LondonTimes, 10.17.18
Are You Living in an Age Bubble, NextAvenue, 10.17.18
How Fast Will You Jog at Age 80, LondonTimes, 10.16.18
Starting Again at Age 65, Kaiser, 10.15.18
Fighting Loneliness One Letter at a Time, LondonTimes, 10.15.18
No Short Cuts at Age 107, NYTimes, 10.13.18
Dementia and Guns, Doctor's Perspective, Kaiser, 10.12.18
Why Following Your Passions is Good for You, NYTimes, 10.12.18
The Secret of Aging Well, NYTimes, 10.12.18
Daughter's Obit Unravels Mysterious Life of Her Father, WashPost, 10.11.18
Antidepressants, Middle-Agers, Elderly Parents & Scotland, LondTimes, 10.10.18
The House that Brought Two Retiree Lovers Together, WSJ, 10.10.18
Solo Agers Need Fearless Fallback Plan, Kaiser, 10.5.18
Can't Keep a Secret, SciBlog, 10.1.18
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Stick It in Your Mouth, Thermo Advertising is Here, NYTimes, 10.25.18
Crowdfunding Raises Millions for Unproven Treatment, STAT, 10.24.18
Agingin Place, A Step Toward Personalized, Smart Homes, SciBlog, 10.17.18
It's Never Too Late, NYTimes, 10.10.18
Cool Tech Trends for Seniors, Next Avenue, 10.9.18
Starbucks' New Cafe in Mexico City Run By Older Adults, Sr. Housing, 10.9.18
September 2018
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
A User's Guide to Cheating Death, STAT, 9.28.18
Treating the Underlying Aging Process, SciBlog, 9.25.18
Importance of Weight Training For Your Long-Term Health, LondTimes, 9.25.18
Cardio Benefits of Fish Oil Finally Proven, STAT, 9.24.18
New Insight into Aging, Learning & Brain Plasticity, SciBlog, 9.20.18
New Ways to Diagnose and Treat Pancreatic Cancer, DanaFarber, 9.20.18
Dementia Threat Soars in Areas Hit By Pollution, LondTimes, 9.19.18
Seniors in Pain Hop Aboard Canna-Bus, Kaiser, 9.18.18
Do Healthy Older People Need to Take Low-Dose Asprin, NYTimes. 9.17.18
Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for Dementia, Sr. Housing, 9.17.18
How to Live longer and Healthier, LondonTimes, 9.15.18
Best Treatment for Older Women with Breast Cancer, NYTimes, 9.15.18
A Few More Reasons to Go On a Fasting Diet, SciBlog, 9.11.18
Coping with Knee Pain, LondonTimes, 9.11.18
Hope for New Macular Degeneration Treatments, BostonGlobe, 9.10.19
Try This Sport to Live Longer, NYTimes, 9.9.18
New Insight on Cause of Chronic Diseases, SciBlog, 9.8.18
Eary Alzheimer's and Work, NYTimes, 9.8.18
Impact of Sepsis Infections on Seniors, Kaiser, 9.6.18
Following Your Bodies Natural Rhythms to Lose Weight, NextAve, 9.5.18
Dementia--Identifying High Risk Individuals for Treatment, SciBog, 9.4.18
Stroke Can Double Risk of Dementia, AJC, 9.4.18
Malnutrition, A Leading Cause of Death Among Seniors, ColumbDispatch, 9.4.18
The Ethical Dilemma of Lab-Grown Brain Bits, WashPost, 9.3.18
Cannabis and Your Aging Brain, SciBlog, 9.2.18
Could I Kill My Mother, NYTimes, 9.2.18
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
Protecting a Loved One with Dementia During a Storm, Kaiser, 9.20.18
Medicare Advantage Programs Cut Drug Cost with Step Therapy, Kaiser, 9.17.18
Clients' Vulnerable to Caregiver Theft and Worse, Boston Globe, 9.17.18
What to Know About Medicare-for-All, Politico, 9.12.18
Stats on the Hospitalization of Older Adults, UptoDate, 9.5.18
Insurers Profit from Medicare Advantage Plans, ModHealth, 9.4.18
Avoiding Costly Medicare Mistakes, LA Times, 9.2.18
Retirement/Housing/Financial
Retiring Soon, Plan for Market Downturns, WSJ, 9.24.18
Unethical, Incompetent Financial Advisors in UK, LondTimes, 9.23.18
Personality Influences What Age You Stop Working, CRR, 9.13.18
Decline in Widows' Poverty, CRR, 9.12.18
Changes May Be Coming to IRA and 401K Plans, 9.12.18
Raising the Pension Age in Ireland, LondonTimes, 9.10.18
Emerging Market Tremors Rattle Public Pension Systems, WSJ, 9.8.18
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Give-Up-Itis, SciBlog, 9.27.18
Doubling Down on Love, Empty Nesters Adopt Foster Child, NYTimes, 9.24.18
How We Walk Depends on Who We Walk With, NYTimes, 9.23.18
Japan's Aging Military, the Future is a Gray Area, WSJ, 9.17.18
Beware of This Pitch for Trump, SS, and Traditional Values, LATimes, 9.14.18
Age Before Beauty, But Not Politics, NYTimes, 9.13.18
Getting Seniors Out of Harms Way Before a Storm, Kaiser, 9.13.18
Benefits of Tai Chi, NYTimes, 9.11.18
A Debate Over Rational Suicide, NYTimes, 9.4.18
Honoring the Dead at Long-Term Care Facilities, Kaiser, 9.4.18
Harsher Penalties When Elderly are Attacked, LondTimes, 9.3.18
World's Top 30 Most Visited Tourist Attractions, FarWide, 9.1.18
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Weight Watchers Changes Name, Focus on Wellness, WashPost, 9.25.18
Terminated Workers Sue IBM for Age Discrimination, Bloomberg, 9.18.18
What You Need to Know and Fear on the Dark Web, AARP, 9.13.18
Apple Watch Tries to Shakeup Senior Wearables Market, Sr. Housing, 9.13.18
At-Home Eldercare Goes High-Tech, TechNewsWorld, 9.11.18
Smart Home Technology Update, Sr. Housing, 9.11.18
Redesigning the Sound of a Heart Monitor Beep, STAT, 9.10.18
Is It time to Go on a Hot Streak, SciBlog, 9.8.18
Time Is On The Side of Aging Entreprenuers, WSJ, 9.4.18
New Product Gold Rush for the 50+ Crowd, WashPost, 9.1.18
AUGUST 2018
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Prostate Problems and Your Health, SciBlog, 8.31.18
Earwax Poses Unrecognized Risk in Long-Term Care, Kaiser, 8.29.19
Last Moments--End-of-Life Rallies Before Dying, NextAve., 8.29.18
Scary Symptoms Which are Usually Harmless, NextAve., 8.29.18
More Dairy Please, SciBlog, 8.28.18
Eye Exam Might One Day Predict Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 8.24.18
Fighting Dementia in The Netherlands, 8.22.18
Redesigning Mortality, NYTimes, 8.20.18
Why is Cancer Rare in Elephants, LA Times, 8.15.18
Link Between Iron in Cells and Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 8.14.18
Landmark Law Hopes to Improve Alzheimer's Care in Mass., BostonGlobe, 8.13.18
The Relationship Between Cellular Senescence & Cancer, FightingAging, 8.12.18
Hip Fracture Surgery Time Table, SciBlog, 8.8.18
Eating Crickets Can Be Good for Your Gut and More, SciBlog, 8.4.18
Memantine Drug Might Stop Alzheimer's Progression, SciBlog, 8.1.18
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
How Modern Medicine Has Changed the Supreme Court, NY Times, 8.31.18
Taking Care of Frail, Aging Parents, Kaiser, 8.22.18
The True Cost of Knee Surgery, WSJ, 8.22.18
About the Copay for that Drug You Need, PBS, 8.20.18
Dedicated Caregiver Space at Acute-Care Hospitals, Mod.HealthCare, 8.16.18
Hidden Cost of Medicare's Drug Prescription Program, NYTimes, 8.13.18
Nursing Homes Drug Dementia Patients Without Consent, WashPost, 8.12.18
Patient Groups Rattled By Medicare Drug Pricing Negotiations, Hill, 8.9.18
Genetics Testing and Obtaining A Long-Term-Care Policy, Kaiser, 8.7.18
Senior Living Providers and Medicare Advantage Programs, Sr.Housing, 8.6.18
Medicare Could Save $2.8 Billion a Year If..., STAT, 8.2.18
Why Americans Spend So Much on Health Care, WSJ, 8.1.18
Retirement/Housing/Financial
Finding a Job in a Tight Labor Market When Over Age 50, BostonGlobe, 8.29.18
Problems Raising the Retirement/Pension Age in Russia, WashPost, 8.29.18
Treatment of LGBT Residents in Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 8.29.18
House Beautiful, New Aging in Place Design Elements, WSJ, 8.25.18
The Murky World of Brokers Handling Savings of Elderly Parent, NYTimes, 8.25.18
Helping Banks Flag Fraud Against Seniors, NYTimes, 8.24.18
Best Places to Retire Abroad for $30,000 a Year, Int.Living, 8.17.18
When Not To Pay Off Your Mortgage, NY Times, 8.15.18
Divorce Very Bad For Retirement Finances, CRR, 8.9.18
Managing Your Money When the Next Recession Hits, NextAve., 8.8.18
Surge in Bankruptcy Filings for Older Americans, NYTimer, 8.6.18
When is It The Right Time to Move Our of Your Home, BostonGlobe, 8.6.18
Adult Foster Homes, NextAvenue, 8.3.18
Why Retire When You're Too Old to Enjoy It, LATimes, 8.2.18
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Senior Bias, Sr. Housing, 8.31.18
Writing a Thank You Note More Powerful Than You Think, SciBlog, 8.29.18
Death in the Age of Narcissism, NY Times, 8.28.18
About Taking That Senior Discount, NextAvenue, 8.22.18
How to Find Last Minute Summer Travel Deals, AARP, 8.17.18
Flying the Friendly Skies on The Cheap, LA Times, 8.13.18
10 Affordable Travel Destinations, TravelAwaits, 8.8.18
Boomers Writing Their Own Scripts on Spirituality, Boston Globe, 8.5.18
Breakfast Like a King, Lunch Like a Prince, Dinner Like a Pauper, LA Times, 8.3.18
Age Discrimination is Still the Same Old Problem, LondonTimes, 8.2.18
Top 10 Cruise Destinations, AARP, 8.1.18
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Best Buy Steps into Emergency Response Device Market, ABC News, 8.16.18
Oops, IBM's Watson Cancer Treatment Recommendations Incorrect, STAT, 7.25.18
Massachusetts Angles to Become Silicon Valley for Age-Tech, BosGlobe, 7.19.18
Retirees Fill Employment Gaps in Tight Labor Market, NYTimes, 7.16.18
5 New Caregiving Technology Startups, AIPTech, 7.12.18
JULY 2018
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
When Walking Makes Your Legs Hurt, HavardMed, 7.25.18
Eating and Our Circadian Rhythms, NY Times, 7.25.18
Time for That Colonoscopy, Kaiser, 7.25.18
Herpesvirus Infection May Cause of Alzheimer's, FightingAging, 7.22.18
Reversing Aging at the Mitochondrial Level, SciBlog, 7.20.18
Treating Dementia with Healing Waves of Sound, SciBlog, 7.20.18
Birthing 5 or More Babies May Increase Alzheimer's Risk, CNN, 7.19.18
Dying Organs Restored with Mitochondrial Transplants, NYTimes, 7.16.18
What You Need to Know About Alzheimer's, Yahoo, 7.16.18
Oranges and Macular Degeneration, SciBlog, 7.16.18
You May Age Faster the More You..., SciBlog, 7.14.18
What Not to Say to Someone Having a Health Crisis, NextAve., 7.11.18
Senolytics, Removing Aged Cells for Rejuvination, STAT, 7.10.18
Skinny Fat in Older Adults and Dementia/Alzheimer's Risk, SciBlog, 7.5.18
Feeling Young Could Mean Brain Aging More Slowly, SciBlog, 7.3.18
3D-Printed living Tissues Could Spell End of Arthritis, SciBlog, 7.2.18
