Mature Market Experts Stat of the Day: Baby Boomers Boom into Volunteerism

Mature Market Experts: More news and stats you can use on boomers, seniors and the mature market – Baby Boomers Boom into Volunteerism - Volunteerism is on the rise in the US. Some site the realization of increased need in this difficult economy as their motivator. Others are unemployed and willing and able to contribute their [...]

Mature Market Experts Gem of the Day: Bike Market Adapts for Boomers

Mature Market Experts: More news and stats you can use on boomers, seniors and the mature market – Bike Market Adapts for Boomers. As baby boomers age they are searching for ways to stay healthy with excercise, save gas money and go green. Many are looking to purchase a new bike, but one that accommodates [...]

Mature Market Experts Gem of The Day: Music therapy — new program with pre-loaded iPods for Alzheimer’s

Mature Market Experts: more news and stats you can use of boomers, seniors and the mature market - Music therapy — new program with pre-loaded iPods for Alzheimer’s - Music therapy on iPods. Let’s start with a quote from today’s WSJ article, which gets right to the point: “Ann Povodator, an 85-year-old Alzheimer’s patient in [...]

Mature Market Experts Gem of The Day: Warm Weather, Mitch Albom, Conductorcise, and the International Council on Active Aging Conference

Mature Market Experts: more news and stats you can use on boomers, seniors, and the mature market - Warm Weather, Mitch Albom, Conductorcise, and the International Council on Active Aging Conference (ICAA) - Need an excuse to get to sunny Florida just when the weather starts to turn? Look no further than the upcoming ICAA [...]

Mature Market Experts Gem Of The Day: Exercise And Aging

Mature Market Experts: more news and stats you can use about boomers, seniors, and the mature market - Exercise and Aging - I recently returned from presenting Conductorcise in Texas and California. Every time I visit new venues, I meet the most unbelievable people. I would like to share with you the learning, the joy [...]

Mature Market Experts Gem of the Day: Adjust Your Diet to Your Slowing Metabolism

Mature Market Experts: more news and stats you can use on boomers, seniors and the mature market  - Adjust Your Diet to Your Slowing Metabolism. Sad but true, your metabolism slows down as you age (I know, I’m experiencing it myself). Doctors say there  are five easy tips to help boomers combat the midlife bulge. One, realize that as [...]

Mature Market Experts Gem of the Day: Can Infections Lead to Greater Memory Loss in Alzheimer Patients?

Mature Market Experts: more news and stats you can use on boomers, seniors, and the mature market - Can Infections Lead to Greater Memory Loss in Alzheimer Patients? Researchers have recently discovered a possible link between the occurrence of a severe or on-going infection due to a cold, the flu or even a bruise in [...]

Mature Market Experts Gem of the Day: AARP/Blue Zones Vitality Project

Mature Market Experts: more news and stats you can use on boomers, seniors, and the mature market - AARP/Blue Zones Vitality Project. This innovative project strives to replicate the  longevity and health discovered in “Blue Zones”.  Scientists have studied the habits and practices of these unusually long lived populations from around the globe. Now, many [...]

Mature Market Experts Quote of The Day: Exercise As A Pill

Mature Market Experts: more mature market news and stats more often – Exercise as a pill for the mature market - “If we had a pill that contained all the benefits of exercise, it would be the most widely prescribed pill in the world!”
The late Ronald M. Davis, MD, AMA President
That quote has stuck with [...]

Mature Market Experts Stat of The Day: Seniors Taking To Yoga For Good Health

Mature Market Experts: more mature market news and stats more often - Seniors Taking To Yoga For Good Health - According to “Yoga in America,” a 2008 study by Yoga Journal, more seniors are now taking their place on the mats for good health. According to the study, 18.4 percent of the yoga practicing population [...]