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Caregiving

The Best - and Worst - Ways Caregivers Can Take Care of Themselves

How to use pet therapy correctly with seniors

10 Tips for Preventing Falls In The Elderly

How to care for yourself when you're a caregiver

Attending Your Senior Loved Ones Doctor Appointments

Family and Personal Care

The Best - and Worst - Ways Caregivers Can Take Care of Themselves

How to use pet therapy correctly with seniors

10 Tips for Preventing Falls In The Elderly

Caring for a Bedbound Loved One at Home

How The Elderly Can Beat The Heat This Summer

Family and Personal Care

Environment

Avoid This Dangerous Killer: Winter Dehydration

Science versus the Environment in Aging Hearing Loss

Snowstorm bears down on Elderly

Portland Retirement Residence Goes Green

Green Spaces Renew Elder Care

Elder Abuse

The biggest warning signs for elder abuse

8 Questions You Need to Ask When Looking for Home Care

Top tips for preventing elder abuse

How to Search for Warning Signs of Elder Abuse

Who is most at risk of elderly abuse?

Health and Wellness

What Did You Say? How to Listen For the Signs...That It's Time For A Hearing Aid

The 5 Worst Eye Problems For Seniors

Healthy Eating for Older People Doesn't Have to Be Impossible

How to Identify Depression in the Elderly

Don’t Flush Money Down the Toilet: How to Use Sanitaton Products to Save Money

Health and Wellness

Physical Activity

What Did You Say? How to Listen For the Signs...That It's Time For A Hearing Aid

Can Diabetes make you blind?

Seven Ways for Mature Adults to Find Fun in the Snow

Die-Hards Compete at 55+ Olympic Games

6 Benefits of Senior Centers for Seniors

Physical Activity

Healthy Living

The 5 Worst Eye Problems For Seniors

Don’t Flush Money Down the Toilet: How to Use Sanitaton Products to Save Money

Bracing for a winter in Canada

5 Misconceptions about Hip Supports

How Bamboo Can Help Reduce Pain

Senior Living

8 Questions You Need to Ask When Looking for Home Care

7 Tips for Communicating with Someone with Dementia

More seniors are finding love in retirement communities

Practical tips for interacting with an Alzheimer's sufferer

What Hospice Care Does

Cooking for Health

Healthy Eating for Older People Doesn't Have to Be Impossible

How to encourage obese seniors to lose weight

Recipe: Homemade eggnog

How to stay healthy during the holidays

Make your own spaghetti sauce

Cooking for Health

Mental Health

How to Identify Depression in the Elderly

Beat the Winter Blues - Shedding Light on Seasonal Sadness

Everything You Ever Needed to Know About Sundowner's Syndrome

6 Benefits of Senior Centers for Seniors

How to Deal with the Dangers of Senior Gambling

Alzheimer's Care

7 Tips for Communicating with Someone with Dementia

Practical tips for interacting with an Alzheimer's sufferer

Nursing home versus home care: How to decide

Music brings back Memories for Alzheimer's Patients

Legacy Gift Launches Ohio Memory Care Pavilion

Alzheimer's Care

Brain Health

7 Tips for Communicating with Someone with Dementia

How wearable technology can keep you younger - longer

The best creative activities for seniors

Seniors, those who love them, and substance abuse

Caring for seniors with dementia

Entertainment and Hobbies

Gardening Safely with the Elderly

What are the best games for seniors?

The best creative activities for seniors

Seniors and pets: A doggone good idea, or a hairy mess?

5 Reasons Why Seniors Should Utilize Senior Centers

Entertainment and Hobbies

Hobbies

Gardening Safely with the Elderly

The best creative activities for seniors

Seniors and pets: A doggone good idea, or a hairy mess?

5 Reasons Why Seniors Should Utilize Senior Centers

A guide to gardening for seniors

Hobbies

Games and Puzzles

What are the best games for seniors?

Researchers say video games may boost seniors' mental health

Sudoku for Seniors is still a Puzzle

Brain exercises could alleviate symptoms of dementia

Goalie spurs healthy lifestyle choices by seniors

Games and Puzzles

Marketing

How to Fish for Leads...the right way and the wrong way

New Media for Older Adults - Bridging the Gap

10 Tips for Talking with Older Adults

Inside The Mind of the World's Toughest Buyer

Sales

How to Fish for Leads...the right way and the wrong way

New Media for Older Adults - Bridging the Gap

10 Tips for Talking with Older Adults

Inside The Mind of the World's Toughest Buyer

Sales

Senior Living Professionals

How to Fish for Leads...the right way and the wrong way

New Media for Older Adults - Bridging the Gap

10 Tips for Talking with Older Adults

Inside The Mind of the World's Toughest Buyer

Senior Living Professionals

Home Safety

Caring for a Bedbound Loved One at Home

How The Elderly Can Beat The Heat This Summer

How to stop older people from falling

Senior-friendly designs help keep older people at home longer

The dangers of seniors living alone

Financial Planning

Seniors: Don't Discount a Discount

Growing number of elderly struggle to get mortgages

Is it time to fire your financial advisor?

