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 | 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 | Nov 10, 2015 | Aging Well, LGBT Seniors, Seniors |
For today’s gay youth it’s hard to imagine there was a time in America when homosexuality was classified as a mental disorder, and gay sex — even in private homes — was punishable by anything from a light fine to a life sentence in prison. But...
by Jana Panarites | Oct 27, 2015 | Aging Stereotypes, Growing Older, Media, Seniors |
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...
by Jana Panarites | Oct 20, 2015 | Caregiver Resources, Dementia Care, Seniors |
Ever wonder what the difference is between adult day care and assisted living? Or what a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) is and why it’s so expensive? The folks at SeniorLiving.org have your back. They’ve created a brilliant bubble graph that...
by Jana Panarites | Oct 16, 2015 | Caregiving, Growing Older, Seniors |
Have you heard about Internet sensation Wanda B. Goines? She may be the only nonagenarian on record to have over 4.6 million views on Facebook. 92-year-old Wanda B. Goines lives in Cave Junction, Oregon in the house built by her father. An artist and a calligrapher,...