THE JOY OF MIDDLE AGE Barbara Strauch, Science Editor of the New York Times and author of the book, THE SECRET LIFE OF THE GROWN-UP BRAIN: THE SURPRISING TALENTS OF THE MIDDLE-AGED MIND, has some good news for my brain and the brains of my fellow Baby Boomers. Brains continue to improve through middle age. [...]
Elder abuse is an almost invisible form of abuse that has reached epidemic proportions. The problem will only increase with 78 million baby boomers moving toward elderhood. This sixteen-minute video addresses physical, financial, and psychological elder abuse. It provides clear, balanced information and interviews, but is not sensationalist, nor is it an infomercial for an [...]
BOOMERS LEAD THE PARADE Starring on stage and in the hit movie, The Music Man, Robert Preston sang “76 trombones led the big parade…” Multiply by a million, and that is how many members of the baby boomer generation were created by American births between 1946 and 1964. At no previous time in world history [...]
The number of baby boomer care givers continues to grow. Many care givers are in their 50′s and 60′s. 28% home aids are 55 or older. Some care givers choose the role, while others must learn to accept it with grace. The following video gives two different perspectives. The first perspective is from the viewpoint [...]
Here is some excellent, practical advice from Elaine Sanchez for BabyBoomers (Baby Boomers) trying to asses the safety of their parents. I like the way she presents information clearly and simply so that we can all understand it the first time around. She covers issues such as Physical Safety Home Safety and Helpful Technologies Driving [...]
You will probably laugh at this if you are a Boomer. We can laugh as long as we are poking fun at ourselves. But, please be careful if you are laughing/ranting at us, not with us. NOT SO FUNNY GENERATIONAL ISSUES It was interesting to read the comments that were posted for this video. They [...]
COOL That awesome, entirely attractive, hip, cool generation known as Baby Boomers is those Americans born during the years 1946 to 1964. Yep, that’s right. That was the end of the good stuff once the Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan that spring in 1964. (The Beatles themselves, were not Boomers. They were from the [...]
LARGEST GENERATION IN AMERICAN HISTORY Counting me, and most likely you as well, there are 78 million “baby boomers” born between 1946 and 1964 that were born in America. Statistically, baby boomers constitute by sheer numbers, the largest generation in American history. (We are also the most obese generation in American history, so we are [...]
In this January 2011 segment from the PBS NewsHour, Judy Woodruff looks at the implications of Baby Boomers retiring with Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute and Ted Fishman, author of “Shock of Gray.” That society is not prepared for Boomers getting old is no great surprise. Along with discussing the statistics of an [...]
HUMAN LIFESPAN INCREASES Some of us may soon be able to live to ages not seen since the days of the Old Testament prophets. Lifestyle changes and advances in medical science are rapidly adding years to much of the world’s population. Americans are living an average of 3.5 years longer today than they did in [...]
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