Aging Healthy
Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough - Groucho Marx
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Want to live to 100? How about 120?
So, you’ve turned the big 50. You have a job, a house, a few kids, a couple of divorces under your belt, and you eat kale. 50 isn’t that bad. Isn’t it supposed to be the new 30? After all, for a middle-aged person you’re pretty happy with the way you look and feel. However, and I really hate to break it to you, you are not middle-aged. Do you really think you’ll live to be 100? Probably not, especially when you realize that the average American life expectancy is 78.88. So, you know what that means? It means that you my friend, are well over middle-age. You are closer to senior citizen. Sorry.
But what if I told you that living to…
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The number of Americans working in their 70s is skyrocketing
In addition to people being healthier and living much longer, economists say that a combination of financial considerations such as years of stagnant real wages and a shift away from traditional pensions in the private sector are some of the reasons people are working longer.
For Elderly in Rural Areas, Volunteers Step In
Growing older in America’s smaller towns and remote areas is often a struggle amid shortages of health professionals and other needed services.
Betty White Tells the World to Get Over It!
Betty White has partnered with AARP to inspire those 50+ to abandon their pre-conceived ideas of what it means to get old. The campaign is called “Get Over It”.
Could Google Really Discover the Fountain of Youth?
Google's biotech subsidiary Calico could someday unleash a pipeline of drugs focused on factors that limit life span. But will it really conquer mortality? Don't hold your breath.
Is There a Fountain of Youth in Our DNA?
Large studies to correlate the genes with longevity or health “have not been very successful because, I think, the secret is in the gene-environment interaction,” says NIH scientist Luigi Ferrucci, director of the Baltimore Longitudinal Health Study, the world’s longest-running study of human aging.
Scientists are waging a war against human aging. But what happens next?
We all grow old. We all die. For Aubrey de Grey, a biogerontologist and chief science officer of the SENS Research Foundation, accepting these truths is, well, not good enough. He decided in his late twenties (he’s currently 54) that he “wanted to make a difference to humanity” and that battling age was the best way to do it. His life’s work is now a struggle against physics and biology, the twin collaborators in bodily decay. He calls it a “war on age.”
Scientists Found a Way to Stop Aging in Human Cells
They targeted telomeres, caps on chromosomes whose length roughly corresponds to age.
Well Aged with Some Marbling: the art of aging gracelessly
Time is short. We might as well laugh.
Want to live to 100? How about 120?
It is better to have a meaningful life and make a difference than to merely have a long life - Bryant H. McGill
7 Numbers That Will Make You Feel Better About Aging
Aging is not without a few pitfalls. But here are seven numbers that should bring you some comfort...
SeniorLiving.org
Compassionate and caring, our experts search high and low for the best resources to help seniors live with independence and dignity. We then provide in-depth research, rankings and reviews. Because it's time we take the guesswork out of aging.
GrandFolk
Objective guidance on senior products and services.
Healthy Aging
The Healthy Aging® web site, produced by CWI Productions, Inc., provides regular updates of news, tips and techniques for positive aging.
Healthy Aging For Women
This is about getting healthy and staying healthy. You cannot really do that without information. It's hard to find good information online sometimes, and if your primary provider is as busy as I am, they may not have the time or take the time to make sure you understand. I know. I hear it in my practice all the time.
LeadingAge
The mission of LeadingAge is to expand the world of possibilities for aging. Our membership includes 6,000 not-for-profit organizations representing the entire field of aging services, 39 state partners, and hundreds of businesses, consumer groups, foundations, and research partners. Together, our members touch 4 million lives every day.
When They Get Older
We’ve created When They Get Older to meet a very clear and growing need. We recognise that there are an increasing number of people, just like us, who are having to squeeze in time to support ageing and elderly parents as well as run their professional lives and their families. We want to help.
Age UK
Age UK aims to improve later life for everyone through our information and advice, services, campaigns, products, training and research.
ElderWomanBlog
Marian Van Eyk McCain's occasional thoughts on green and conscious ageing, simple living, loving the earth ... and life in general.
HealthinAging.org
Welcome to HealthinAging.org, created by the American Geriatrics Society's Health in Aging Foundation, to provide consumers and caregivers with up-to-date information on health and aging. Overseen by a team of experts on caring for older adults, HealthinAging.org content is based on resources that the American Geriatrics Society has developed for its professional members.
MemoryWell
MemoryWell is a digital platform for storytelling that brings the skills of professional journalists to the challenge of helping seniors tell their life story. With MemoryWell Plus, you can build a collaborative interactive timeline around a life story, adding photos, videos, letters and documents. Everyone has a story, let us help you capture it.
Reversing Disease
Dr. Jack Kruse is a respected neurosurgeon and CEO of Optimized Life, a health and wellness company dedicated to helping patients avoid the healthcare burdens we typically encounter as we age. He is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurologic Surgeons, and Age Management Medicine Group.
Senior Health Week
Health news and information for seniors.
SeniorResource.com
Seniorresource.com (SR) provides a comprehensive source of housing information and services for seniors and their caregivers. The mission of SR is to provide education services to the senior population. SR will serve as a resource and advocate in areas of importance to the well-being of the senior community, with primary attention given to housing, health, recreational, cultural, and counseling.
Time Goes By
What it is really like to get old.
Where Elders Blog
Elderblogging is about community, making and maintaining friendships, telling our stories and sharing our thoughts about everything life is made of. It helps in getting to know one another to see a little bit of our personal space.
AARP
Health programs and resources offered through the American Association of Retired Persons.
Age and Aging
Age and Ageing is an international journal publishing refereed original articles and commissioned reviews on geriatric medicine and gerontology.
AgingCare
We believe passionately that AgingCare.com is your community. We're your partner in caregiving—and as such, you've made us the go-to destination for family caregivers. AgingCare.com is where caregivers discover that they are not alone, how to survive, and how to provide the care their loved one needs.
Alliance for Aging Research
The Alliance believes that advances in research help people live longer, happier, more productive lives and reduce healthcare costs over the long term. Access to the latest scientific information empowers people to take control of their health. The Alliance strives to advance science and enhance lives through a variety of activities and initiatives–from policy issues to provider and consumer health programs–that generate knowledge and action on age-related issues.
American Society on Aging
The ASA is the largest organization of multidisciplinary professionals in the field of aging. Our resources, publications, and educational opportunities are geared to enhance the knowledge and skills of people working with older adults and their families.
BenefitsCheckUp
Many adults over 55 need help paying for prescription drugs, health care, utilities, and other basic needs. There are over 2,000 federal, state and private benefits programs available to help. But many people don’t know these programs exist or how they can apply. BenefitsCheckUp asks a series of questions to help identify benefits that could save you money and cover the costs of everyday expenses.
Calico
Calico is a research and development company whose mission is to harness advanced technologies to increase our understanding of the biology that controls lifespan. We will use that knowledge to devise interventions that enable people to lead longer and healthier lives. Executing on this mission will require an unprecedented level of interdisciplinary effort and a long-term focus for which funding is already in place.
HHS.gov
Guides, information and statistics on aging.
International Council on Active Aging
The goal of this locator is to help older exercisers find the facility that's right for them. The International Council on Active Aging (ICAA) recognizes these facilities as committed to creating age-friendly fitness and wellness settings for older adults.
National Council on Aging
The National Council on Aging is a nonprofit organization with a national network of more than 14,000 organizations and leaders. Our members include senior centers, area agencies on aging, adult day service centers, faith-based service organizations, senior housing facilities, employment services, consumer groups, and leaders from academia, business, and labor.
National Institute on Aging
Articles, information and research results on aging.
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