Making Growing Old In America Slightly Better
by Brenda Clifton Aging in America can be a difficult process but it doesn’t need to be one of loneliness or isolation. Just because a person is growing older doesn’t mean that they should be living with silence and their recollections as their only source of comfort. Rather, it might make sense that the aging process might be made better through the common support that other societies offer their aging. Today’s grown kids aren’t as certain to take care of their aging folks. Part of the prob
Is Dallas (Like America) Getting Less Mobile?
Moving companies, earmuffs. Are people NOT switching houses every few years to move up, are Baby Boomers NOT abandoning the ‘burbs to move to downtown condos where they can have it all? No, they are – -we all are — staying put more than ever , says Joel Kotkin in this week’s Newsweek: “…in reality Americans actually are becoming less nomadic. As recently as the 1970s as many as one in five people moved annually; by 2006, long before the current recession took hold, that number was 14 per
Aging Baby Boomers and Injuries
After the Second World War, upon the return of the American soldiers back to their homes, there had been an unprecedented population explosion between the years 1946 and 1964. The epoch was coined the baby boomer generation. This generation had marke…
Women, Boomers, and Growing a Careforce Through Healthcare Reform
I’m beginning to believe that the best way to achieve true and lasting healthcare reform is to just get out of the way and let Baby Boomer women revolutionize healthcare. Baby Boomers as a cohort have been change agents for redefining the family, education, and work life, so why not healthcare as well? Boomer aged women are already–and will increasingly be–the majority on the front lines of formal and informal care. I certainly don’t mean to denigrate the role of men in healthcare or to perpet
Generation G: Advice for Savvy Grandmothers Who Will Never Go Gray
About the book: Advice from the heart of a rather hip and savvy Baby Boomer grandmother offers insight forgrandmothering in the twenty-first century. The rules for grandmothers have changed. The new silver generation is savvy and sophisticated-managing businesses, working out with a personal trainer, and traveling to exotic locations. But what about their care and nurturing of the next generation? How can they stay connected and leave a legacy, cheerleading and hand-holding those who come b
How To Buy Healthy Food
How To Buy Healthy Food and not not spend a lot… not your Christmas bank savings or your child’s college tuition… Save your time and your money buy just choosing right. You can still look younger, be healthier and even lose weight . Here are some Baby Boomer tricks to navigate grocery store aisles faster and smarter. Sounds great doesn’t it?
Home Health Care
Home health care is ordered by a physician, put into motion by a health care agency and delivered by an agency’s paid health care personnel. Even in today’s struggling economy, one industry continues to grow by leaps and bounds: the home health care sector. Driven by an aging Baby Boomer population, the rising cost of health care, patients’ preference for in-home care versus hospitalization and the portability of equipment once used only in hospitals, the home health care industry offers an
Aging, beauty and the folly of chasing perfection
When I smile, I get this little pocket under each eye. It’s a little puffy bag made more noticeable, I think, because my eyes are very small. I didn’t notice this particular little facial quirk until I was in my early 30s. But if you notice, in the photo of me at about four years old with my mother and sister (left), I have the same little puffy bags under my eyes. That’s just my face.
"Aging Outside the Box®" Syndicated Radio Show…
” Aging Outside the Box ®” Syndicated Radio Show is a One-Hour LIVE BROADCAST Show that airs every Thursday Night at 2PM-HAST , 3PM-AKST , 4PM-PST , 5PM-MST , 6PM-CST , 7PM-EST, 8PM-AST and World Wide. Hosting the Show is ” The Golden Egg of Aging ™” and the Lady we call ” The Original Baby Boomer Promoter ” - National Author/Writer/Syndicated Columnist/Speaker and Celebrity Radio Talk Show Host , Shirley W. Mitchell , Author of 5
Healthsense, LoJack, Omnilink: Wireless help for Alzheimer’s
Healthsense’s eNeighbor remote monitoring system aims to help those taking care of friends and family with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. Developed with grants from the National Institutes of Aging (NIA) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Healthsense’s eNeighbor system is based on battery-operated WiFi sensors that include pressure sensors in beds to detect when a resident gets in or out of bed; motion detectors on walls to detect movement or inactivity; toilet sensors
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