News tagged with boomers
People entering their 60s may have more disabilities today than in prior generations
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a development that could have significant ramifications for the nation's health care system, Baby Boomers may well be entering their 60s suffering far more disabilities than their counterparts did in previous ...
Recession means fewer babies; US births fell 2 pct
Aug 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- There aren't just fewer jobs in a recession. There are fewer babies, too.
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.
Australian men risk being lonely and isolated in retirement: Survey
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Men are planning for their financial security in retirement but not for their happiness, according to a survey revealing that more women than men plan for their health and leisure interests before they stop working.
Fix is hard for Medicare, Social Security finances
May 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- There is no easy fix.
Dying at home: A trend that could make hospitals more efficient
May 19, 2009 |
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Hospitals across Canada are seeking ways to free up beds. University of Alberta researcher Donna Wilson has a suggestion: people should be encouraged to die at home rather than in hospital.
Number of Americans with disability growing; arthritis cited as most common cause
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Nearly 48 million Americans have a disability, an increase of three million from 1999, and arthritis tops the list of most common causes of disability, according to an article published today in the Centers for Disease Control ...
You don't call, you don't write: Connectivity in marine fish populations
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Children of baby boomers aren't the only ones who have taken to setting up home far from where their parents live. A new study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences documents how larval ...
Silver surfers: New social networking Web site Genkvetch geared to seniors
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Facebook, shmacebook. Senior citizens want their own social networking sites.
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 ...
Study reveals demographic trend of the Jewish population in Broward County
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 10, 2009 |
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South Florida has the second most populous Jewish community in America, after New York. Jewish people traditionally settled in South Florida for economic opportunities, for the climate, to join friends and family and to retire. ...
'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.
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 ...
