Not So Small World After All?

  It’s a world of laughter – A world of tears It’s a world of hopes – And a world of fears There’s so much that we share – That it’s time we’re aware It’s a small world after all … -Written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman BMI (body mass index): A [...]

Berks County Retirement Community First In Nation To Utilize Innovative Brain Fitness Program

Heritage of Green Hills Serves As Prototype For Super Noggin Over the next 18 years the baby boomer tidal wave will reach the shores of retirement.  Add to that the fact that people over 85 are now the fastest-growing segment of the population, and the result is that by 2050, the number of Americans 85 [...]

Mature Market Experts Gem of The Day: After the genetic test, living to 100 had better be better

Line up to learn your longevity likelihood.  Aren’t you just loving the opportunity we will soon have to download that free genetic marker test kit, the one that with 77% accuracy will tell whether we will live past 100? Boston University scientists have ‘no plans to profit’ from the results, but they will make the kit [...]

Mature Market Experts Gem of The Day: Think Tank Exec Predicts The Future Of Aging

          Medicine And Technology Advancing At Record Pace, ‘Middle Age’ Extended  What Colin Milner has in mind for the future of aging might surprise you. Colin is the founder and CEO of the International Council on Active Aging (ICAA). He and his organization are dedicated to changing the way people age [...]

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: Aging in Place: Men + Ladders = Trouble

There’s a lady who’s sure All that glitters is gold And she’s buying a stairway to heaven When she gets there she knows If the stores are all closed With a word she can get what she came for Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh And she’s buying a stairway to heaven… -Led Zeppelin   Joan [...]

Mature Market Experts Gem of the Day: Aging in Place: Addendum to Men + Ladders = Trouble

  Carelessness doesn’t bounce; it shatters. ~Hartman Jule   Is your husband going to hang Christmas lights this week? Consider this first:   I was reminded of a life-altering experience between man & ladder at work this week. A colleague, let’s call him “Stann,” recounted a run in with some cement involving a ladder years [...]

Mature Market Experts Gem of the Day: Is Loneliness Contagious?

Mature Market Experts: More news and stats you can use on boomers, seniors and the mature market – Is Loneliness Contagious? In December’s issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, researcher John T. Cacioppo, a University of Chicago psychologist, states that “Loneliness can be transmitted. Loneliness is not just the property of an [...]

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: They’ll never get my tonsils!

Mature Market Experts: more news and stats you can use on boomers, seniors, and the mature market – They’ll never get my tonsils - Several years ago, on the day before my birthday, my appendix broke. It was an amazingly painful experience that left me grateful for the surgeon who removed the little bugger (normally two [...]