The Connection Between Hearing Loss and Dementia, Hear-It, 7.2.18
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
Medicare Reconsiders Pays at Spinal Surgery Centers, Kaiser, 7.30.18
New Bill Introduced for Medicare to Negotiate Drug Prices, TheHill, 7.26.18
Understanding Medigap Coverage, Kaiser, 7.26.18
America is Running Out of Family CareGivers, WSJ, 7.23.18
Branding Safety Net Programs as Welfare, NYTimes, 7.23.18
New Medicare Proposal: One Price for Any Doctor Visit, NYTimes, 7.22.18
Trump's Migrant Policy Diverts Funds From Health Programs, Politico, 7.18.18
Health Insurance Rates Based on Your Socioeconomic Data, NPR, 7.17.18
The Astonishling High Administrative Costs of US Healthcare, NYTimes, 7.17.18
Medical Tourism on the Rise, Kaiser, 7.12.18
Medigap Enrollment and Consumer Protections Vary By State, Kaiser, 7.11.18
Nursing Home Staffing Issues, NYTimes, 7.8.18
Retirement/Housing/Financial
Should Soon-to-Be Retiree Pay Off Mortgage, LATimes, 7.22.18
The Perils of Cashing in a Pension, LondonTimes, 7.21.18 (Fractional Scamming)
Why Less-Educated Men Retire Younger, CRR, 7.12.18
Countdown to Retirement, A 5-Year Plan, NYTimes, 7.9.18
Pensions, Women Have to Save More Than Men, LondonTimes, 7.8.18
Binge Drinking and Retirement in Ireland, LondonTimes, 7.8.18
A New Kind of Suburban Living, Yahoo, 7.7.18
Loneliness in Public Housing Communities, SciBlog, 7.5.18
Emotional Playbook for Couples in Retirement, NextAvenue, 7.4.18
Putin Increases Russian Pension Age, LondonTimes, 7.2.18
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Divorce After Age 50, Quartz, 7.30.18
For Life's Big Questions, Ask a Tibetian Monk or Nun, STAT, 7.26.18
Gen Divide--BBC Offers Free TV Viewing to Over-75's, LondonTimes, 7.22.18
Buying a Multigenerational Home, NYTimes, 7.20.18
How to Leave a Legacy When You Don't Have Children, NYTimes, 7.20.18
Stop Hankering for the Fantasy of a Golden Age, LondonTimes, 7.19.18
Older Homeless People in LA, LATimes, 7.19.18
Hurricane Maria Still Taking Toll on Puerto Rico's Seniors, Kaiser/PBS, 7.18.18
5 Affordable Exotic Vacations, TravelAwaits, 7.18.18
When DNA Testing Shatters Your Identity, Atlantic, 7.18.18
Of Mice, Men and the Sunk Cost Fallacy, SciBlog, 7.14.18
9 Once Dangerous Travel Destinations That Are Safe to Visit, TravelAwaits, 7.13.18
Potpourri, Sr. Housing, 7.12.18
The Great Outdoors, SciBlog, 7.9.18
The New Old Age, NYTimes, 7.8.18
Looking for Part-Time Work this Summer, WashPost, 7.4.18
What We Can Learn from Mr. Rogers, NextAve, 7.4.18
A Heartbreaking Theft, Yahoo, 7.1.18
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Oops, IBM's Watson Cancer Treatment Recommendations Incorrect, STAT, 7.25.18
Massachusetts Angles to Become Silicon Valley for Age-Tech, BosGlobe, 7.19.18
Retirees Fill Employment Gaps in Tight Labor Market, NYTimes, 7.16.18
5 New Caregiving Technology Startups, AIPTech, 7.12.18
Why Apple Should Hire Your Grandmother, CNBC, 7.11.18
How Old Are Successful Tech Entrepreneurs, KellogInsider, 7.11.18
Investor View of Trillion Dollar Longevity Market, Stria, 7.11.18
AI, Healthcare and China, LATimes, 7.6.18
JUNE 2018
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
How Long Can We Live, NYTimes, 6.29.18
Battling Aging With Water Fleas, BostonGlobe, 6.24.18
Virus Connection to Alzheimer's, NYTimes, 6.22.18
Bone Loss Halved in Older Women Taking Probiotics, SciBlog, 6.21.18
Treating Alzheimer's with Nanotechnology, SciBlog, 6.19.18
Skin Serums to Reverse Aging, HarvardMed, 6.18.18
Diabetes May Be Early Manifestation of Pancreatic Cancer, SciBlog, 6.18.18
Today is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, NextAvenue, 6.15.18
Link Between High Blood Pressure and Dementia, SciBlog, 6.13.18
Products to Improve Hearing, FDA, 6.13.18
Risks for Lasik Eye Surgery, NYTimes, 6.12.18
Reversing Cognitive Impairments in Mice with Dementia, SciBlog, 6.9.18
Be Optimistic, You Might Live Longer, CRR, 6.8.18
Having Constipation Troubles, Try Mangos, SciBlog, 6.8.18
Increasing Your Chances For Having a Long, Healthy Life, NYTimes, 6.7.18
Walk Faster, Live Longer, SciBlog, 6.4.18
Improving Cognitive Performance, SciBlog, 6.3.18
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
New Study on the Cost of Dying, STAT, 6.29.18
Fine-Tuning Cancer Care with Geriatric Assessements, Kaiser, 6.28.18
When Should You Fire Your Doctor, NextAvenue, 6.27.18
Sky-High Deductibles Broke US Health Care System, Bloomberg, 6.27.18
For Profit Hospice Care, a Growing Industry, NYTimes, 6.25.18
Medicare Allows More Benefits for Chronically Ill, NYTimes, 6.25.18
Trump Proposes Restructuring HSS Department, MH, 6.22.18
Despite Medicare, Medical Expenses Still Take Bite Out of Income, CRR, 6.21.18
Republicans Give Up on Medicare Overhaul, Politico, 6.18.18
Health in Old Age, a Cartoonist's View, CRR, 6.14.18
How America Got Hooked on OxyContin, Kaiser, 6.13.18
When It Doubt, Ship Them Out, Medicare & Rehospitalization, Kaiser, 6.13.18
Social Security, Medicare and Republican Policies, LATimes, 6.6.18
Trump Plan to Lower Drug Prices Might Hurt Medicare Patients, Kaiser, 6.4.18
Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) and Medicaid, Home Health Care News, 6.2.18
Retirement/Housing/Financial
Britons Rushing to Retire Abroad Ahead of Brexit, LondonTimes, 6.24.18
Americans Entering Old Age Least Prepared in Decades, WSJ, 6.23.18
Worklife Imbalances Spur Retirement, CRR, 6.21.18
Growth in Retiring Baby Boomers Straining Welfare Programs, WSJ, 6.21.18
Senior Housing Trends--Amazon, Margaritaville, Sr.Housing, 6.21.18
Why Today's Retirees Are So Thrifty, NextAve., 6.20.18
How Does Divorce Affect Retirement Security, CRR, 6.12.18
Planning Ahead for Longer Lifespans, Barrons, 6.12.18
Chief Happiness Officer for Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 6.7.18
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Top 4 Sunscreens, AARP, 6.30.18
Spending Final Days at Home Instead of Hospital, LATimes, 6.27.18
Life Behind Bars for an Aging Prison Population, WashPost, 6.27.18
Turning Age 60 in the Age of Trump, NYTimes, 6.27.18
When Grandparents Should Interfere, NextAvenue, 6.27.18
Why Popcorn Tastes Better When You Eat It With Chopsticks, SciBlog, 6.26.18
Dementia and Gun Safety, Kaiser, 6.26.18
Aging Gracefully, Insight from a 90-Year-Old Poet, WashPost, 6.24.18
Swedish Death Cleaning, An Inside Look, NextAve., 6.22.18
Living the Ideal Life, a Worldview, SciBlog, 6.20.18
Age Segregation Getting Worse, HBR, 6.12.18
Whatever Happened to Those Radical Boomer Activists, Boston Globe, 6.12.18
Retired Liberal Women Under Siege & Then There is MSNBC, NYTimes, 6.8.18
6 Great American Road Trips, AARP, 6.6.18
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Voice, Virtual Reality, Robotics, and Sensors, MobiHealth, 6.28.18
10 Tech Companies to Keep an Eye On, TechWatch, 6.22.18
Digital Spying, Insurers and Your Age, Bloomberg, 6.19.18
Curbing Loneliness with Virtual Reality, Medium, 6.12.18
MAY 2018
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Memory Loss After Surgery, NextAvenue, 5.30.18
Dementia, Guns, Suicide, Elderly Men, NYTimes, 5.27.18
Sleep No More, HarvardMed, 5.26.18
US Life Expectancy Still Declining, AP, 5.24.18
Dodging the Dementia Bullet, Kaiser, 5.24.18
Are You and Your Doctor Ready to Talk About DNA Testing, Kaiser, 5.22.18
Heart Health and Frailty, SciBlog, 5.21.18
The Great Divide Between Medicine and Dentistry, Kaiser, 5.21.18
Slowing the Aging Process, The New World of Geroscience, BostonGlobe, 5.20.18
Cognitive Training Reduces Gait Freezing in Parkinson's Patients, SciBlog, 5.18.18
Intimacy Later in Life and Memory Loss, SciBlog, 5.17.18
Skin Cancer and Melanoma, DanaFarber, 5.17.18
Exergaming May Help Those at Risk of Alzheimer's/Dementia, SciBlog, 5.15.18
Deaths from Falls on the Rise for Older Adults, CDC, 5.11.18
Key Factors to Support Quality of Life In Dementia, SciBlog, 5.9.18
Why Older People Are More Prone to Distraction, SciBlog, 5.9.18
Hypnotherarpy for Acid Reflux, Tummy Troubles and More, NBC, 5.8.18
Bring on the "K" to Slow Cognitive Skill Decline, Tufts, 5.7.18
Walnuts and Your Heart Health, SciBlog, 5.5.18
Fasting, Cell Regeneration, and Longevity, SciBlog, 5.4.18
5 Health Mistakes Your're Making Before 9 am, AARP, 5.3.18
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
Copay Assistance and Expensive Drugs, Kaiser, 5.29.18
Paying for Long-Term Care Without Buying Insurance, NextAve, 5.24.18
Everything You Want to Know About Medicare Part D, Kaiser, 5.17.18
Lack of Insurance Expose Vision Care Blindspots, Kaiser, 5.15.18
Your Guide to Telemedicine and What Medicare Covers, Kaiser, 5.9.18
Billions in Retirement Cuts for Federal Employees in the Works, WashPost, 5.9.18
Weak Oversight Blamed for Poor Nursing Home Care in California, Kaiser, 5.4.18
Help for Family Caregivers, Kaiser, 5.1.18
Retirement/Housing/Financial
Estate/Long-Term Care Planning for Solo-Agers, NextAve., 5.30.18
10 Attractive Places to Live Outside US, WashPost, 5.26.18
Dynasty Trusts to Take Advantage of New Tax Law, LA Times, 5.16.18
7 Deadly Sins of Retirement Planning, CheatSheet, 5.15.18
Forget Florida, Retirees Moving to Appalachia, WSJ, 5.15.18
Can Retirement Ruin Your Marriage, WashPost, 5.7.18
Older Workers in Britain Face Paying Care Tax, LondonTimes, 5.6.18
For High-Octane Professionals, Retirement Not an Option, BosGlobe, 5.3.18
Inside Look at the Senior Housing Industry, Sr. Housing, 5.3.18
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Let's Build a (Stone) Wall, BostonGlobe, 5.29.18
3 Hots and a Cot, Not the Lifestyle for Baby Boomers, Sr. Living, 5.21.18
Avoid Buying These Items at the Airport, SmarterTravel, 5.18.18
Will We Still Be Relevant When We're 64, Kaiser, 5.15.18
Serving the Church, Older Priests Speak Out, BostonGlobe, 5.13.18
Easing Older Drivers Out of Their Cars in Japan, BostonGlobe, 5.13.18
Living Apart Together, Kaiser, 5.12.18
Thinking About Having a Green Funeral, NY Times, 5.11.18
Old and Lonely in Puerto Rico, Some Consider Suicide, Kaiser, 5.10.18
Are We Killing Ourselves to Live Longer, NextAve., 5.9.18
