News tagged with aging baby boomers
Can mental training games help prevent Alzheimer's?
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Loss of thinking power is a fear shared by many aging baby boomers. That fear has resulted in a budding industry for brain training products - exercises such as Brain Age, Mindfit and My Brain Trainer - which in 2007 generated ...
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Home health shortages seen for boomers
Sep 27, 2006 |
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The in-home caregiver shortage in the United States is expected to worsen and cities aren't ready for aging baby boomers' health needs, two reports show.
Long-term care fraught with uncertainties for elderly baby boomers
Jul 09, 2008 |
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The continued decline of the nursing home — once the mainstay care for the frail elderly — and an upsurge in popularity of assisted living will lead to many dramatic changes in long-term care, according to a University of ...
Marriage's effect on lesbian and gay couples studied
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Legal recognition of same-sex relationships, including marriage, influences how gay and lesbian baby boomers prepare for late life and end of life issues. Unmarried same-sex couples may suffer greater fear and anxiety around ...
Obesity rates rising, Mississippi's still fattest (Update)
Jul 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.
A therapy for baby boomers to sleep on
Aug 15, 2008 |
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If you're over 55 and have spent more than a few sleepless nights, you're not alone -- insomnia affects about half of all people over 55 -- but you may also be at increased risk for physical and mental ailments.
Americans living longer, enjoying greater health and prosperity, but important disparities remain
Mar 27, 2008 |
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Average life expectancy continues to increase, and today’s older Americans enjoy better health and financial security than any previous generation. However, rates of gain are inconsistent between the genders and across age ...
Older workforce requires variety of recruitment strategies
Jul 08, 2008 |
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Employers globally are facing challenges and needs posed by baby-boom generation employees. A new Penn State study of 208 U.S. employers found a wide range of strategies used to recruit and retain older workers, rather than ...
Computer exercises improve memory and attention
Feb 11, 2009 |
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Study results to be published in the April 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society show that computerized brain exercises can improve memory and lead to faster thinking.
'60s generation is heading for conventional old age
Oct 09, 2008 |
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Britain's post-war baby boomers, associated throughout their lives with social change, are failing to break new ground in their approach to growing old.
Out of joint
Sep 19, 2008 |
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As America's Baby Boomers jog into the 21st century, joint pain from the most common form of arthritis continues to be a number one disabler. Until now, there has been no way to diagnose the disease until it reaches an advanced ...
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