Some boomers are on multiple medications. Combinations of those drugs could have serious side effects.
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As the boomers age, many will have medication issues. That can be compounded by the number of drugs they take, both prescription and over-the-counter.
The stress over their ability to swallow can provoke a great deal of anxiety in patients.
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Nine states and the District of Columbia currently have laws that permit assisted dying, but the laws are so restrictive that they are often more hurdle than help.
Within the next decade, millions of seniors will be shopping for new housing.
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Assisted living facilities are one option for seniors. But finding clear and accurate information about them isn’t easy.
Men seem more hesitant about both making friends and celebrating their friendships.
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Men seem less comfortable celebrating their friendships – to their own detriment.
The U.S. will undergo some significant shifts in the next decade.
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The number of old people will increase, while the proportion of white Americans will continue to fall.
Our cult of youth continues into the afterlife.
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Our dreams of the afterlife need to challenge the idea that only the appearance of youth is worthy.
Asking a person who is memory impaired to tell stories from bygone holidays may help trigger a happy memory.
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Asking loved ones with memory problems to discuss holiday memories can help them retrieve some memories, studies suggest. In turn, that can improve mood and quality of life.
Are you economically ready for old age?
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More than 10 million older Americans struggle to make ends meet, with many going without necessary health care and basic needs as living costs rise.
Cataracts are a vision problem that can affect anybody as they age. It happens when the lens of the eye gradually loses its transparency.
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Cataracts, which can be experienced by anyone as they age, happen when the lens of the eye gradually becomes less transparent. There are ways, however, to correct this.
Homicide has gradually declined over three decades.
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Since 1990, the homicide rate has declined by 20%. Researchers are still figuring out what’s behind the trend: increased incarceration, improvements in the economy or even aging populations.
Locked up for life?
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More inmates are growing old and dying in prison, and the system is not designed to cope.
For many older people, today’s music goes in one ear and out the other.
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Music doesn’t get objectively worse over time. So why do older generations scoff at each new top 40 hit?
Research shows that as little as 20 minutes of brisk walking per day can result in a 20 per cent reduction in early death over seven years.
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It doesn’t matter much how much you exercised in your youth, according to the science. What really matters is how much you exercise now.
Technology can be used to support the caregivers of people living with dementia, however, developers and designers need to take caregiver needs into consideration.
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Technological solutions may help to relieve the burden of care for family, service providers and caregivers working with the elderly.
Elders are looking at new living arrangements geared toward their desires, not a developer’s.
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The baby boomers aren’t going to do anything like their elders, and looking for different housing arrangements is yet another example.
Reading and writing can prevent cognitive decline.
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As we get older, our eyesight may dim and our recall may falter. But our linguistic abilities don’t seem to erode.
Most inheritances go to middle-aged Australians who don’t need help.
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Not only do we not tax inheritances, we actually subsidise them, making the already well off even better off.
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Specific challenges must be addressed in the older population who are at risk from alcohol abuse.
Outside Earth’s protective atmosphere, there is nothing to shield astronauts from the dangerous cosmic radiation of space.
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Space missions are dangerous. But when it comes to long missions, radiation may be the greatest threat to astronauts’ health.
People’s relationships with their pets impact wellness and health in perhaps surprising ways.
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Governments must think about older people’s relationships with pets when they’re planning both aging-in-place strategies and disaster management.