What Not to Say to an Isolated Older Adult, NextAve, 5.4.18
Lonely Old Man in China Puts Himself Up for Adoption, WashPost, 5.2.18
104-Year-Old Scientist's Birthday Wish is to Die, WashPost, 5.2.18
A Look at Lives of Trans & Gender Nonconformting Older Adults, NextAve, 5.1.18
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Diagnosing Parkinson's/Alzheimers with AI and Your Computer, WSJ, 5.30.18
AI and Skin Cancer Detection, Kaiser, 5.29.18
AI Impact on Nursing, CanadianNurse, 5.23.18
Some New Tech Gadgets, NextAve., 5.18.18
Harvard Startup Wants to Reverse Aging in Dogs, MIT, 5.17.18
It Had to Happen--Introducing the Smart Diaper, MobiHealth, 5.17.18
Amazon Makes Senior Housing Pitch, Sr. Housing, 5.16.18
APRIL 2018
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Everyday Drugs Raise the Risk of Dementia, LondonTimes, 4.26.18
Aging Baby Boomers, Obesity and Arthritis, WSJ, 4.23.18
Mind, Body & Depression, A New Way to View It, LondonTimes, 4.22.18
Spouses Can Boost Early Detection for Melanoma Patients, NYTimes, 4.19.18
Bunions, HarvardMed, 4.18.18
Why Women Live Longer Than Men, 4.15.18
The Whine in Wine, London Times, 4.13.18
Night Owls Beware, LA Times, 4.12.18
Is There Such Thing as Normal Aging, Kaiser, 4.11.18 Test Your Wits on Aging
A New Way of Defining Alzheimer's, AP, 4.10.18
Meditation's Lasting Power, SciBlog, 4.10.18
The Power of Taking a Cold Bath or Shower, London Times, 4.8.18
Tap Water, Dehydration and Alzheimer's, LA Times, 4.6.18
Relaxation Techniques May Reduce High Blood Pressure, SciBlog, 4.5.18
Older Americans & Vitamins, Do They Work, Kaiser, 4.4.18
Stress of Sudden Poverty Can Lead to Serious Illness & Death, LondTimes, 4.4.18
Go Ahead and Drink Your Coffee, LA Times, 4.2.18
Chronic Inflamation and Aging, FightingAging, 4.2.18
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
Older Surgeons & Mortality Rates for Emergency Procedures, SciBlog, 4.26.18
Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Off to Rough Start, Kaiser, 4.19.18
Barbara Bush's End of Life Decision Stirs Debate, Kaiser, 4.17.18
Putting Power Back in the Hands of Patients, London Times, 4.16.18
Millennials, GenXers, Boomers Feel Strain of Caring for Parents, SqAway, 4.5.18
Choosing a Medicare Plan, CBS, 4.4.18
Why Amazon Hired a Geriatrician, MedCity, 4.4.18
New Policy Could Pay for Home Care in Sr. Living Facilities, Sr.Housing, 4.4.18
Bringing Meals to Low-Income Seniors Can Reduce Medical Costs, LATimes, 4.3.18
Custom Meals Curb Hospital Stays for People with Chronic Disease, STAT, 4.3.18
Retirement/Housing/Financial
Marketers of Senior Housing Changing Their Tune, Sr. Housing, 4.19.18
Governments Struggle to Meet Pension Obligations, NY Times. 4.15.18
Granny Flats the LA Way, LA Times, 4.13.18
Some Under-the-Radar Retirment Benefits for Paul Ryan, Yahoo, 4.12.18
Arcane But Shrewd Retirement Scheme Making a Comeback, SqAway, 4.12.18
Why America's $1 Trillion Deficit is a Big Problem For You, WashPost, 4.10.18
Dependence on Social Security is Striking, Squared Away, 4.5.18
21 Unvarnished Truths About Retirement, Next Avenue, 4.4.18
Swelling Retirement Obligations Hurting Developing Countries, WSJ, 4.2.18
Unretirement, NY Times, 4.1.18
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Volunteering Can Be Good for Your Health, WSJ, 4.23.18
Oldsters Behind the Wheel, SciBlog, 4.22.18
Bridging the Gap, SmarterTravel, 4.22.18
Should Digital Remains Be Handled Like the Physical Kind, SciBlog, 4.18.18
Still Dreaming, Actors Over Age 70 Take the Stage, Next Avenue, 4.18.18
How to Plan Care in Later Years With No Adult Children, NY Times, 4.16.18
Happiness is Doing Better Than Your Parents if You Are a Man, LondTimes, 4.10.18
World Happiness Report, UN, 4.4.18
Americans Will Struggle to Grow Old at Home, Bloomberg, 4.4.18
Why Do So Many Friendships End, Next Avenue, 4.4.18
Brain-Boosting Food, London Times, 4.3.18
What Older Men (and Women) Want, London Times, 4.3.18
Business/Work/Technology/Products
The Problems Facing a Start-Up Telemed Company, 4.26.18
Robots and Restaurants, SmartBrief, 4.24.18
Chinese Investors Drawn to US Senior Housing Market, Sr. Housing, 3.13.18
Why Some Older People Reject Digital Technology, SciBlog, 3.12.18
New Technologies Help Seniors Age in Place, Kaiser, 3.12.18
MARCH 2018
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Sugar, Sugar, SciBlog, 3.31.18
Women and Alzheimer's, LA Times, 3.30.18
What Happens When We Die, CheatSheet, 3.25.18
The Bitter Truth About Sugar, AARP, 3.23.18
How Do We Lose Memory, SciBlog, 3.23.18
False Memories in Older Adults, SciBlog, 3.21.18
Intermittent Fasting Diets Reduce Cardio Disease Risk, SciBlog, 3.20.18
Challenges of Battling Cognitive Decline, SciBlog, 3.20.18
Calorie Restriction Better Than Exercise to Slow Aging Process, FightAg, 3.20.18
Cyclists May Age Better Than Those Who Don't, NBC, 3.12.18
When You Reach That Fork in the Road, Kaiser, 3.8.18
Healthy Diet Might Not Offset High Salt In-Take, SciBlog, 3.5.18
7 Heatlh Warning Signs Not to Ignore, AARP, 3.2.18
Dubious Elixers To Cheat Death and Live Longer, STAT, 3.2.18
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
Scrutinizing Medicare Coverage for Different Therapies, Kaiser, 3.29.18
The Importance of Chain Immigration on Elder Care, NYTimes, 3.25.18
Everything You Need To Know About New Medicare Cards, Kaiser, 3.20.18
Removing Medicare Physical Therapy Caps and More Good News, Kaiser, 3.14.18
FDA Opens Its Thinking on Alzheimer's, WashPost, 3.12.18
Bank Loans Signed at Hospital Leave Patients Vulnerable, WashPost, 3.12.18
Insurers Game Medicare to Boost Federal Bonus Payments, WSJ, 3.12.18
5 Recommendations to Lower Health Care Costs in US, Next Avenue, 3.7.18
Immigration Policy and Home Health Care, NPR, 3.5.18
Another Form of Elderly Abuse, Self-Neglect, NYTimes, 3.5.18
Pick the Right Provider & Get Cash Back, Kaiser, 3.5.18
Get Me to Medical Appointment on Time--Uber/Lyft to Rescue, WasPost, 3.2.18
Retirement/Housing/Financial
Pension Battle in Candy Land With Lasting Consequences, WashPost, 3.30.18
Boomers Do Retirement their Way, Squared Away, 3.30.18
Size Matters as Boomers Consider Sr. Housing Communities, Sr. Housing, 3.29.18
Medicare Advantage Insurers Consider Sr. Living Aquisitions, Sr. Housing,3.28.18
Locking in Monthly Rental Rates, A Gimmick or Real Value, Sr. Housing,3.27.18
Extreme Frugality--How to Retire Early, London Times, 3.25.18
What You Need to Know About Pension De-Risking, Next Avenue, 3.21.18
Senior Living at Sea, Sr. Housing, 3.14.18
5 Must Read Stories about Retirement, Squared Away, 3.8.18
Is a Late-Career Change Worth It, NYTimes, 3.7.18
Fidelity's Risky Retirement Fund Strategy Being Questioned, Yahoo, 3.5.18
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Looking at the Marriage Relationship, Next Avenue, 3.28.18
Two Old Men Fantasize About a Fistfight, LATimes, 3.22.18
Thinking About Having a Green Funeral, NYTimes, 3.22.18
5 Life Lessons for the 85+ Crowd, Next Avenue
8 Foods to Avoid Before Flying, SmarterTravel, 3.20.18
Decluttering the Swedish Way, Next Avenue, 3.14.18
Welcome to Margaritaville, WashPost, 3.8.18
Top 10 Things Your Kids Don't Want, Next Avenue, 3.7.18
Dining Trends in Senior Living Communities, Sr. Housing, 3.5.18
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Chinese Investors Drawn to US Senior Housing Market, Sr. Housing, 3.13.18
Why Some Older People Reject Digital Technology, SciBlog, 3.12.18
New Technologies Help Seniors Age in Place, Kaiser, 3.12.18
14-Year-Old Writes App to Help Alzheimer's Patients, Fast Company, 3.7.18
Improving Patient Engagement in Healthcare With IT, MobiHealth, 3.6.18
iPad Exercise Program for Elderly in Siberia, MobiHealth, 3.6.18
Reaping the Benefits of an Aging Workforce, NY Times, 3.3.18
FEBRUARY 2018
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Simple Urine Test Measures How Body Has Aged, SciBlog, 2.27.18
New Eyedrops Could Make Glasses Unnecessary, Jerusalem Post, 2.22.18
Mindfulness Can Improve Heart Health and More, HarvardMed, 2.22.18
February is Age-Related Macular Degeneration Month, Next Avenue, 2.21.18
Link Between Alzheimer's and Our Brain's Ancient Immune System, NPR, 2.20.18
Scientists Shed Light on Biological Roots of Individuality, SciBlog, 2.17.18
Epigenetic Clocks, An Update on Determining Chronological Age, SciBlog, 2.15.18
Five Warning Signs of Pancreatic Cancer, AARP, 2.15.18
A Few Reasons Why Swimming is Good For You, Next Avenue, 2.14.18
Asparagus and Breast Cancer, Guardian, 2.9.18
Changing How We Look at Dementia Through Dementia Friends, Kaiser, 2.8.18
Electrical Brain Stimulation and Alzheimer's, NPR, 2.7.18
Treatment Options in Anti-Aging Research, SciBlog, 2.7.18
Newer Drugs Improving Metastatic Prostate Cancer Treatment, HarvMed, 2.6.18
Blood Test Can Determine Early Stage Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 2.3.18
What We Eat Key to Preventing Alzheimer's, London Times, 2.3.18
Fighting Cancer with Nanobodies and Computer Simulation, SciBlog, 2.2.18
Pass the Wine Please--Low Levels of Alcohol Good for the Brain, SciBlog, 2.2.18
After Death Communications With a Deceased Person, Next Avenue, 2.2.18
Promising Cancer Vaccine in the Works at Stanford, StanfordMed, 2.1.18
Who Still Smokes, NPR, 2.1.18
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
More Work, Less Staff, Longer Waits with Trump's SS Budget, WashPost, 2.28.18
Complaints About Nursing Home Evictions on the Rise, NYTimes, 2.22.18
Health Care Costs Growing Faster than Economy, AP, 2.15.18
Winners and Losers Under Medicare Plan in Trump Budget, AP, 2.13.18
Aid-in-Dying, California and Veterans, Kaiser, 2.13.18
Why We Need Medicare for All, USA Today, 2.7.18
CMS Takes First Steps at Medicare Part D Discounts, TheHill, 2.7.18
Low-Income Patients and Annual Medicare Wellness Exams, ModHealth, 2.7.18
HHS Aims for Lifetime Coverage Limits for Medicaid, McLatchy, 2.6.18
If Immigrants are Pushed Out Who Will Care for Elderly, NYTimes, 2.5.18
Is the Right-To-Try Bill a Good Thing, STAT, 2.2.18
Retirement/Housing/Financial
Don't Call Me Senior--Independent Living Light, Sr. Housing, 2.27.18