Little-known Tax Credit Can Help Seniors Cope With A Health Impairment

It's Never too Late to Plan Ahead for Retirement

Financial Planning

Gadget Reviews

How wearable technology can keep you younger - longer

Maryland retirement home gets own Zipcars

How technology is making seniors safer

Staying ahead of the Wii Learning Curve

Accessibility Settings Make Technology Use Easier for Seniors

Learning and Technology

How wearable technology can keep you younger - longer

Why seniors need to be on social media

Maryland retirement home gets own Zipcars

How technology is making seniors safer

New Media for Older Adults - Bridging the Gap

Learning and Technology

Online Learning

Why seniors need to be on social media

Bridging the Generation Gap for Jewish Seniors

Octogenarian Finds his Niche with Online Fine Art Marketing

Seniors and Social Media are on the Rise for all the Right Reasons

Tablets KO eReaders for Older Adults

Online Learning

Health Guide

The truth about age spots

How to know when it's time for a hearing aid

How Bamboo Can Help Reduce Pain

Signs and Symptoms of a Stroke

Seven Ways for Mature Adults to Find Fun in the Snow

Home Renovation

New options on the horizon for multi-generational families

Home Renovation

Active Lifestyle

More seniors are finding love in retirement communities

Joie de Vivre! Top Destinations to Retire by the Beach

International Day of Families 2013: A focus on seniors

Baby Boomers create niche retirement communities

Think it's too late for marriage? Think again

Active Lifestyle

Careers

The benefits of know about your benefits

6 Job Search Tips for the 50+ Crowd

Top Boomer Job Trends for 2014

More Boomers looking to real estate as encore careers

Who are the world's oldest business executives?

Careers

Finances and Work

The benefits of know about your benefits

Growing number of elderly struggle to get mortgages

Is it time to fire your financial advisor?

6 Job Search Tips for the 50+ Crowd

Little-known Tax Credit Can Help Seniors Cope With A Health Impairment

Finances and Work

Driving for Seniors

3 Tips for Safe Elderly Driving

Moving Company Licensing Overview

Road Safety Week is for Seniors, for everyone

Politicians look to help seniors with transportation

New technology could keep seniors driving longer

Driving for Seniors

Uncategorized

Hearing Loss in the Elderly

What is a hospice?

Today's elderly veterans facing affordable housing shortage

Bomb-sniffing dog moves to local retirement home

Designing your community to turn tours into Move-ins. Are you selling a cruise ship or prison?

Computer News

New Media for Older Adults - Bridging the Gap

Touch Screen Technologies for Seniors with Dementia

Teaching Positive Technology Techniques to Retirement Residents - A Case Study

Seniors and Social Media are on the Rise for all the Right Reasons

Tablets KO eReaders for Older Adults

Management

New Media for Older Adults - Bridging the Gap

10 Tips for Talking with Older Adults

Inside The Mind of the World's Toughest Buyer

From FOLLOW UP Failure to FABULOUS

Upcoming Events

ACHCA Summer Leadership Conference

The 11th Annual Silicon Valley Boomer Venture Summit

ALFA 2014 Conference & Exposition

LSN Annual Meeting and Exhibition

What's Next Boomer Business Summit

Upcoming Events

Travel

The Dos and Don'ts of Travel Insurance

Joie de Vivre! Top Destinations to Retire by the Beach

Four Winter Get-aways for Adventurous Boomers

House Sitting - One Woman's Never Ending Story

The Top Seven Reasons to Retire in Mexico

Travel

Travel Tips

The Dos and Don'ts of Travel Insurance

Joie de Vivre! Top Destinations to Retire by the Beach

Four Winter Get-aways for Adventurous Boomers

House Sitting - One Woman's Never Ending Story

Five popular scams against 'snowbird seniors'

