by Jana Panarites | Jul 15, 2016 | Baby Boomers, Caregiving, Dementia Care, Parents, Retirement Security |
It’s not every day you get a call from a reporter asking to profile you for an article in the New York Times. But that’s what happened about a month ago after journalist Mark Miller got my contact information from Grace Whiting of the National Alliance...
by Jana Panarites | Dec 8, 2015 | Baby Boomers, Greek culture, Travel |
My big fat Greek upbringing involved lots of family vacations with multiple generations of family members. There were road trips at Christmas from DC to Toronto to visit my mother’s parents, summer getaways to Rehoboth Beach with Yia Yia and Papou in tow, and...
by Jana Panarites | Nov 17, 2015 | Aging Well, Baby Boomers, Growing Older, Innovators |
Wait. 3D aging… does that involve funny, dark glasses? Nope. Three-dimensional aging takes false narratives such as “70 is the new 50” and “it’s all downhill from here” and replaces them with what Dr. Bill Thomas calls “a...
by Jana Panarites | Nov 13, 2015 | Aging Well, Baby Boomers, Innovators, Millennials, Seniors |
A growing number of young entrepreneurs are creating start-ups geared toward baby boomers and seniors. Whether these Millennials and Gen-Xers are driven by profit potential or idealism (or both), the market is a huge one: as of 2014 there were 46.2 million people age...
by Jana Panarites | Oct 30, 2015 | Aging, Baby Boomers, Growing Older |
Although there is no guarantee that children will take care of their parents in old age, this isn’t even an option for many aging Baby Boomers. That’s because one in three Boomers is single as a result of never marrying, being divorced or widowed. Even if...
by Jana Panarites | Oct 13, 2015 | Baby Boomers, Caregiving, US Domestic Policy |
I’ve had my eye on the RAISE Family Caregivers Act since it was first introduced in the Senate on July 8, 2015 by Sen. Susan Collins (R) of Maine. A companion version of this same bill, also known as the “Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and...