Especially if you’re older, get everything in writing, from estimates to receipts. ; Psychologists at Washington University report that the memory function of people in their mid-60s and up is easily swayed by the power of suggestion, making them more vulnerable to memory-related scams. A full report appears in the May issue of the Journal of Experimental Psychology[Lire…]
Mature-aged people are leading a surge in private health insurance numbers. Memberships for those aged over 55 rose by almost 24,000 in the March quarter, after an increase of 31,000 in the December 2004 quarter, according to figures released today by the Private Health Insurance Administration Council. People with private health insurance including both hospital and/or ancillary-cover memberships now total[Lire…]
Senior Summer School, the education vacation specialists, introduces a new one-week session in San Diego this summer. ; Travelers have two session choices for this all-inclusive week long program. ; The first session runs from June 12th – June 18th and the second session is June 19th – June 25th. ; ; ; ; ; ; [Lire…]
Les enfants de la génération du Baby boom ne pourront pas compter sur d’héritage important et peuvent même s’attendre à ;chercher des gardes d’enfants indique une nouvelle étude. ; La société ACNielsen a étudié ce qu’elle le « plus grand changement démographique » de notre temps – le vieillissement des Néo-zélandais âgés de plus de 45 ans, connus sous le nom de[Lire…]
New Web Service for Long Distance Eldercare Providers ; Parent Care is a unique web service that delivers comprehensive national, state and local services to the PC desktops of the country »s seven million remote eldercare providers. They can stop wasting time searching disparate sites and making countless calls for needed information. They can now invest it in well[Lire…]
Sunrise Senior Living, Inc., the nation’s largest provider of senior-living services, received approval from the Dallas City Council to develop a condominium project for people aged 60 and over at 3511 North Hall Street. This luxury residence designed for seniors is expected to be complete in early 2008. ; « Seniors today are seeking ways to build equity in[Lire…]
A leading safety advocate for seniors will bring his message about using simple technology to enable the elderly to live independently or with reduced caregiving needs to the 28th annual meeting of the Congress of California Seniors (CCS), as part of National Senior Awareness Month, May 25. Richard Blackwell is the founder of www.SafeHome.net, a web site dedicated to[Lire…]
With its new listing on the TSX Venture Exchange, Pickering-based NSP Pharma Corp. (TSXV: NSP) is delivering on its promise of dynamic growth as its popular Modèle line of anti-aging skincare products make it a leader in the growing North American cosmeceutical market. ; « We’re a new Canadian company selling 16 product SKUs in more than 9,100 pharmacies[Lire…]
Marketers and the media are waking up to the power of older consumers online, as the oldest baby boomers prepare to turn 60 in 2006. ; eMarketer estimates that in 2005 there are 33.2 million people online in the US between the ages of 50 and 64, triple the number of 65+ online users. And unlike today’s seniors,[Lire…]
Toshiba Corporation today announced further advances in robotics that take the company closer to its concept of a « life support partner »—a sophisticated robot able to deliver human-centric technologies that provide assistance and support the elderly and young children in the home and in such public places as shopping complexes. ; One advance enables a robot to distinguish particular voices from[Lire…]
