5 Facts About Family Caregivers
If you’re reading this in a public place, chances are you’re surrounded by some of the 60 million-plus people in America who are caring for a loved one. And with November being National Family Caregivers month, the Pew Research Center recently highlighted...Why America Needs 3D Aging
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...50 People Who Are Influencing How We Think About Aging
What do the cartoonist Roz Chast, Encore.org founder Marc Freedman and scientist Dr. Linda P. Fried all have in common? Along with 47 others on NextAvenue’s 2015 Influencers in Aging list, they are changing how we think about aging and the ways that we age. Dr....How To Age Well If You’re Single and/or Childless
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...How Lancome Sabotaged Its Own Campaign
America has a problem with aging. Not because the nation’s senior population is growing like kudzu, but because of how we tend to view older age: as a time of enfeeblement and disappearance—from ourselves and society. Rather than seeing ourselves as growing...Scattered
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