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Active-aging industry grows services for older adults

Mature Market Experts News – more news and stats you can use on boomers, seniors, and the mature market: New survey from International Council on Active Aging® shows a 51% increase in wellness programs for older adults The economic news this year has generally focused on the standstill in production and consumer spending. Despite this [...]

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Retirement Lifestyles Named One of America’s Finest 50+ Magazines

(CHARLOTTE, NC) Retirement Lifestyles magazine has been named the second best United States magazine for 50+ readers by the judges of the 2009 19th Annual National Mature Media Awards. “It almost seems inconceivable that our small 11-year-old magazine could compete favorably with AARP, but we do and that’s a testimony to our fabulous staff,” said [...]

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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 [...]

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Mature Market Experts Gem of The Day: GRANDPARENTS ARE PROVIDING $370.7 BILLION IN FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THEIR GRANDCHILDREN

Mature Market Experts: more mature market news and stats more often – Economic Downturn Has Spurred Grandparents’ Giving – The mature market continues to utilize their financial power to support their kids. Almost two-thirds of America’s grandparents have provided financial support to their grandchildren during the last five years, 40% for general purposes and 26% [...]

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Mature Market Experts Gem of The Day: The Year I Saved My (downsized) Soul: A Boomer Woman’s Search For Meaning

Mature Market Experts: more mature market news and stats more often- The Year I Saved My (downsized) Soul: A Boomer Woman’s Search For Meaning – I haven’t read it yet, but I plan on doing so soon. A friend of mine, Boomer expert and author Carol Orsborn, Ph.D., has written a book –  The Year [...]

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Mature Market Experts Gem Of The Day: ICAA leader invited to participate in global network for second year – CEO will join other experts in exploring solutions to aging society issues

Mature Market Experts: more mature market news and stats more often – ICAA leader invited to participate in The World Economic Forum –  [VANCOUVER, June 26, 2009] The World Economic Forum has asked Colin Milner, founder and CEO of the International Council on Active Aging® (ICAA), to participate in its Network of Global Agenda Councils for [...]

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Mature Market Experts Gem of The Day: ThirdAge.com Partners with GRAND Media, Publisher of GRAND Magazine

Mature Market Experts: More Mature Market News and Stats more often – A Match Made in Baby Boomer Heaven  – ThirdAge.com, the leading lifestage media and marketing company, recently announced that it has formed an exclusive partnership with GRAND Magazine (www.GRANDMagazine.com), an online magazine focused on boomer-age grandparents, one of the most rapidly growing demographics in America. [...]

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Mature Market Experts Gem of The Day: AARP Names Barry Rand As Next CEO

Mature Market Experts: more mature market news and stats more often – AARP Names Addison Barry Rand as Next CEO – The largest membership organization in the United States (over 40 million people age 50 and older) has announced that Barry Rand will become the next CEO of AARP. Mr. Rand, who will be succeeding [...]

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Mature Market Experts Stat of The Day: Mature Market Skiers and The Economy

Mature Market Experts: more mature market news and stats more often – mature market skiers and the economy – I recently went skiing close to home (Deep Creek, Maryland) with my wife and children and couldn’t help but notice the slopes were packed. Long lines everywhere you went. Didn’t seem like the economy was slowing [...]

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Mature Market Experts Reader Press Release: New Senior Focused Web Portal Wants 5 Minutes of Your Time

Just 5 minutes of your time could help out a friend in need, a neighbor, or a complete stranger you’ll never know. The Senior List® (Beaverton, OR) wants you to spend a few minutes to voice your opinion about senior services in your local community. Why you ask? The Senior List is betting that you’ll [...]

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