Eye-Popping Pension Payouts, NY Post, 2.21.18
What to Do When You Saved Enough to Retire, MotleyFool, 2.21.18
Leaving an Inheritance Without Causing Family Strife, Next Avenue, 2.21.18
Financial Fragility of Retirees, Now and Future, Squared Away, 2.20.18
A Good Reason to Work Longer Before Retiring, Boston Globe, 2.18.18
Some Insights on Retiring Abroad, Squared Away, 2.15.18
Defrauding the Elderly on the Rise, Squared Away, 2.8.18
Early Career Decisions Could Effect When You Retire, SciBlog, 2.2.18
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Rebranding the Senior Center, Boston Globe, 2.27.18
The Ageless Body--What it Takes to Look Good, LondTimes, 2.24.18
9 Sentences You Don't Want to Hear While Traveling, SmarterTravel, 2.21.18
Redefining Aging at a New York Art Museum, Next Avenue, 2.21.18
Talk to Your Doctor About Your Bucket List, NYTimes, 2.11.18
There's a Perfect Age to Do Different Things, LondTimes, 2.10.18
Rock Stars of Aging, Kaiser, 2.5.18
There Has Never Been a Better Time to Grow Old, LondTimes, 2.2.18
Business/Work/Technology/Products
A Framework for Understanding Digital Health, MobiHealth, 2.22.18
Getting Paid to Take Your Pills, MobiHealth, 2.17.18
The Future of Voice First Technology, Aging In Place, 2.16.18
Machine Learning (AI) Emerging in Medical Care, Kaiser, 2.14.18
End of Life Planning Software Has a Problem, BostonGlobe, 2.11.18
How Tech Companies in China Plan to Shake Up Health Industry, NYTimes, 2.1.18
JANUARY 2018
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Medical Issues Where Acupuncture Might Be Effective, HarvardMed, 1.29.18
Gene Therapy and Arthritis, FightingAging, 1.28.18
Eat Less, Live Longer with Fast Mimicking Diet, LondTimes, 1.27.18
New Alternative to Total Hip Replacement, AARP, 1.26.18
Getting Older Adults in Shape for Surgery, Kaiser, 1.25.18
Afraid of Falling, Try the Dutch Cure, NY Times, 1.25.18
Expanding the Stroke Treatment Window From 6 to 16 Hours, WashPost, 1.24.18
Factors That Increase Risk of Secondary Cancer, Harvard, 1.24.18
Wisdom Defined by Hospice Patients, SciBlog, 1.24.18
Number of Older People with 4 or More Diseases to Double, SciBlog, 1.23.18
Ambitious New Anti-Aging Trial To Begin Using Blood Plasma, SciBlog, 1.20.18
British View--The Gap in Life Expectancy Between Rich & Poor, LondTimes, 1.20.18
Key to Willpower Unlocked, SciBlog, 1.18.18
Precision Medicine and Immunotherapy for Cancer, DanaFarber, 1.19.19
New Blood Test Could Help Detect 8 Common Cancers, Guardian, 1.19.18
Hearing Loss, Baby Boomers and BioTech, Boston Globe, 1.17.18
DNA Sequencing Cancer Tumors More Promise than Proof, NPR, 1.16.18
The Global Race for a Radioactive Isotope Used to Detect Cancer, Kaiser, 1.16.18
Marriage, Sex and Longevity, SciBlog, 1.15.18
Possible Link Between Chrohn's Disease and Parkinson's, JerusalemPost, 1.14.18
Why Coming Up With an Alzheimer's Drug is So Difficult, WashPost, 1.12.18
Mediterranean Diet May Protect Elderly from Frailty, SciBlog, 1.11.18
Trips to the ER Can Signal Start of More Serious Problems, Kaiser, 1.11.18
Down the Road: A New Way To Treat Alzheimer's Disease, SciBlog, 1.6.18
How DNA Sequencing Is Used in Cancer Therapy, Dana-Farber, 1.4.18
What Your Hair Says About Your Health, AARP, 1.4.18
PTSD Complicates Vietnam War Vets End of Life Care, Kaiser, 1.4.18
A Word About Stem Cell Therapies, STAT, 1.2.18
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
Telehealth Industry Poised to Lower Medicare Costs, Reuters, 1.31.18
Polyps, Colonoscopies and Insurance Payments, Kaiser, 1.30.18
Out-of-Pocket Health Care Spending by Medicare Participants, Kaiser, 1.29.18
AARP Calls For Congress to Repeal Medicare Pay limits on Therapy, AARP, 1.25.18
Why Spending More on Social Services Than Health Care is Good, SciBlog, 1.21.18
Three Ways to Cut Medicare, STAT, 1.19.18
Medicare, Home Care and the Chronically Ill, Kaiser, 1.18.18
British Government Tackles Loneliness Health Issue, LATimes, 1.18.18
Arthritis Drug Show Show Why US Prices Are So High, NextAve, 1.17.18
RAISE Family Caregiving Act on Way to President's Desk, NextAve, 1.17.18
Overhaul of Medicare 340B Drug Program Coming This Spring, STAT, 1.12.18
Right-To-Try Experimental Drugs Bill Back in News, STAT, 1.9.18
Inside Look on How Some Nursing Homes Operate, Kaiser, 1.8.18
What's Not-So-Good About Medicare, STAT, 1.5.18
Trump Admin. Relaxes Nursing Home Financial Penalities, Kaiser, 1.2.18
Why the US Spends So Much More Than Other Countries, NY Times, 1.2.18
Retirement/Housing/Financial
Stepmothers and Estate Fights, Next Avenue, 1.31.18
What Senior Housing Will Look Like in 2028, Next Avenue, 1.31.18
The Link Between Early Retirement and Living Longer, NY Times, 1.30.18
Getting a Roommate in Your Golden Years, NY Times, 1.25.18
AARP List of Best States to Retire in 2018, AARP, 1.24.18
Why More Americans Should Work in Retirement, WSJ, 1.24.18
Best Way to Spend Money Safely in Retirement, Next Avenue, 1.24.18
Great Second Careers, AARP, 1.17.18
Top Trends in Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 1.9.18
New Approach to Sr. Housing Dilemma, STAT, 1.5.18
Popular Retirement Blogs, Squared Away, 1.4.18
Inside One Michigan Continuing Care Retirement Community, Sr. Housing, 1.4.18
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
Brain Scans Reveal Friends Are On the Same Wave length, LATimes, 1.31.18
Coming to Terms with DNA Ancestry Test Results, Kaiser, 1.29.18
Embarassing Travel Gadgets That Really Work, SmarterTravel, 1.26.18
How to Be Happier, Next Avenue/Mayo Clinic, 1.26.18
What is the Perfect Age, WSJ, 1.25.18
6 International Destinations on the Rise, Smarter Travel, 1.14.18
Destitute Mexican Prostitutes Find a Safe Haven, NY Times, 1.9.18
8 Top Travel Destinations for 2018, Boston Globe, 1.7.18
The Invisibility of Being Old and Disabled, Next Avenue, 1.5.18
Why Americans Handle Death So Badly, LA Times, 1.4.18
AARP's Top 10 International Destinations for 2018, AARP, 1.2.18
Retired House of Lords Members Awarded Meal Ticket for Life, LondTimes, 1.2.18
Business/Work/Technology/Products
Building a Better Toilet, NY Times, 1.27.18
Digital Health Trends, Part 1, MobiHealth, 1.27.18
Digital Health Trends, Part 2, MobiHealth, 1.27.18
What Happens When We Let Tech Care for Aging Parents, Wired, 1.25.18
How Much Workers Get Paid at Assisted Living Facilities, Sr. Housing, 1.25.18
New Digital Health Products at CES Show, MobiHealth, 1.18.18
New Tech Products for Elderly at 2018 CES Show in Vegas, Verge, 1.11.18
High-Tech Airbag for Your Hips to Cushion Falls, AARP, 1.11.18
DECEMBER 2017
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Short-Term Exposure to Low-Levels of Pollution & Eldery Death, SciBlog, 12.29.17
For a Healthier 2018 Find a Purpose in Life, SciBlog, 12.29.17
Lack of Sleep Boosts Levels of Alzheimer's Causing Proteins, SciBlog, 12.28.17
Dementia Relief in a German Nursing Home, WashPost, 12.27.17
Harnessing Modified Immune Cells to Destroy Cancer Tumors, LondTimes, 12.26.17
Coping With Sadness and Grief Before a Loved One Dies, Kaiser, 12.21.17
US Life Expextancy Declines for Second Year in a Row, WashPost, 12.21.17
Leafy Greens Keep Brain Sharp and Delay Dementia, London Times, 12.21.17
Can Shoveling Snow Put Your Heart at Risk, Harvard Med, 12.18.17
A Gut Check for the New Year, SciBlog, 12.18.17
Slow Brain Waves During Sleep Make Older Adults Forget, SciBlog, 12.15.17
Hearing Aids Could Stave Off Dementia, London Times, 12.15.17
When End-of-Life Decision Making Can Go Awry, STAT, 12.15.17
High Intensity Exercise Delays Parkinson's Progression, SciBlog, 12.14.17
Good Friends Might Be Your Best Brain Booster As You Age, Kaiser, 12.14.17
Action Games Expand the Brain's Cognitive Abilities, SciBlog, 12.13.17
Your Mood Depends on the Food You Eat & Your Age, SciBlog, 12.13.17
Why Has US Life Expectancy Declined, SquaredAway, 12.12.17
Wellness Coaching for Seniors, Boston Globe, 12.11.17
Ferocious Flu Season Ahead, Time to Get Your Shot, LA Times, 12.8.17
Canola Oil May Be More Harmful Than Helpful to Brain Function, SciBlog, 12.7.17
Genes Could One Day Be Altered to Prolong Human Life, SciBlog, 12.7.17
4 Tricks to Rev Up Your Memory, HarvardMed, 12.6.17
The Varieties of Aging in Nature, SciBlog, 12.6.17
Blood Pressure Begins to Decrease 14 Years Before Death, SciBlog, 12.5.17
Cataract Surgery Can Be Life-Extending, Phil Inquirer, 12.5.17
Reading Aloud Improves Memory, SciBlog, 12.1.17
Diet Success May Depend on DNA, SciBlog, 12.1.17
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
Eldercare Voucher Plan, London Times, 12.25.17
Can We Get Better at Treating Chronic Illnesses, STAT, 12.22.17
What the New Tax Bill Means for Sr. Housing Owners, Sr. Housing, 12.21.17
When Nursing Homes Push Out Poor/Disabled People, Kaiser, 12.20.17
Epidemic of Screenings Burderns Older Patients, Kaiser, 12.20.17
Sedation-Free Colonoscopies, Next Avenue, 12.20.17
Tax Cuts Could Make it Harder to Change Medicare & Medicaid, Axios, 12.20.17
Why Big Medicare/Medicaid Cuts are Likely, Next Avenue, 12.20.17
Drug Industry Spent Millions to Squelch Talk About High Prices, Kaiser, 12.19.17
Lab Bankcruptcies Thwart Medicare Efforts to Recover Millions $$, STAT, 12.15.17
Federal Taxes Have a Good Side Too, SquaredAway, 12.14.17
Picking Up the Pieces for Elderly Social Care in UK, London Times, 12.13.17
The Latest Republican Take on Changes to Medicare, WashPost, 12.12.17
Why Do People Put Off Going to the Doctor, Boston Globe, 12.8.17
An Opinion, Why Medicare Should Start at 50, Bloomberg, 12.7.17
Who is Taking Care of California's Seniors, Sacramento Bee, 12.6.17
Why So Many Seniors Go Without Dental Care, Next Avenue, 12.6.17
The Downside of Retail Health Care, STAT, 12.5.17
America's Crisis in Elder Care, Time, 12.2.17
Summary of Health Care Changes if Current Tax Bill Passes, Kaiser, 12.1.17
San Diego Bets on Medical Tourism, STAT, 12.1.17
Why Medical Costs Are So High, STAT, 12.1.17
Retirement/Housing/Financial
How's Your 401K? Just Ask Trump, CheatSheet, 12.26.17
I Hope I Can Quit Working Someday, WashPost, 12.23.17
Way Up North in Alaska, Sr. Housing, 12.22.17
