Thinking about making ergonomics improvements to the workplace but not sure how well they will be received by older workers? A new study indicates that older workers may be the easiest segment of workers to convince that change is good: when changes are seen as beneficial to the company, older workers are the first to adopt. The study, conducted by[Lire…]
Today’s Senior Magazine is now available to businesses that have found that magazine advertising is beyond their budget. Using a unique format that allows Today’s Senior Magazine to minimize operating costs, we can offer any size company an effective way to reach thousands of fifty plus mature adults throughout Northern & Central California. Our advertisers are raving about how effective[Lire…]
A better network of care and access involving specialists and family physicians is needed to save the lives of more heart patients, especially rural residents, according to a University of Alberta study. « We need to find ways to improve timely and appropriate access to specialists and to improve the structuring of collaborative care, » said Dr. Paul Armstrong, professor of medicine[Lire…]
Symetra Financial has launched Customized Retirement Income(SM), a tool that enables financial advisors to build a customized income plan that meets the varying income needs of retirees. Statistics show more than 60 million people will reach age 65 this year; and baby boomers-America’s largest population segment-are shifting their focus from « accumulating » retirement assets to « distributing » retirement income. Symetra Financial’s Customized[Lire…]
The bulk of our population is set to receive inheritances greater than ever in history. The parents of baby boomers have worked hard over the years, wanting to be sure that their children would have more than they did during their lifetime. If baby boomers perceive this windfall as being like winning a lottery, the statistics are not in their[Lire…]
A new UK-based website, www.seniorconcessions.co.uk, gives senior citizens access to the many, often hard to spot, discounts available to the growing over 55s sector. It is the fruit of extensive research into the market, and represents the first comprehensive approach to achieving substantial savings for senior citizens. Seniorconcessions.co.uk is a practical, easy-to-access information source that allows the senior citizen to[Lire…]
Seniors in your community may be targets of financial charlatans. I’ve received a number of disturbing reports recently from seniors about the abusive tactics of some advisors. Their actions are not only unethical, but they border on the criminal. Seniors in your community may be targets of financial charlatans. I’ve received a number of disturbing reports recently from seniors about[Lire…]
Avec les robots de compagnie, les Japonais ont trouvé le moyen peu onéreux de faire garder leurs enfants. La fin annoncée des baby sitters? Mary Poppins n’a qu’à bien se tenir : en 2005, la nounou branchée s’appelle Papero et mesure moins de 40 cm. Mais ne vous fiez pas à sa petite taille : ce robot de 6 kg[Lire…]
La Japon doit faire face au vieillissement sans précédent de sa population. Le manque d’enfants et la hausse du nombre de centenaires fait dire à certains que les robots ont de l’avenir : venir en aide aux personnes âgées. Le groupe japonais d’électronique NEC a présenté le 16 mars à Tokyo les petits derniers de sa famille de robots de[Lire…]
L’Exposition universelle d’Aichi, qui ouvrira ses portes le 25 mars prochain pour une période de six mois, promet d’être un festival d’humanoïdes. Le groupe nippon vient de présenter ses petits derniers : EMIEW (pour Excellente Moibility and Interactive Existence as Workmate), plus familièrement appelés Pal et Chum, deux robots à la tête bien ronde et bien faite. Du haut de[Lire…]
