Some of the best sitcom episodes are those in which the protagonist family goes on vacation. Invariably, they mess up. Tickets are left, bags are lost, plans derail, and tempers fly off the handle. View image | gettyimages.com That’s how it goes, isn’t it? Nobody’s family is fully functional 100% of the time, and life’s… Read More »
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Artist Ages a Woman from Baby to Old Age in Mere Minutes
It’s often said that life goes by in the blink of an eye. Now, an artist has created an incredible video that shows it happening almost that quickly, and the effect is deeply moving. Korean artist Seok Jeong Hyeon, better known as “Stonehouse,” uses the magic of computer illustration and animation to age a woman… Read More »
Daily Exercise Promotes Mobility and Wards Off Dementia
Confirming what experts have suspected for a while now, a new scientific study by the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago finds that daily exercise has a profound limiting effect on dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. As an added bonus, daily movements also prevent the kind of brain damage that could impair mental and motor function… Read More »
Elderly Entrepreneurs: Small Business & Old Age Go Hand in Hand
We sometimes tend to think of upstarts and entrepreneurialism as a young person’s game. Not so! The truth is that American businesses span the whole age spectrum, and the aging-and-elderly populations make up a bigger portion than you might think. View image | gettyimages.com The U.S. Census Bureau recently released its Business Dynamic Statistics from… Read More »
Who Takes Care of You If You Don’t Have Kids?
When it comes to growing older, there is one great insurance plan that you simply can’t buy from an agent: your children. View image | gettyimages.com Family members provide the majority of senior care in this country. They do it with little training, no pay, and in spite of their own busy lives — all… Read More »
Estate Planning Disasters!
A solid estate plan is a great disaster-avoidance tool. The majority of Americans don’t have so much as a Last Will and Testament in place, and that’s a recipe for family feuds and assorted complications. View image | gettyimages.com Every now and then, though, an estate plan can actually cause a disaster. Almost always, it’s… Read More »
60 No Longer Considered “Old Age”
How old is “old age?” Older than it used to be, at least! View image | gettyimages.com A major new report makes a clear and convincing case that people in their sixties simply do not have the life or health profile that we once characterized as “old.” They are healthier, happier, more active, more vivacious,… Read More »
Signs of Caregiver Stress
So much of the discussion about long-term care in this country is focused on the patients and the payments. That makes sense. Long-term care can be very expensive and it has an inestimable impact on the lives of the elderly who need it. View image | gettyimages.com In giving those issues the attention they deserve,… Read More »
A Marriage to Remember: A Touching Short Film on Alzheimer’s
In a new short-film documentary entitled A Marriage to Remember, filmmaker Banker White takes a starkly intimate look into his parents’ struggle with his mother’s early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. View image | gettyimages.com In her youth, Pam White was a model and an actress. Later, she devoted her entire life to her family and her kids…. Read More »
Lights… Cameras… Estate Plans? When Wills Hit the Big Screen
From Philip Seymour Hoffman and Heath Ledger to Frank Sinatra and Elizabeth Taylor, Hollywood’s dearly departed have taught us a lot about estate planning over the years. Forbes put together a list of those lessons last year, demonstrating how creative and chaotic estate planning can be in the spotlight of fortune and fame. That had… Read More »