Resort-Style Living for Graying Boomers in NY Area, NY Times, 12.15.17
A Peak Inside a Newer Assisted Living Model, Sr.Housing, 12.13.17
Why Some Workers Can't Call It Quits, Kaiser, 12.11.17
7 Deadly Sins of Retirement Planning, CheatSheet, 12.8.17
What Sr. Living Residents Want from University Partnerships, Sr.Housing, 12.8.17
How Social Security Gets Fixed Matters, SquaredAway, 12.7.17
Top 15 LBGT-Friendly Senior Living Communities, Sr. Advice, 12.6.17
Time to Rethink the Golden Years, Boston Globe, 12.4.17
How to Avoid Outliving Your Retirement Savings, LA Times, 12.3.17
Architecture/Design Trends in Sr. Living Communities, Sr. Housing, 12.1.17
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
The Paradox of Old Age, NY Times, 12.29.17
A Personal To-Do List for Aging, Next Avenue, 12.22.17
There is No Such Thing as Old Age Anymore, Time, 12.20.17
Top Travel Trends 2018, AARP, 12.20.17
How Healthy is Your State, STAT, 12.15.17
About the Freebird Club for Age 50+ Travel, Next Avenue, 12.14.17
Women More Unhappy Than Men Until Age 85, London Times, 12.14.17
Common Psychological Traits in Group of Italians Age 90 to 101, SciBlog, 12.13.17
7 Unbreakable Rules of Grandparenting, Next Avenue, 12.13.17
For Older Venezuelans, Fleeing Country Means Starting Over, NYTimes, 12.10.17
10 Countries Where Your Money Goes Farthest, Smarter Travel, 12.10.17
Travel 2017: 6 Things that Changed, Smarter Travel, 12.6.17
7 Tips for Planning Your Tomb Stone Memorial, Next Avenue, 12.6.17
Life Would Be Better If We Faced Up to Death, London Times, 12.2.17
The New 7 Wonders of the World, NY Times, 12.2.17
Business/Work/Technology/Products
How Big Tech is Going After Your Health Care, NY Times, 12.27.17
The Latest Vision-Loss Technology, Next Avenue, 12.27.17
Meet Bella, a Digital Pet Caring for the Elderly, Reuters, 12.20.17
Top 7 Start-Ups for Souped-Up Senior Care, Forbes, 12.20.17
Working Part-Time in Retirement, Next Avenue, 12.20.17
How AI Will Transform the Economy, NY Times, 12.4.17
What a Smart Home Might Look Like, Sr. Housing, 12.4.17
NOVEMBER 2017
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Alzheimer's Projections by State, AARP, 11.30.17
Preparing for the Worst, A Mindful Solution, SciBlog, 11.29.17
PSTD and Cancer, Kaiser, 11.21.17
Why Amish in This Indiana Town Live Longer and Healthier, SciBlog, 11.17.17
First Brain Training Game to Successfuly Reduce Dementia Risk, SciBlog, 11.17.17
What to Say to Someone Who is Feeling Down, ThriveGlobal, 11.17.17
To Be Older (Over age 58) is to Be Happy, Squared Away, 11.16.17
Tapeworm Drug Fights Prostate Cancer, SciBlog, 11.16.17
Photo Essay--Inside the Solitary Life of an Alzheimer's Sufferer, WashPost, 11.16.17
Defects in Cell's Waste Disposal System Linked to Parkinson's, SciBlog, 11.15.17
What Causes Depression, Harvard Med, 11.15.17
The Secret to a Longer Life May or May Not Be in Your DNA, NY Times, 11.14.17
Eating for Healthy Eyes, Tufts, 11.14.17
48 Minutes of Exercise per Week Reduces Immobility Disabilities, Tufts, 11.14.17
Bill Gates Invests $100 Million in Dementia Research, Sr. Housing, 11.14.17
Gut Microbiota and Cancer, SciBlog, 11.12.17
Anti-Aging is Now Taboo, Enter the Realm of Clean Beauty, WSJ, 11.11.17
Why Intermittent Fasting May Increase Lifespan, SciBlog, 11.5.17
Washington State, Medical-Aid in Dying & Dementia, Kaiser, 11.3.17
Lower Cancer Risk with Aspirin, Atlanta Journal, 11.2.17
Confronting Stereotypes, Kaiser, 11.2.17
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
Senator Rubio Tells a Secret About Tax Cut, LA Times, 11.30.17
Health Care Costs for Seniors Will Increase Under New Tax Plan, AARP, 11.28.17
Surprise Ambulance Bills, A Consumer's Guide, Kaiser, 11.27.17
Telemedicine is On Its Way, Sr. Housing, 11.27.17
Navigating the Medicare Enrollment Conundrum, SquaredAway, 11.21.17
Relationship Between Medicare and Social Security, Reuters, 11.21.17
HHS Concerned About Medicare's Long-Term Sustainability, ModHealth, 11.21.17
New Massachusetts Law Helps Family Caregivers, AARP, 11.20.17
FBI Raids Florida Stores That Sell Drugs From Canada, Kaiser, 11.20.17
How Medicare Could Change Under New Tax Bill, LA Times, 11.18.17
Medicare Seeks Comments on How to Lower Part D Drug Costs, Kaiser, 11.17.17
New Role for First Responders(EMTs)--Providing In-Home Care, STAT, 11.17.17
How Older Patients Can Dodge Pitfalls of Health Care System, Kaiser, 11.16.17
Oops, New Tax Plan Could Cut Medicare and More, Roll Call, 11.15.17
Is Family Doctor Style Medicine Better Than Hospitalized, STAT, 11.15.17
Tax Reform Math Hinges on Cutting Medicare, Reuters, 11.10.17
Medicare Trap/Health Saving Accounts When Working Past 65, LA Times, 11.7.17
Medicare Part D Enrollees & High Out-of-Pocket Drug Costs, Kaiser, 11.7.17
Britain's First Accident/Emergency Hospital Unit for Elderly, London Times, 11.7.17
Smartphone Medical Consultations Start in Britain, London Times, 11.6.17
House Votes to Real Medicare Cost-Cutting Board, Kaiser, 11.3.17
Record Number Dying Waiting for Hospital Appointments, LondonTimes, 11.3.17
Rising Health Insurance Costs Frighten Some Retires, Kaiser, 11.1.17
Retirement/Housing/Financial
Impact of Potential Tax Cuts on Seniors, Squared Away, 11.30.17
Boomers' Mortgage Debt Predicament, Squared Away, 11.30.17
A Lonely Death in Japan, NY Times, 11.30.17
An Argument for Mandatory Retirement, Next Avenue, 11.29.17
Another New Senior Living Model, Sr. Housing, 11.28.17
Social Security Changes for 2018, AARP, 11.27.17
Start Retirement Savings at Birth, Boston Globe, 11.23.17
Staffing Crisis Keeps Bad Employees in Senior Living Too Long, Sr.Housing, 11.16.17
Minnesota Sr. Home Residents Risk Eviction When They Complain, StarTri, 11.15.17
Where's the Assistance in Assisted Living, Next Avenue, 11.15.17
What's Cohousing All About, Kaiser, 11.8.17
Best and Worst States to Grow Old, Care.com, 11.4.17
Interior Designers Learn to Make Home Life Easier, STAT, 11.3.17
Older Savers Inch Ahead with Hot Stock Market, SquaredAway, 11.2.17
Gamification Therapy Takes Hold in Senior Communities, Sr. Housing, 11.1.17
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
9 Wearable Travel Accessories, Smarter Travel, 11.29.17
Driving After Age 65, SciBlog/AARP, 11.29.17
You Are Getting Better with Age, So Should Your Makeup, NY Times, 11.18.17
52 Places to Go, NY Times, 11.18.17
747 Passenger Service Nearing Its End, USA Today, 11.12.17
Build Your Own Coffin Clubs in New Zealand, Next Avenue, 11.8.17
Wireless Phone Charging at Airports, Smarter Travel, 11.5.17
10 Natural Wonders at Risk to Climate Change, Smarter Travel, 11.3.17
Less is More--It's Time to Declutter, London Times, 11.2.17
Finding Your Next Act--Looking Back to Move Ahead, Next Avenue, 11.1.17
Business/Technology/Products
Kranzberg's Six Laws of Technology, WSJ, 11.27.17
Earning Money in the Future Without Jobs, TED, 11.16.17
Understanding the Older Female Consumer, Next Avenue, 11.15.17
Ray Kurzweil Interview--Impact of Technology on Aging, Fighting Aging, 11.12.17
10 Reasons to Become a Boomer Entrepreneur, Next Avenue, 11.1.17
OCTOBER 2017
Health/Longevity/Aging/Science
Frailty and Surgery, NY Times, 10.31.17
Health Benefits of Laughing Yoga, STAT, 10.31.17
How to Embrace Getting Old, Smarter Living, 10.30.17
Montomorency Tart Cherry Juice Good for Insomniacs, SciBlog, 10.29.17
Hospice at Home, Missed Support Visits and Neglect, Kaiser, 10.27.17
Report on Dementia Caregivers, U. of Michigan, 10.26.17
Transplantion of Young Cells Could Aid in Cancer Treatment, SciBlog, 10.25.17
Dementia Drug Being Pushed on Nursing Home Residents, Next Avenue, 10.25.17
A Vaccine that May Prevent Alzheimer's, London Times, 10.24.17
What to Eat for Breakfast, Harvard Med, 10.23.17
Uneeded Scans, Therapy, Surgery Add to Patient Ills, Kaiser, 10.23.17
Air Pollution and Life Expectancy, SciBlog, 10.18.17
Childhood Poverty May Increase Biological Age in Women, SciBlog, 10.17.17
Skipping Breakfast May Hurt Your Heart Health, AARP, 10.17.17
Get SMART About Setting Goals As You Age, Harvard Med, 10.16.17
Learning and Staying in Shape Key to Longer Lifespan, SciBlog, 10.14.17
Aging Slows Perception of Falls, SciBlog, 10.11.17
Common Acid Reflux Medications Promote Chronic Liver Disease, SciBlog, 10.10.17
In Good Form--Physicians Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment, Kaiser, 10.10.17
On Death and Dying, STAT, 10.10.17
Lifestyle Changes May Prevent 90% of Alzheimer's Cases, London Times, 10.7.17
Insightful Talks on Aging, NIC, 10.4.17
Maybe Today Is the Day To Talk About End-of-Life Care, STAT, 10.3.17
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
Republican Idea For Reducing Medicare Costs, NY Times, 10.30.17
Congress Putting Squeeze on Social Security Services, LA Times, 10.24.17
Communities Struggle to Meet Growing Needs of Seniors, Sr.Housing, 10.24.17
Snagging the Best Medicare Advantage Plan, CNBC, 10.19.17
More on the Medicare Vs Medicare Advantage Debate, Kaiser, 10.19.17
Hospitals Buy Nursing Homes for Medicaid Dollars, Kaiser, 10.18.17
Social Care Crisis in Scotland, London Times, 10.18.17
Medicare Open Enrollment FAQs, Kaiser, 10.16.17
Annual Medicare Enrollment Begins--What to Know, Tampa Bay Times, 10.13.17
FDA Approves Record Number of Generic Drugs, STAT, 10.13.17
Make Your Own Meds, STAT, 10.12.17
Medicare Advg Plan Ratings Unchanged from Last Year, ModernHealth, 10.12.17
Advanced Directives, Dementia and VSED, Kaiser, 10.12.17
The Privatization of Medicare, Kaiser, 10.9.17
Idaho/Utah Seniors Pay Highest Medicare Rx Premiums, IdahoStatesmen, 10.6.17
Adult Caregivers Undertrained & Overwhelmed, STAT, 10.6.17
Trade off Between Medicare Adv. & Traditional Medicare, Kaiser, 10.5.17
Solving the Home-Care Crisis in the UK, London Times, 10.4.17
Staggering Price of Long-Term Care, Next Avenue, 10.4.17
Retirement/Housing/Financial
Designing a Home for Aging in Place, Architectural Digest, 10.26.17
Fastest Growing Rental Markets for Older Adults, Sr. Housing, 10.25.17
What It Takes To Attract Younger Seniors to CCRCs, Sr. Housing, 10.23.17
Trends in Nonprofit Senior Living, Sr. Housing, 10.18.17
Age-Related Demographic Shift Changing Senior Living, Sr. Housing, 10.18.17
