A report issued by a newly-formed coalition exposes serious care problems for seniors and people with disabilities at Pima County nursing homes. Nursing home residents, their family members, staff and advocates are calling on state and county government officials to address these problems and hold local nursing homes accountable to a safer level of care. The report finds a variety[Lire…]
Baby Boomer women are ideal marketing targets. They are affluent, at the peak of their earning power, and they love to spend — especially on themselves. But, as they move beyond the age of 50, they are also moving out of the advertising industry’s sweet spot. They are not happy about it. As members of a generation which always defined[Lire…]
Atlantic Luggage has pioneered a travel technology that is changing the way Americans travel. Not since the introduction of the wheel has a travel innovation done so much for business and leisure travelers. QuadWheel® Technology, a convertible upright, eliminates travel-related strain and prevents luggage from tipping over. The patented engineering behind the QuadWheel® technology converts a two-wheeled case into a[Lire…]
With new technologies changing the way people work, and a significant portion of the workforce on the cusp of retirement, we’re starting to see shifts in the workplace landscape, according to Bernadette Kenny, Executive Vice President of global career management services company Lee Hecht Harrison. Kenny cited five workplace trends she expects to gain momentum in the year ahead: LONG[Lire…]
An innovative new service to help older Western Australians who require additional support to remain at, or return to, their own homes has been established in Bicton.The Federal Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop, today visited the Intermittent Care Service pilot, which will provide 30 residential aged care places, and 20 places in the community to help older West Australians with[Lire…]
Saga has releaved that consumers could be saving tens of thousands of pounds, on their lifetime mortgages by choosing a plan that allows flexible drawdowns. The charging structures of some schemes encourage customers to release large sums from the equity in their home that they don’t actually need, costing them thousands in unnecessary interest. Many schemes encourage customers to take[Lire…]
Il n’y a aucun doute que le vieillissement de la population des USA va créer des défis très importants pour la société américaine. On peut favoriser plus ou moins d’immigration pour beaucoup de raisons, mais l’évidence indique que l’immigration n’a pas eu, ni elle n’aura probablement pas dans l’avenir, un impact significatif sur ce problème. Bien que l’âge moyen des[Lire…]
Le nombre de personnes âgées en Thaïlande seules a presque doublé ces dernières années, alors que 61% des personnes âgées ne reçoivent aucun revenu et une partie aucune assistance sociale de la part de l’état, selon un nouveau rapport édité par l’office statistique national la semaine dernière. Diffusé par le Mcot, le rapport, basé sur des études effectuées en 1994,[Lire…]
The baby boom generation is reaching the height of its earning potential, and thus is an attractive target market for a variety of marketers. People aged 40 – 59 continue to grow strongly as a group online and, in fact, of all age groups showed the greatest rate of increase in internet access in 2004, according to Nielsen//NetRatings Netwatch. Below[Lire…]
SeniorWebLogs announces a new way of connecting for mature, internet-savvy individuals all over the United States. SeniorWebLogs.com is a weblog specifically targeted towards the fifty-plus user who wishes to communicate with other seniors online. A weblog, web log or simply a blog, is a web application that consists primarily of member-authored, periodic posts that other readers can continue a dialogue[Lire…]
