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2013: Make this the Year to Embrace Your Age

Posted on 01/4/2013 by Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Best of Everything After 50 | Comments

Your LifeA not-so-quiet revolution has been picking up massive steam on the Internet … and I’m proud to be a part of it. It’s all about how we view aging in America and it will be one of the hottest topics in this country on many fronts: politically, culturally, emotionally and economically. Given the fact that people over 50 represent the largest demographic in the history of the world, with more joining our ranks every day, one would think that politicians, …

2012 Endings and 2013 Beginnings –

Posted on 12/31/2012 by Steve Mencher | News, Culture, Sights and Sounds | Comments

Entertainment | LegacyWe’ve looked back at the year’s departures to remind us about our own mortality and consider how notable personalities have shaped our lives and the wider culture. From Neil Armstrong to Whitney Houston, spend some time with old friends, while you also consider the complex and unsettling legacy of Joe Paterno, who we thought we knew, but didn’t really. It’s our first People to Remember special on the web. What will you remember of your life from the past year? …

The Best Apps of 2012 (50+ Edition)

Posted on 12/26/2012 by Suzie Mitchell | Technology | Comments

TechnologyMy life has become app centered. In fact, I probably spend more time on my smartphone testing apps than most 20-somethings. I ask my friends, I ask the Internet, I ask my Twitter followers … and I download, tap and swipe away. All in the service of this blog. I must admit, I download a lot of toads before I find a prince. So I offer these suggestions for my favorite apps of 2012 after extensive personal research. What apps …

Start Me Up: Fund Boomer Entrepreneurs

Posted on 11/28/2012 by Jody Holtzman | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Technology | Work So many boomer entrepreneurs these days, so little venture capital interest. Despite a growing number of boomer entrepreneurs starting up businesses, investors like the very public Vinod Khosla refuse to believe in funding companies started by people over the age of 35. He not only does not seem to recognize the age advantage that older entrepreneurs may have, he seems to get a kick out of letting us know – first from a podium in Bangalore, no less — …

Aging Drivers Present New Transportation Challenge

Posted on 11/8/2012 by Associated Press | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | TravelBy Joan Lowy of The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Baby boomers, that giant population bubble born between 1946 and 1964, started driving at a young age and became more mobile than any generation before or since. When the 74 million boomers started building families, they acquired “his” and “hers” cars and helped spread a housing boom to the fringes of the nation’s suburbs. Traffic congestion spiraled when boomer women began commuting to work like their husbands and fathers. And …

Divorced Parents May Double the Demands on Caregiving Children

Posted on 10/22/2012 by Elizabeth Brown | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

Caregiving | News RoundupsInstead of leaning on each other in their golden years, divorced parents may lean more heavily on grown children for care and support. Experts say adults whose parents are divorced should be prepared for the extra time and financial demands that aging and unmarried parents could require.