Out-of-Pocket Medical Spending & Retirement Income, Squared Away, 10.17.17
Social Security Numbers Could Be Replaced, AARP, 10.16.17
When to Take Social Security, Squared Away, 10.12.17
Reverse Retirement on the Upswing, Yahoo, 10.11.17
100 Best Places to Retire in US, US News, 10.11.17
Worker Demands Ease Up After Age 50, Squared Away, 10.5.17
Financial Stress by Age Group, Squared Away, 10.5.17
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
25 Happiest Cities in US, National Geographic, 10.31.17
Falafel War in Paris' Old Jewish Quarter, LA Times, 10.30.17
The Truth About Car Rental Insurance, SmarterTravel, 10.28.17
10 Hidden Vacation Spots Around the World, SmarterTravel, 10.23.17
9 States Will Require Passports for Domestic Travel, Esquire, 10.16.17
7 Travel Gadgets That Really Work, SmarterTravel, 10.16.17
Hotel Security in Wake of Las Vegas Shootings, SmarterTravel, 10.15.17
What a British Photographer Discovered About Aging, London Times, 10.12.17
Top 10 Things Americans Fear the Most, SciBlog, 10.11.17
The Most Affordable Time To Travel To Bucket Destinations, TripAdvisor, 10.6.17
Countries That Require Visas, SmarterTravel, 10.4.17
10 Tips for Stretching Your Hotel Dollars, AARP, 10.4.17
The 'Gotcha' Word in Travel Insurance, SmarterTravel, 10.2.17
Business/Technology/Products
Top 5 Tech Trends in Healthy Longevity, Aging in Place Tech, 10.30.17
Global Coalition on Aging, Aging in Place Tech Watch, 10.26.17
Sample of Companies Exhibiting at Aging Tech Conference, Aging 2.0, 10.25.17
8 Technology Challenges to Improve the Lives of Older Adults, Aging2.0, 10.20.17
10 Promising Job Fields for the Over 50 Crowd, AARP, 10.19.17
What the Rise in AI Means to Doctors, STAT, 10.17.17
Best Buy and Amazon Offer In-Home Care Services for Seniors, StarTrib, 10.4.17
SEPTEMBER 2017
Health/Longevity/Medical/Science
Positive Outlook May Mean Better Sleep, Harvard Med, 9.29.17
The Top 50 Influencers in Aging, Next Avenue, 9.29.17
The Last Happy Doctor, Charlotte Observer, 9.27.17
4 Tricks to Rev Up Your Memory, Harvard Med, 9.27.17
Coping with Frozen Grief, NextAvenue, 9.27.17
Losing Weight at Any Age Leads to Cost Savings, SciBlog, 9.26.17
Smile When You Get Your Next Flu Shot, London Times, 9.26.17
Personalized Treatment Plans for Dementia, SciBlog, 9.25.17
Exercise Can Make Cells Healthier & Promote Long Life, SciBlog, 9.25.17
Parkinson's Suffers in Britain Denied Drug Made in US, London Times, 9.25.17
AI Predicts Alzheimer's 10-Years Before Symptoms Appear, London Times, 9.20.17
Longevity in Context, SciBlog, 9.19.17
The Secret to Happiness is a Good Night Sleep, London Times, 9.19.17
Memory Care Program from Australia, Sr. Housing, 9.17.17
Time Perception and Age, SciBlog, 9.16.17
An Algorithm to Predict Parkinson's Disease, SciBlog, 9.15.17
Health Benefits of Putting Off Retirement, HarvardMed, 9.15.17
Alcohol Abuse Rising in Older Adults, NY Times, 9.15.17
Mechanism Found That Ties Calorie Restriction and Longevity, SciBlog, 9.14.17
What College Students and Older Adults May Have in Common, SciBlog, 9.14.17
How to Embrace Getting Old, NY Times, 9.13.17
3 Vaccines Older Adults Need, Next Avenue, 9.13.17
Test for Prostate Cancer Gets Stronger Backing, Georgia Health, 9.12.17
Life Expectancy in Britain Trails Other European Countries, London Times, 9.11.17
Scratch and Sniff Test Can Predict Parkinson's, SciBlog, 9.7.17
Mouse Study Shows Ketogentic Diet Increases Longevity, SciBlog, 9.6.17
The Secret to Chronic Happiness As You Age, Kaiser, 9.5.17
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
Medicare Advantage Shopping Rules, SquaredAway, 9.28.17
Nursing Home-Medicaid Conundrum, Kaiser, 9.28.17
An Insider's Guide to High Drug Prices, Kaiser, 9.27.17
Money-Saving Offer for Medicare Late Enrollees to Expire, Kaiser, 9.22.17
HHS Hints at Major Changes to Medicare, STAT, 9.22.17
Uncovering the Hidden World of Caregiving with CareMaps, Kaiser, 9.21.17
New Medicare Card Rollout to Fight Fraud & ID Theft, NPR, 9.15.17
House Committee May Look Into Nursing Home Oversight, TheHill, 9.15.17
US Uninsured Rate Drops As More People Age into Medicare, WSJ, 9.14.17
Demand to Make Elderly Abuse a Hate Crime in Scotland, London Times, 9.13.17
CMS Proposes Changes to Medicare Home Health Payments, ModHealth, 9.12.17
Gov't to Close Medigap F&C Plans for New Participants in 2020, ChiTrib, 9.12.17
Medigap Vs Medicare Advantage Plans, Squared Away, 9.7.17
Retirement/Housing/Financial
The New Reality--I'm Going to Work Until I Die, WashPost, 9.3.17
Labor Shortage Contributing to Assisted Living Rent Increases, Sr. Housing, 9.27.17
Hurricane Irma/Why Did Nursing Home Residents Have to Die, USAToday, 9.22.17
Concierge-Style Condos on the Rise, Sr. Housing, 9.22.17
Pension Crooks at Work in the UK, London Times, 9.21.17
Plan for a Senior Living Community for Former NFL Players, Sr. Housing, 9.21.17
Nursing Home Disaster Plans Faulted As Paper Tigers, Kaiser, 9.20.17
HUD's New Reverse Mortgage Rules Start Oct. 2, AARP, 9.18.17
Why It's So Hard For Americans to Save for Retirement, WashPost, 9.17.17
Thinking of Moving? Check State Tax Rates, Squared Away, 9.14.17
Impact of Raising Children on Retirement Savings, Squared Away, 9.12.17
Trending/Month-to-Month Leasing Agreements at CCRCs, Sr. Housing, 9.7.17
Hurricane Harvey/Vulnerable Older Adults at Risk, NY Times, 9.5.17
Continuing Care at Home (CCaH), CCRCs without Walls, Sr. Housing, 9.5.17
Lifestyle/Travel/Leisure
5 Ways to Make Your Visit to a New City More Fruitful, SmarterTravel, 9.25.17
What to Do If Your Phone is Stolen, SmarterTravel, 9.24.17
A Free Movie/If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast, HBO, 9.23.17
Learning to Live Alone with Roommates, Next Avenue, 9.20.17
Avoid Hefty Airport Money Exchange Rates, SmarterTravel, 9.19.17
Dining Discounts for Older Adults, AARP, 9.19.17
New Driver's License Requirements for US Airport Security, WashPost, 9.19.17
The Best Travel Credit Cards, NextAdvisor, 9.17.17
The Best Things to See in NY, Paris, Berlin, London Times, 9.17.17
12 Scenic Rail Trips, AARP, 9.15.17
One Elderly Couples Decision to Stay in Place During Irma, LA Times, 9.13.17
Medicare Abroad, What You Need To Know, Intl Living, 9.11.17
Over-Tourism, Where Should You Go Instead, Smarter Travel, 9.11.17
Lifetime National Park Pass to Get More Expensive, Money, 9.11.17
11 Trips You Need to Take After Retirement, Travel+Leisure, 9.11.17
October is Best Month to Buy Air Tickets, AARP, 9.11.17
Business/Technology/Products
Ageism in Tech Companies, Bloomberg, 9.27.17
5 Old Technologies That Deserve a Second Look, NextAvenue, 9.27.17
How Virtual Reality Improves Senior Living, HealthTech, 9.25.17
China Rushes to Surpass US in Decoding Genes to Fight Disease, WSJ, 9.20.17
The Future of Robots in Senior Living, Sr. Housing, 9.18.17
New Assisted Shaving Razor from Gillette, Sr. Housing, 9.18.17
Aging2.0 Conference, SF, November 14-15, 9.15.17
The Business of Longevity, NY Conference Nov. 1, Next Avenue, 9.13.17
Using Amazon's Alexa As a Home Health Aide, CNBC, 9.6.17
How Wearable Technology Makes Sr. Living Smarter, Sr. Housing, 9.5.17
AUGUST 2017
Health/Longevity/Medical/Science
Dance More, Age Less, SciBlog, 8.26.17
Link Between Vitamin B12/B6 and Lung Cancer, SciBlog, 8.23.17
Link Between Gum Disease and Dementia, London Times, 8.22.17
Alzheimer's and Your DNA, STAT, 8.22.17
Stop Overeating with Walnuts, SciBlog, 8.19.18
Constipation, Another Health Issue on the Rise, STAT, 8.18.17
Asthma, More Deadly With Age, Kaiser, 8.17.17
Arthritis in Knees, a Preventable Disease, London Times, 8.15.17
Medication Errors on the Rise, AARP, 8.14.17
World's Oldest Man, Holocaust Survivor, Passes Away, Jerusalem Post, 8.13.17
Fight Frailty With Short Intense Bursts of Exercise, SciBlog, 8.5.17
Does Prostate Cancer Screening Matter, Harvard Med, 8.4.17
Places Where Seniors Are Most/Least Likely to Take Their Pills, STAT, 8.4.17
Study Links Gum Disease and Cancer in Older Women, SciBlog, 8.2.17
Give Statins to Men Over 60, Women Over 75, London Times, 8.1.17
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
Medicare Benefit Pays for End-of-Life Plannng, Kaiser, 8.14.17
Trump-Backed Immigration Plan Could Hurt Sr. Housing, Sr. Housing, 8.7.17
Plan to Partially Privatize Medicare Moving Forward, Buffalo News, 8.3.17
Medicaid Home-Based Services Up in the Air, Kaiser, 7.31.17
How To Get Long-Term Care Without Busting the Bank, Kaiser, 7.27.17
Lifestyle/Retirement/Housing/Financial
Spotlight on Suing Nursing Homes for Elderly Abuse, LA Times, 8.23.17
Must Have Estate Planning Documents, Next Avenue, 8.23.17
Dying Together Was Their Deepest Wish, Euthanasia/Holland, WashPost, 8.18.17
Best and Worst States to Grow Old, Sr. Housing, 8.18.17
Women Spending Fewer Years in Marriage, Squared Away, 8.17.17
What to Do If a Medical Bill Triggers Sticker Shock, Kaiser/WSJ, 8.16.17
New Elder Orphans Facebook Group for Adults Aging Alone, WBUR, 8.16.17
Should You Sell Your Home When You Retire, Next Avenue, 8.16.17
Town Square Concept for Dementia Care Gaining Traction, Sr. Housing, 8.16.17
Stop Treating 70-and 90-Year-Olds the Same, NY Times, 8.14.17
Poverty Risk in Old Age from Pension Ignorance, London Times, 8.14.17
Saving for a Pension, An Impossible Task for Millennials, London Times, 8.13.17
Crash Pad Apartments for Young Seniors, Sr. Housing, 8.12.17
Best Places to Retire Abroad, Next Avenue, 8.9.17
Four Country Survey on End-of-Life Care, Next Avenue, 8.9.17
Cannabis 101, Sr. Housing, 8.7.17
Loneliness May Be Greater Public Health Hazard Than Obesity, SciBlog, 8.6.17
Beware of New Social Security Scam, AARP, 8.5.17
Reverse Mortgage Survey Results, Squared Away, 8.3.17
What Adult Siblings Fight Over the Most, Next Avenue, 8.2.17
Many People Still Sidestepping End-of-Life Planning, Kaiser, 8.1.17
Business/Technology
New AI Predicts Dementia/Alzheimer's 2 Years Before Onset, SciBlog, 8.23.17
Winner of Contest At International Gerontology Conference, AgingTech, 7.31.17
IBM Study on Using Technology to Fight Loneliness, IBM, 7.20.17
New Stairs Technology to Help Elders Remain Independent, SciBlog, 7.15.17
