Adaptable Shower Units in Bathroom Design Allow Easy Retrofit of Safety Fixtures That Meets Senior Residents’ Changing Access Needs Although American Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) and local building codes provide practical safety parameters for assisted living and senior housing facilities, providing seniors with « adaptable » bathing access that meets their changing needs deserves special attention from architects and developers as[Lire…]

« What youth deemed crystal, age found out was dew, » wrote Robert Browning. But just try telling that to your young and youth-fixated agency buyers if you’re selling a station which targets listeners over 35, 45, or – God forbid – 50. David Wolfe is on a mission to change that unfortunate bias that has so many of our older-targeted stations[Lire…]

Les Canadiens ayant de bonnes habitudes de vie sont plus susceptibles de vieillir en bonne santé, selon une nouvelle étude. Cette dernière indique que les mauvaises habitudes de vie n’ont peut-être pas de conséquences immédiates sur la santé des adultes d’âge mûr, mais qu’elles rattrapent en général les aînés au fil du temps. Selon cette nouvelle étude qui suit les[Lire…]

« Alarms should be sounding in credit unions across the nation, » says Vicki Joyal, VP-Research Services for the Credit Union National Assn. (CUNA). « You are clearly facing both challenges and opportunities. » Joyal was the keynote speaker Monday for the 2005 Floyd Forum Leadership Conference at the Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin. Her topic, « The Evolving Credit Union Environment, » may[Lire…]

As they have dictated changes in perceptions and understandings for many decades, Baby Boomers continue rewriting the book on retirement and work. JWT Mature Market Group (MMG), in partnership with ThirdAge Inc. recently conducted an online survey of 1,680 adults 40+ years of age who currently work full- or part-time for pay. « We based this study about workforce and retirement[Lire…]

Negative Bevölkerungsprognosen prägen seit vielen Jahren die politischen Debatten in Deutschland. Kaum jemand nimmt zur Kenntnis, dass die Vorhersagen ständig nach oben korrigiert werden. Wie LBS Research mitteilt, hatten die statistischen Ämter von Bund und Ländern noch im Jahre 1992 für 2030 in Deutschland einen Bevölkerungsrückgang auf 69,9 Millionen Menschen vorhergesagt. Mittlerweile geht das DIW selbst in seiner pessimistischsten Prognose[Lire…]

SeniorNet, the New Zealand based network for senior citizens has teamed up with ChatBar to offer its members an inexpensive, real-time, two-way text messaging service which operates from any Internet connected PC to any mobile phone or device, anywhere in the world. Some Seniors may have missed out on the whole Texting revolution due to not having a mobile phone[Lire…]

Joseph Faso flew over a thousand miles from upstate New York to Palm Beach, Florida. This was not going to be a fun-in-the-sun trip. He was on a mission and didn’t know how long it would take. Faso’s 90-year-old dad, a resident of Palm Beach, was now at the point in his life where he needed someone to provide daily[Lire…]

Increased life expectancy and reduced fertility rates in Europe create a tension between social welfare systems and the labour market. According to the Commission’s European Employment Observatory (spring 2003), the 16-29 years age group will decline by 13 million people between 1995 and 2015 in the 15 Member States of the European Union (estimated for the EU before the enlargement[Lire…]