What worries Americans most about their prospects for achieving a secure retirement? The cost of health care. Americans are less confident that they’ll have enough money to pay for medical and long-term care expenses in retirement than they are about their ability to cover basic expenses, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute’s recently released [...] [...more]
In 2005, there were 270,000 people over age 100 in the world–a figure the United Nations expects will explode to 2.3 million by 2040 due to gains in nutrition, health and healthcare. By that year, the U.S. Census Bureau expects the proportion of people over age 65 will more than double from 2008 levels, to [...] [...more]
Worried about losing it as you age? Google it. Research by a leading scientist in the fields of memory and longevity suggests that searching the Internet triggers key centers in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning–and that searching the Web may help stimulate and boost brain function for certain people middle-aged and older. [...] [...more]
People who retire from full-time work into temporary or part-time jobs experience fewer incidences of disease and function better day-to-day than people who stop working altogether, according to a new study. The most dramatic benefits were experienced by people who “bridged” into part-time roles related to their previous career work. Via Science Daily. [...more]
As American lifespan rises, longevity risk has become a big topic, with much discussion revolving around concerns that we’ll outlive our money. Another interesting way of looking at the longevity challenge is the span of healthy years you’ll live–not just your overall lifespan. In this clip, noted speaker and author Joe Piscatella discusses the importance [...] [...more]