Using Technology to Seal Your Legacy, Kaiser, 7.14.17
JULY 2017
Health/Medical/Science
Biomarkers May Lead to Alzheimer's Diagnosis/Treatment, SciBog, 7.31.17
Everyday Pill Could Stop Dementia, London Times, 7.31.17
Dementia--New Substance May Improve Brain Function, SciBlog, 7.29.17
What Pediatrics Can Teach Us About Aging Well, Next Avenue, 7.26.17
So You Want to Live to 100?, Yahoo UK, 7.26.17
Over-The Counter Hearing Aids Nearly Equal to High Cost Devices, Kaiser, 7.25.17
Being Neurotic May Help You Live Longer, SciBlog, 7.24.17
9 Modifiable Health & Lifestyle Factors May Prevent Dementia, BBC, 7.20.17
Treatment for Low Back Pain, Harvard Med, 7.17.17
Daily Crosswords Linked to Sharper Brain Later in Life, SciBlog, 7.17.17
High Alzheimer's Rate in African-Americans May Be Tied to Poverty, NPR, 7.17.17
Frank's Sign--Earlobe Crease Could Predict Risk of Stroke, AARP, 7.15.17
Mitochondria Role in Aging, SciBlog, 7.14.17
15% of Men Regret Prostate Cancer Treatment, STAT, 7.14.17
Changing What You Eat Can Change How Soon You Will Die, STAT, 7.14.17
Are You Feeling a Little Lightheaded, Harvard Med, 7.13.17
Link Between Sleep and Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 7.11.17
Drinking Coffee Could Lead to a Longer Life, SciBlog, 7.11.17
Pressure-Sore Skin Test for Early Detection of Dementia, Jerusalem Post, 7.10.17
The Limits of End-of-Life Advance Directives, STAT, 7.7.17
Link Between Air Pollution and Premature Death in Elderly, SciBlog,7.4.17
Living Home Longer--MIND Program for Dementia, Next Ave., 7.4.17
Healthcare/Insurance/Government
Medicaid Home-Based Services Up in the Air, Kaiser, 7.31.17
How To Get Long-Term Care Without Busting the Bank, Kaiser, 7.27.17
How To Lower Sky-High Drug Prices, LA Times, 7.27.17
Why People Don't Buy Long-Term Care Insurance, Next Avenue, 7.26.17
Fixing the Long-Term Care Cost Dilemma, Next Avenue, 7.20.17
Nursing Homes Offer Medicare Advantage Plans, Kaiser, 7.13.17
How Much Long-Term Care Do Adult Children Provide, Boston College, 7.13.17
Program Helping Patients Leave Nursing Homes Could Face Cuts, STAT, 7.11.17
Call for Tax to Care of Elderly at Home in Ireland, London Times, 7.10.17
Nursing Home Performance and Medicare/Medicaid, Kaiser, 7.7.17
As Seniors Get Sicker, More Likely to Drop Medicare Adv. Programs, Kaiser, 7.6.17
Lifestyle/Retirement/Housing/Financial
How to Get The Most Out of Retirement, Next Avenue, 7.28.17
Which Generation Leaves the Highest Tips, AARP, 7.27.17
Items Worth Holding Onto As You Age, Next Avenue, 7.26.17
Why Families Experience Assisted Living Sticker Shock, Sr. Housing, 7.26.17
Hot Trends in Memory-Care Dining, Sr. Housing, 7.26.17
Jump Starting the End-of-Life Planning Conversation, Kaiser, 7.25.17
How Other Countries Are Preparing for an Aging Population, AARP, 7.21.17
Retro Fitting Your Home Using Reverse Mortgage, Squared Away, 7.20.17
101-Year-Old Woman Breaks 100 Yard Dash Record, ESPN, 7.16.17
What Age is Considered Old Nowadays, CBS MoneyWatch, 7.14.17
Japan's Corpse Hotels for the Living and Dearly Departed, NY Times, 7.2.17
Business/Technology
Winner of Contest At International Gerontology Conference, AgingTech, 7.31.17
IBM Study on Using Technology to Fight Loneliness, IBM, 7.20.17
New Stairs Technology to Help Elders Remain Independent, SciBlog, 7.15.17
Using Technology to Seal Your Legacy, Kaiser, 7.14.17
Occupancy Rates in Senior Housing Complexes Dropping, Sr. Housing, 7.14.17
Soft and Stretchy Fabric-Based Sensors for Wearable Technology, SciBlog, 7.13.17
4 Boston Startups Focused on the Elderly, BostInno, 7.13.17
JUNE 2017
Health/Medical/Longevity
Tips for a Long, Healthy Life from Bapan, China, WSJ, 6.29.17
Stress Relief Tips, Harvard Med, 6.27.17
Male Health Care Workers Face Discrimination, Sr. Housing, 6.27.17
Why Snoring Gets Worse with Age, Next Avenue, 6.23.17
Sex Improves Cognitive Function in Older Adults, London Times, 6.22.17
Extra-Virgin Olive Oil, Preserving Memory and Alzheimer's, SciBlog, 6.21.17
Want to Live Past 100?, Next Avenue, 6.21.17
What Older Adults Can Learn from Babies, SciBlog, 6.17.17
The Obesity Paradox--Extra Pounds Later in Life May Be Protective, STAT, 6.14.17
Good Posture and Aging, Harvard Med, 6.14.17
How-To Videos for Family Caregivers, Next Avenue, 6.14.17
5 Reasons You Can't Sleep, AARP, 6.13.17
A Guide to Men's Health, Age Fifty and Forward, Harvard Med, 6.13.17
Of Mice, Men and the $300 Fasting Diet to Live Longer, STAT, 6.13.17
Longevity Research on Restricting Caloric Intake, Fighting Aging, 6.11.17
Does Medicare's Free Annual Wellness Visit Do Any Good, STAT, 6.9.17
Chronic Pain Linked to Increased Dementia Risk, SciBlog, 6.8.17
Health Span Versus Lifespan, Predicting the Future, SciBlog, 6.7.17
The Reason Loma Linda (California) Residents Live Longer, LA Times, 6.4.17
Brain Health and Playing a Musical Instrument, ScienceBlog, 6.2.17
Dying is Happier than You Think, ScienceBlog, 6.2.17
Misdiagnosis of Macular Degeneration By Trained Professionals, AARP, 6.2.17
Using Stem Cells to Bring Back the Clinically Dead, STAT, 6.2.17
Incentives to Dr.s Who Reduce Drugs Given to Elderly, London Times, 6.1.17
Government
Trumpcare Could Bring Back Nursing Home Abuse, NY Times, 6.27.17
Nursing Home Residents Right to Sue Under Attack, LA Times, 6.13.17
The Latest Enrollment Stats on Medicare Advantage Programs, Kaiser, 6.6.17
Feds To Waive Penalties for Late Medicare Signups, Kaiser, 6.6.17
Louisiana, Medical Tourism and Proton Therapy for Cancer, STAT, 6.2.17
Lifestyle/Housing/Financial
No One Wants to Be Old, Kaiser, 6.26.17
Technology Making Elder Financial Abuse Easier, Boston Globe, 6.25.17
Retired and Still Paying Off the Mortgage, London Times, 6.24.17
8 Countries Where Your Retirement Dollars Go a Long Way, Next Ave., 6.21.17
Johns Hopkins In-Home Program Shows Big Results, Sr. Housing, 6.21.17
Therapy Dogs Provide Comfort at Funeral Homes, Boston Globe, 6.19.17
Some Seniors Just Want to Be Left Alone, Kaiser, 6.15.17
Japan's Bold Steps to Help the Elderly, Globe & Mail (Toronto), 6.14.17
Retiring to Manhattan is Not For Everyone, NY Times, 6.11.17
Why Time Speeds Up As We Age, AARP, 6.9.17
Hemp Homes for Seniors, Senior Housing, 6.9.17
More Economically Disadvantaged Srs living With Family, Boston College, 6.8.17
Organizing Photos Goes Pro, Aging in Place Tech Watch, 6.8.17
Help for Pets of Dying Owners, Next Avenue, 6.7.17
How Much Long-Term Care Do Adult Children Provide, Boston College, 6.6.17
They've Still Got Bucket Lists at Age 92 and 97, Kaiser, 6.5.17
Building a Network of People to Rely On When You Need Help, 6.1.17, Kaiser
Business/Technology
Senior Planet's Hackathon, Next Avenue, 6.30.17
3-D Printing and Senior Housing, Sr. Housing, 6.29.17
HomeEXCEPT, AARPs Innovation Champion Award Winner, Aging in Place, 6.27.17
Chinese Firm in Talks to Buy US's Largest Sr. Living Provider, Sr. Housing, 6.14.17
Why Doctor's Office Visits May Become Obsolete, SF Chronicle, 6.13.17
Semi-Finalists in Aging2.0 Global Startup Search, Aging2.0, 6.1.17
MAY 2017
Health/Medical/Longevity
Pillow Talk, AARP, 5.31.17
Promising Research on Halting Spread of Cancer, ScienceBlog, 5.29.17
Influx of Elderly Patients Forces ERs to Practice Comfort Care, Kaiser, 5.26.17
Teaching Hospitals have Lower Mortality Rates for Older People, STAT, 5.24.17
Stressing Brain with Technology May Reduce Aging Diseases, ScienceBlog, 5.22.17
The Future of Academic Aging Research, Fighting Aging, 5.21.17
Dialysis Companies Maximize Profits at Patients' Expense, John Oliver, 5.19.17
Loneliness in Seniors Can Be Erased, Kaiser, 5.19.17
Medicare Patients Fare Worse with Older Doctors, STAT, 5.19.17
Adopting Heart-Healthy Habits Can Save Money & Lives, Harvard Med, 5.17.17
Electrodes Implanted in Brain to Treat Parkinson's, ScienceBlog, 5.17.17
Eye Drops Replace Shots for Treating Macular Degeneration, ScienceBlog, 5.16.17
My Plate for Older Adults, Tufts, 5.16.17
More on the Methuselah Foundation, FightingAging, 5.14.17
A New Program in the Fight Against Loneliness, STAT, 5.9.17
US Life Expectancy Varies From County to County, WashPost, 5.8.17
Making a Difference in the Battle Against Aging, Fighting Aging, 5.7.17
Prostate Cancer Treatment and Over Diagnosis, STAT, 5.5.17
A Glimmer of Hope in Alzheimer's Battle, STAT, 5.2.17
Government
Medicare Plans to Replace SS Numbers on Cards, ABC News, 5.31.17
How the Proposed AHCA Bill Could Hurt You, AARP, 5.23.17
Give Now to Save Medicare, National Committee, 5.21.17
Millions of over-75s Could Lose Free TV Licenses, The Times (London), 5.21.17
Women Get Bigger Social Security Bump, Squared Away, 5.18.17
Thousands Hit By New Elderly Care Costs, The Times (London), 5.18.17
A Whistle Blower Tells of Health Insurers Bilking Medicare, NY Times, 5.16.17
May is Older Americans Month, Admin. for Community Living (ACL), 5.16.17
Percent of Income Medicare Participants Pay for Health Care, CNBC, 5.15.17
Helping Older Adults Age in Place, Next Avenue, 5.10.17
Winners and Losers in New Healthcare Bill, STAT, 5.5.17
8 Ways the New Healthcare Bill Could Be Hazardous, AARP, 5.4.17
Gov't Funded Long-Term Care Ombudsman Office, Kaiser, 5.2.17
Lifestyle/Housing/Financial
Changing Careers at Age 60, Next Avenue, 5.31.17
A Ride Service Geared for Older Adults, Next Avenue, 5.31.17
How Mexico is Luring American Assisted Living Residents, Sr. Housing, 5.31.17
Only 33% of Older Americans Have Saved for Long-Term Care, Sr. Housing, 5.26.17
More Older People Work Full-Time Instead of Part-Time, Sq Away, 5.25.17
AARP Launches New Job Search Site for 50+ Crowd, AARP, 5.25.17
Average Monthly Rents Across the Senior Housing Landscape, Sr. Housing, 5.24.17
Elder Concierge to the Rescue, NY Times, 5.21.17
Over 60 and Hip-Hop Dancing, NY Times, 5.21.17
Attracting Generation Z to Senior Care Jobs, Sr. Housing, 5.17.17
Lessons in Life from the Death of a Loved One, The Times (London), 5.16.17
Sorry, Nobody Wants Your Parents' Stuff, Next Avenue, 5.15.17
How to Spend an Inheritance, LA Times, 5.14.17
Termites and the Elderly, LA Times, 5.13.17
Healthiest States for Seniors, Sr. Housing News, 5.11.17
