I’ve just been introduced to Prof Laura Carstenson and her team at the Stanford Center on Longevity, and am impressed by what I’ve seen so far. Their report last year New Realities for an Older America, sets out the issues in a balanced, data-rich way, and makes for striking reading. The section on the expected [...]
It seems that PTSD is tip of the iceberg for a number of other conditions, and a good entry point for getting people using the app to monitor themselves and flag any issues to a professional ahead of time. Just another layer of info, not necessarily the answer in itself. Somewhere between 11 percent and [...]
The new definitions, which were just published online by the journal Alzheimer’s Dementia, acknowledge this dimly understood early phase of Alzheimer’s. Now there are two new pre-dementia phases: mild cognitive impairment and “preclinical Alzheimer’s.” via Early Stages Of Alzheimer’s Now Get Formal Definitions : Shots – Health Blog : NPR.
I’m doing some research into dementia, and it’s fascinating how Alzheimer’s is the sleeping giant – that is really waking up. From the National Center for Health Statistics, we see that Alzheimer’s is the sixth-leading cause of death in the country and the only cause of death among the top 10 in the United States [...]
This is the first sexy aging company I’ve found. Let there be more! We started Omhu after searching in vain for well-designed products for relatives and friends who needed help with simple tasks such as walking, bathing, or reaching overhead. Pooling our collective experience in design and fashion, we’ve created a brand for people like [...]
Sage words from a recent study tracking longevity: – Marriage will keep you alive — but only if you’re male. The men who were married most of their lives lived well into their 70s. Divorced and single men did not live as long because they picked up bad behaviours that cut short their lives. Married [...]
Companies come here to understand their target audience or to have their products, policies and services studied. Often, visitors learn hard truths at AgeLab: many older adults don’t like products, like big-button phones, that telegraph agedness. “The reality is such that you can’t build an old man’s product, because a young man won’t buy it [...]
But marketers should not take this audience—or their interest—for granted. Boomers spend far more time with TV than they do online or watching video on mobile phones. And even then, they try to avoid the ads. Any campaign targeted at boomers via mobile must first be established in traditional media to be accepted. via Boomers [...]
On the cusp of turning 65 next year — among the first wave of Boomers to do so — Schrager is hardly ready to retire. He’s launching a new phase in his career, starting with creating a chain of luxury, lifestyle hotels with Marriott International called Edition. The first hotel opened on Hawaii’s Waikiki Beach [...]
“I don’t put any grants into NIA now because their funding line is so low it’s almost impossible to get funded,” says Duff. Duff’s situation reflects a crisis that is gripping researchers who are funded by the US$1.1‑billion ageing institute in Bethesda, Maryland. In 2010, a researcher submitting a grant application for any single deadline [...]
