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Did you, like many others, resolve this new year's to eat healthier and exercise in an attempt to drop those holiday (and other...) pounds? I found this article particularly interesting from Time. It says that the calorie counts that many people (me) live by on the sides of prepared foods are often…
Have you thought about how much money you think you'll need for health care expenses when you retire? If not, check out this statistic from AARP cited in a Time article today: 62% of baby boomers have not fully accounted for health care costs in retirement planning. No wonder - according to the…
Happy New Year!
The LA Times has a piece about how older adults continue to become more adapted to technology like the internet, email and the like, but also how new technology is being created for older adults, and it goes beyond just computers gears towards older folks - like canes with accelerometers and…
Rushing to get those final gifts? Scrambling to plan having the family over for Christmas? If so, we have a great holiday guide that can help you find some amazing recipes, figure out how to plan a fantastic holiday party, or a gift guide to help you find the perfect gift for a loved one. In the…
We all do it - wait until the final possible moment to find the perfect gifts for our friends and family. This article from Fox Business online highlights gift ideas for the retirees (or "semi- or soon-to-be retirees") in your life. I may take some of this advice, because I always find the hardest…
Let's face it - too often we make some grand resolution to change big for the new year, and near to nothing comes out of it.
Here is another good retirement advice article from U.S. News and World Report online. It's called " 10 Reasons You Shouldn't Retire." The author points out that even though it can be tempting to quit your day job and dream of days without the responsibility of a job, the benefits of staying in the…
We've talked about older Americans and technology in the past, and here's another testament to the fact that those of retirement age are really making use of the latest technologies - from mobile phones to DVRs to the "simple" internet. Check out this short article from the New York Times article -…
What do you think of when you think of a nursing home? A massive cafeteria with uninteresting food? Drab walls and long fluorescently lighted hallways? Well, there is a project that hopes to change all that - Here is an article from the Washington Post today that I found very hopeful - because…