Going Above and Beyond in Senior Living Communities, Sr. Housing News, 5.11.17
China's Prosperity Eludes Aging Workers, WSJ, 5.17.17
How to Take Charge of Your Life Before It's To Late, Next Avenue, 5.10.17
Stop Separating Elderly Couples Says UK Judge, The Times (London), 5.10.17
Stress in Retirement Differs By Socioeconomic Group, ScienceBlog, 5.6.17
Obits That Keep You Laughing, AARP, 5.4.17
Welcome to Dementia Village, Next Avenue, 5.3.17
The Dark Side of Early Retirement, Yahoo Finance, 5.2.17
Business/Technology
Apple's Research Kit, STAT, 5.26.17
Microsoft Watch Could Help Alleviate Parkinson Tremors, AARP, 5.22.17
11 Apps That Will Change Your Life, NextAvenue/Grandparents, 5.19.17
5 New Technologies for Older Adults, Aging in Place Tech Watch, 5.18.17
Virtual Reality for Seniors, Wired, 5.4.17
Wireless Listening Systems in Senior Living Communities, Longevity, 5.4.17
APRIL 2017
Health/Medical/Longevity
97-Year-Old Fulfills Lifelong Dream, Good Morning America, 4.28.17
Stem Cells Edited to Fight Arthritis and Other Diseases, ScienceBlog, 4.28.17
Survey on End-of-Life Care, Comparing 4 Countries, Kaiser, 4.27.17
Mental Qigong as Good as Physical for Improving Health, ScienceBlog, 4.27.17
Italian-style Coffee May Reduce Risk of Prostate Cancer, ScienceBlog, 4.26.17
Ageism in Healthcare, Next Avenue, 4.26.17
Sound Waves Enhance Sleep and Memory in Older Adults, ScienceBlog, 4.25.19
Predicting People's Brain Age to Predict Early Death, ScienceBlog, 4.25.17
Sharing Medical Information with Adult Children, WSJ, 4.24.17
Should Hearing Aids Be Sold Over the Counter, NPR, 4.24.17
5 Part Series on How to Beat Aging, The Times (London), 4.24.17
Remembering the World's Oldest Person, NY Times, 4.21.17
More on Alzheimer's, Kaiser, 4.21.17
The Best Exercise for Aging Muscles, NY Times, 4.18.17
Blood Biomarkers May Predict Longevity, Washington Post, 4.16.17
Should You Get Screened for Prostate Cancer, STAT, 4.14.17
North Dakota, a Hot Spot for Alzheimer's Research, STAT, 4.14.17
Genes versus Happiness for a Longer Life, ScienceBlog, 4.12.17
Deep Sleep Might Act as Fountain of Youth, ScienceBlog, 4.7.17
African-Americans Distrustful of Hospice Care, STAT, 4.7.17
FDA Approves Simple Genetic Test for Alzheimer's and more, STAT, 4.7.17
Think Before You Eat--Diet and Alzheimer's, Kaiser, 4.6.17
Stress Relief Tips for Older Adults, Harvard Med.,4.5.17
3 New Super Foods for 2017, AARP, 4.1.17
Government
Gay Marriage, Access to SS and Survivor Benefits, Squared Away, 4.27.17
Small Practice Doctors Seek Tweak to Medicare Payment Rules, The Hill, 4.25.17
Police Departments Make Safety Calls to People Living Alone, WashPost, 4.24.17
Medicare for All, The Progressives Choice, CNN, 4.3.17
Let Judges Work Past Age 70 to Ease Shortage, The Times (London), 3.30.17
Lifestyle/Housing/Financial
Long-Term Care Insurance Goes Uptown, Squared Away, 4.27.17
Chik-fil-A and Senior Living, Senior Housing, 4.26.17
The Priciest Metros for Assisted Living, Senior Housing, 4.25.17
Living on a Cruise Ship--It's Cheaper Than You Think, Fox News, 4.24.17
Social Security, How Much Will I Collect at Age 70, The Motley Fool, 4.17.17
Hispanic Retirees: Low Savings, Long Life, Squared Away, 4.13.17
States with Highest/Lowest Tax Rates for Seniors, Yahoo/Money, 4.9.17
Elderly Overpaying for Utilities, The Times (London), 4.9.17
15 Ways Retirement Will Change in 2017, Next Avenue, 4.7.17
Which of 6 Major Retirement Paths Will You Follow, Next Avenue, 4.7.17
Doris Day at Age 95 or is That 93, AARP, 4.6.17
5 Countries That Welcome US Retirees to Live There, Next Avenue, 4.5.17
Aging Adults Move to Be Near Mom or Dad, Kaiser, 4.3.17
Business/Technology
Urban Design Trends in Senior Living, Senior Housing, 4.18.17
How Driveless Cars will Change Urban Parking Garages, LA Times, 4.16.17
The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Quartz, 4.12.17
To Be A Genius, Think Like a 94-Year-Old, NY Times, 4.7.17
3 Untapped Technologies for Senior Housing, Senior Housing, 4.6.17
New Tech Helps Shape Wellness in Sr. Living Communities, Senior Housing, 4.3.17
March 2017
Health/Medical/Longevity
Doctors Learn to Talk to Patients About Death and Dying, STAT, 3.28.17
Saving Money Through Pre-Hospice/Palliative Home Care, Kaiser, 3.27.17
Centenarians Share Secrets to Long Life, Kaiser, 3.27.17
Where You Live May Determine How You Die, Kaiser, 3.16.17
The Green Effect on Women and Mortality Rates, Harvard Medical, 3.13.17
Why Grown-Ups Need a Proper Bedtime, The Times (London), 3.11.17
Get Dental Work Before Retiring, Squared Away, 3.9.17
Blueberry Concentrate Improves Brain Function, ScienceBlog 3.7.17
Top US Hospitals Promote Unproven Therapies, STAT, 3.7.17
Scotland Facing Unprecedented Mortality Crisis, The Times (London), 3.5.17
Delirium versus Dementia, Next Avenue, 3.3.17
You May Want to Marry My Husband, NY Times, 3.3.17
Government
Let Judges Work Past Age 70 to Ease Shortage, The Times (London), 3.30.17
How to Save Meals on Wheels, The Daily Show, 3.29.17
What the US can Learn from Canada's Health Care System, STAT, 3.27.17
Universal Basic Income Debate Heats Up, CNBC, 3.27.17
Bernie Goes to Bat for Opening Drug Importation Laws, Kaiser, 3.22.17
How Proposed Medicaid Changes Could Affect People on Medicare, Kaiser, 3.20.17
Meals on Wheels By the Numbers, MarketWatch, 3.20.17
Bereaved Families in UK Hit With Stealth Death Tax, The Times (London), 3.19.17
Sticker Shock Forcing Medicare Patients to Skip Drugs/Treatment, Kaiser, 3.17.17
Ryancare versus Obamacare--What You Need To Know, Next Avenue, 3.17.17
A Separate Tax to Fund Health Care in Britain, The Times (London), 3.8.17
Republicans Unveil New Health Plan Setting Off Bitter Debate, NY Times, 3.7.17
Right-to-Try Proposal Gaining Momentum in Congress, STAT, 3.7.17
Moving Through Congress, A New Bill to Fight Age Discrimination, AARP, 3.3.17
What Hospitals Must Now Reveal to Medicare Patients, Next Avenue 3.3.17
Lifestyle/Housing/Financial
Older Adults Embrace Living Apart Together (LAT), Next Avenue, 3.29.17
Is Home Equity an Underutilized Retirement Asset, Squared Away, 3.28.17
Meet the World's Oldest Billionaires, AARP, 3.25.17
Health Care Reform--Some Advice to Senior Housing Execs, Senior Living, 3.24.17
Americans Are Dying with Average Debt of $62K, Credit.com/Yahoo
Ohio's Low Nursing Home Ratings Raise Concern, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 3.20.17
Sr. Living Execs Prepare For Boomer Wave Ahead, Senior Living, 3.20.17
Jimmy Buffett-inspired Senior Housing Coming to Florida, Curbed, 3.13.17
The Benefits of Aging in Place for Elderly in Public Housing, ScienceBlog, 3.8.17
Scottish Grocer Offers Relaxed Checkout for People with Dementia, AARP, 3.8.17
Design Tips for Calmer Memory Care, Senior Housing, 3.7.17
What I Wish I'd Known, From Elders to Kids, NY Times, 3.3.17
Why Men Have Trouble With Aging, WSJ, 3.2.17
Business/Technology
Getting Tech Right for Boomers in Senior Housing, Senior Living, 3.31.17
Unraveling the Mysteries of Aging, DNA Repair, Harvard Gazette, 3.29.17
Virtual Reality in Senior Living Communities, Senior Living, 3.28.17
Meet the Pup, Hasbro, 3.15.17
Samsung's Approach to Senior Living and Technology, Senior Housing, 3.9.17
This House was 3D-Printed in 24 Hours, Robots and More, Mashable, 3.8.17
AI is Driving the Real Health Care Transformation, VB, 3.8.17
More Jobs? Cuts at Boeing, 1,800 Take Buyouts, Seattle Times, 3.3.17
More Jobs? Cuts at Fidelity, 3,000 offered Buyout, Boston Bus. Journal, 3.1.17
February 2017
Health/Medical/Longevity
New Data on Life Expectancy to 2030, Imperial College/Fighting Aging, 2.26.17
Link between Sugar and Alzheimer's, ScienceBlog, 2.23.17
It's 10-a-Day for Fruits and Vegetables, The Times (London), 2.23.17
Scientists Slow Aging With Artificial Antioxidant, ScienceBlog, 2.17.17
HIV Now a Geriatric Disease for Aging Survivors, SF Chronicle, 2.16.17
Government
Congress Moves to Punish Anyone Using ACA & Medicare, HuffingtonPost, 2.28.17
The Latest Thinking on Proposed Changes to Medicare, AARP, 2.27.17
A Predicament: Under Funded Pension Programs, Washington Post, 2.22.17
Beware of the Incredibly Shrinking Social Security Check, Squared Away, 2.21.17
Tax Squeeze to Support an Aging Population, The Times (London), 2.18.17
More about the Prevention & Pub. Health Fund, Star Tribune, 2.17.17
New Retirement Savings Programs in Jeopardy, AARP, 2.16.17
Age Tax Legislation Moving Through Congress, AARP, 2.15.17
Trump Pick to Run Medicare, Chicago Tribune, 2.14.17
Social Care Crisis Needs a Japanese Solution, The Times (London), 2.6.17
Lifestyle/Financial
Retirement, Living Longer Without A Safety Net, NY Times, 2.27.17
Life Changes You, a 60-Year Study Finds, The Times (London), 2.21.17
Expat Calculator--Find Cities in Your Budget, LA Times, 2.15.17
States with Highest/Lowest Assisted Living Costs, Senior Housing, 2.15.17
Adapting to an Aging Citizenry in Japan, NY Times, 2.12.17
Shift to Home Care and Adult Day Care, Senior Housing, 2.8.17
Lessons on Aging Well from a 105-year-old Cyclist, NY Times, 2.8.17
Business/Technology
Warning from Gates, Musk, Hawkings on Robots, FreeCodeCamp, 2.22.17
What you need to know about a techno-utopian retirement, The Guardian, 2.22.17
A Guide to the $13.4 Billion Biodesign Industry, FastCo, 2.3.17
January 2017
Person-Centered Care Plans in Memory Care Communities, Senior Housing
Improving Senior Living Options, Zoning Laws, NY Times
Colorado's Catholic Hospitals Opt Out of Aid-in-Dying Law, STAT
Why People Don't Buy Long-Term Care Insurance, Next Avenue
Inaccurate Provider Information in Directories for Medicare Advantage Plans, CMS
What it Takes To Create Age-Friendly Cities, Guardian
First Wave of Eldercare Robots Coming Soon, Senior Living
Best Places in the World to Retire, Next Avenue
Some Out-of-the-Box Thinking on Aging in Place, Next Avenue
Ancillary Services Essential for Success in Senior Housing Industry, Senior Housing
Can You Really Move Back to Your Hometown, Next Avenue
Control Aging, the Telomere Effect, STAT
No Medical Evidence to Support Cryotherapy to Slow Aging and other Diseases, NY Times
2016 News and Trends