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A Deep Connection: the Internet, Family Caregivers and Recipients

Posted on 04/24/2013 by Sally Abrahms | Caregiving | Comments

Caregiving | Home & Family | Personal Health | RelationshipsHigh-speed Internet can be key to living independently (also known as “aging in place“). You can go online or get smartphone apps that help you monitor chronic diseases, work from home to care for a loved one or prevent or delay functional decline with game systems that help you stay physically active. And, don’t forget the ability to be socially connected through email, online forums and message boards. And yet, a recent report issued by the AARP Public Policy Institute shows that …

Your Facebook News Feed is About to Change (Again)

Posted on 03/7/2013 by Beth Carpenter | AARP Blog Author | Comments

TechnologyLet’s get the hard part out of the way: Sometime in the next few days, what you see on your Facebook homepage – or News Feed – will look a lot different. Not again! Yeah, we know. Here’s the good news: It seems a whole lot easier on the eyes. You’ll notice much bigger photos and less clutter. Here’s two things we think you’ll notice first. First, let’s say you shared a photo. Below, left, is how it looked in the …

Move Over, Kids: AARP Members Are Taking Over the Internet

Posted on 06/7/2012 by Beth Carpenter | AARP Blog Author | Comments

TechnologyAs if we needed much confirmation. You take us to task on our Facebook page; you Tweet us links to your blogs; you’re repinning our pins. Every day, you tell us how you spent time learning a new gadget, or asked someone a little younger to show you how. Every day, you spend more money online than any other demographic. You’re playing Words With Friends, you’re selling your used fishing rods on Craigslist, and you’re starting new jobs with a …

“We’re Trying Our Darndest To Figure Out This Tweet Machine”

Posted on 04/12/2012 by Beth Carpenter | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Entertainment | TechnologyKraft Mac n’ Cheese has been around for 75 years. Yes, 75 years. Our mothers made it with sausage, our grandmothers made it for Easter, and I’m still making it when the craving strikes. To celebrate 75 years of cheesy addiction, Kraft asked two lovely older ladies “who’ve been eating mac and cheese for 75 years” to run their Facebook page and Twitter account for three days. Now, they’re responding to followers… …

The Takeaway: Olive Garden Reviewer Marilyn Hagerty Is No Flash in the Pan

Posted on 03/15/2012 by Elizabeth Brown | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

News RoundupsGranny Goes Viral: Marilyn Hagerty’s unpretentious review of the Grand Forks, N.D., Olive Garden has become quite the Internet sensation. But Hagerty is no newspaper novice: The 85-year-old Grand Forks Herald columnist (and grandmother of eight) has been writing and editing for state papers for 65 years.

My Lucky, Lucky Day: Who Knew I Had $7.9 Million in Ghana?

Posted on 10/24/2011 by Bill Newcott | Movies & TV | Comments

EntertainmentI must share with you the good fortune that awaited me this morning in an e-mail my AARP spam filter inexplicably intercepted before it could reach me. Luckily for me, I don’t trust spam filters, as they invariably deprive me of the most interesting correspondence—and in this case very nearly prevented me from becoming independently wealthy for the rest of my life. The e-mail letter came from Alhaji Muhammad Mumuni, who is nothing less than the Minister for Foreign Affairs …