Hardware Reviews

Staying ahead of the Wii Learning Curve

Tablets KO eReaders for Older Adults

Hardware Reviews

Hospice Care

What Hospice Care Does

The 5 Most Common Regrets of Palliative Care Patients

Therapy dog assists at hospice

Teens bring birthday cheer to hospice

Hawaiian hospice to reopen

Baby Boomers

How to Know When it is Time for Home Care

Great New Sport for Active Baby Boomers: Pickleball

Senior Housing

How to Know When it is Time for Home Care

The Differences Between an Interstate and Intrastate Move

New Chinese law allows elderly to sue adult children for not visiting

Toronto Nuns Go Green in Retirement

Three ways to use your house for retirement planning

Destinations

Joie de Vivre! Top Destinations to Retire by the Beach

Four Winter Get-aways for Adventurous Boomers

House Sitting - One Woman's Never Ending Story

The Top Seven Reasons to Retire in Mexico

10 favorite vacation spots for Baby Boomers

Lodging

Joie de Vivre! Top Destinations to Retire by the Beach

Four Winter Get-aways for Adventurous Boomers

House Sitting - One Woman's Never Ending Story

The Top Seven Reasons to Retire in Mexico

Lodging

Assisted Living

Standards of Care in Long Term Care in Canada

Commune for Seniors Goes Beyond Materialism

Oklahoma retirement home builds tornado shelter for residents

Portland Retirement Residence Goes Green

Austin Texas Develops Senior Urban Village

Assisted Living

CCRC Continuing Care Retirement Communities

Standards of Care in Long Term Care in Canada

Portland Retirement Residence Goes Green

Austin Texas Develops Senior Urban Village

Connecticut Retirement Community Holds Holiday Toy Drive

Aging in Place and Its Implications for Senior Living Communities

CCRC Continuing Care Retirement Communities

Inspiring stories

Baby Boomers Realize Childhood Dreams at MLB Fantasy Camps

Bridging the Generation Gap for Jewish Seniors

House Sitting - One Woman's Never Ending Story

Octogenarian Finds his Niche with Online Fine Art Marketing

SOS - Sweet Pair of Cats Look for New Home in Retirement Community

Inspiring stories

Senior Celebrities

Amazing Nursing Home Residents Dress Up as Movie Stars

Do you want to live to 109?

Fans Pay Tribute to Stompin' Tom Connors: Video

Who is Britain's Most Powerful Woman?

Aging Pope Benedict XVI Retires

Senior Celebrities

Ageism

Boomer Factoids Create Barriers to Business Success

Creating Empowered Cultures

Words Matter - Paradigms Matter More

Ageless Marketing Matters

Rural police department asks public to report older drivers

Ageism

Prescription Drugs

Traditional and Alternative Oral Health Care for the Elderly

Are you paying too much for prescription drugs?

New study says flu vaccine offers poor protection for seniors

Flu Season Hits Charlotte North Carolina Hard

Human Enhancement Medication for Older Workers Raises Concerns

Prescription Drugs

Humor

Photo of Little Girl as a 60-year-old Woman Goes Viral

Funny: Early bird dinners

Funny: Cataract Surgery pun

Humor

Insurance

Don't be surprised by unexpected funeral costs

Giving the charitable gift of a lifetime

How to choose an executor of your estate

What you need to know before submitting an insurance claim

What comes to mind when you think of life insurance?

Veterans

H for Hebrew - A Jewish POW's WWII Story of Survival

Retired 92 year-old soldier gets gift from fellow servicemen

WWII vet takes shelter in local retirement home during Hurricane Sandy

Veterans Day events: November 10

Veterans Day events: November 13

Credit and Debt

Do seniors deserve senior discounts?

Will the fiscal troubles ahead hit you?

The biggest scams of 2013

Are reverse mortgages a good idea for seniors?

Back to Basics for Over 55 Living

Credit and Debt

Political Issues

House Sitting - One Woman's Never Ending Story

How the U.S. government shutdown is affecting vulnerable seniors

Egypt's seniors play central role in country's recent uprising

How do aging monarchs lead effectively?

Who is Britain's Most Powerful Woman?

Political Issues

Politics and Government

House Sitting - One Woman's Never Ending Story

How the U.S. government shutdown is affecting vulnerable seniors

Egypt's seniors play central role in country's recent uprising

How do aging monarchs lead effectively?

Video: Elderly woman escorted off train for singing

Politics and Government

Grandparenting

Do you want to live to 109?

What are 'grandparent camps'?

The Harsh Realities of Grandparenting in Vietnam

More seniors are taking care of grandchildren

Divorced Elderly Couple Presents Taylor and Burton Sequel, Gets Remarried

Independent Living

Do you want to live to 109?

Lonely New York seniors will receive presents from local charities on Christmas

Families thrive as boomers retire

Senior Rebels with a Cause

Retirement communities may be the answer for seniors

Independent Living

Fashion

Redefining the casual you at 50-something

Fashion

Software Reviews

Tablets KO eReaders for Older Adults

Software Reviews

Books and Movies

Why are there so few seniors in Hollywood movies? An insider view

SuperBowl ad featuring seniors goes viral

Dustin Hoffman Makes Directorial Debut with "Quartet"

85 year-old Sushi Master Dreams of Perfection

Famous Play about Elderly is Revived on London Stage

Books and Movies

Social Security

Which countries have the best pension plans?

Will the fiscal troubles ahead hit you?

Get Ready for Paperless Social Security on March 1

The 5 financial issues for seniors in 2013

Business group proposes raising retirement age to 70

Social Security

Skilled Nursing

Nursing home versus home care: How to decide

World's oldest person dies at 115 years old

English School Children bring Christmas Cheer to the Elderly

10 questions to ask in your nursing home search

The Six-Part Recipe for Finding a Nursing Home for your Parents

Skilled Nursing

End of Life

Will humans ever live to a thousand years old?

How to Navigate through Living Wills and Senior Emergencies

Stimulus bill delays cuts to Medicare, hospice programs saved

End-of-life discussions'may benefit'

Doctors Reluctant to Tell Terminally Ill How Long They Have Left

Tax Aide

Tax tips for seniors

9 Great Perks and Discounts that Come with Getting Older

Do tax cuts help people save for retirement?

Texas Fights Against Hunger in the Elderly

End of year tax tips for seniors

Estate Planning

Will myths keep your last wishes from coming true

Creating Your Own Charitable Endowment using a Donor Advised Fund

Actor's family in court over control of affairs

New act would protect seniors'granting power of attorney

Wills are'a living legal document'

Estate Planning

Legal and Insurance

Will myths keep your last wishes from coming true

Legal and Insurance

Medicare

A short look at long-term care insurance

Connecticut senate candidates debate social security

Why seniors in small towns are having trouble finding doctors

Florida and Medicare: Paul Ryan visits retirement community

Obamacare and Seniors: Two Opposing Views

Laws and Regulations

Video: Elderly woman escorted off train for singing

Elderly woman fights to fly American flag

President Obama Proclaims May Older Americans Month

Canadian Prisons Seek Solutions for Graying Inmates

Seniors Could Lose Pets or Face Eviction

Laws and Regulations

Retirement Living

Video: Retirement home residents sing Valentine's Day love song

Researcher says seniors share a distinct smell

April 2012 RetirementConnect

Retirement homes of the future

New study sheds light on seniors and sex

Retirement Living

Elections

Obama and Romney fight for the senior vote

Florida's seniors are the focus in 2012 election

Seniors Help Bring Down Greek Government

Albertans Court Seniors in April Election

Seniors Vote from Residences for Super Tuesday

White Papers

Japanese Business Competes for Country’s Silver Lining

Can you tell this retirement home is 'eco-friendly?'

Scammers invent new ways to defraud seniors

E-Readers Blast into Older Adult Space

Gay Pride Month is cause to celebrate for LGBT seniors

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Japanese seniors volunteer with earthquake cleanup

Japan is the world's fastest-aging country

Seniors celebrate Veterans Day

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Comics and Jokes

Senior duo wins comedy award

The Art of Aging Gracefully

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Comics and Jokes

Insurance Issues

Doctors Face Questions about Retirement

Republican Senators put forth new Retirement Freedom Act

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Insurance Issues

Legal Services

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005: A Retirement Home Perspective

Conducting a Workplace Investigation: What Every Retirement Home Operator Needs to Know

Just Cause and the Retirement Home Employee – When is bad conduct bad enough?

Ontario’s Retirement Homes Act, 2010 – An Update

Complaint Management 101: Legal Requirements and Strategies for Retirement Home Owners and Managers

Grief Recovery

Holiday rituals without loved ones

Professional caregivers can mourn after patients pass

Grief recovery advice for the holidays

When Your Widowed Parent Re-Marries

Rehabilitation Care

Boost in senior cancer survivors expected

Hospitalized seniors eat more if they are among friends

Menopausal symptoms may be warning signs for low bone density, injury

Homecare advocates say'competitive bidding'will put 90 percent out of business

Michigan program tracks seniors with GPS devices

Rehabilitation Care

Congregate Living

Newfoundland Seniors Gear up for Summer Camp

Baby boomers expected to favor urban areas in the future

Poll: Obama will be effective thanks to in-home grandparenting

Congregate Living

Baby boomers changing the funeral industry

Caregiver turns assisted living facility around

Married baby boomers spend retirement apart

Study: Enhanced physical activity can boost cognitive abilities

Alzheimer's care expected to increase with number of affected

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