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Longevity expectations can mislead or inform. Today’s life expectancy chart for 2026 notes an increase of life expectancy at birth to 79. Of course, that is a silly number to mention among the 65+ population which can expect to live into their mid-80s . And the physical condition they are in varies all over the map. Yo
Older adults are clearly more tech proficient today… On the positive side, data sources show that older adults are more proficient today than in years past – why? Because of necessity. Consider smartphones and enabling apps, software like FaceTime, social media tech, TV remotes. It is difficult to function at all witho
Gloria Steinem and Ms. Magazine were groundbreakers in the 1970s. Gloria Steinem died this week at the age of 92 after (literally) a lifetime of activism on behalf of women. More than 50 years ago, Ms. Magazine launched with 300,000 subscribers and Wonder Woman on the cover. It also formalized a medium for discussion o
You probably don’t think about crossword puzzles much. Maybe you should – the research points to their utility (along with the even-more-important exercise and interacting with people ) as one of the ways to help people maintain thinking and brain health – even delaying onset of memory decline . We like to think we wil
Worth a try – ask a question with a quantifiable result. It seems we have ‘progressed’ from the days of a list of links when asking Google a question. Now we get an ‘AI result’ – that is termed an ‘AI overview.’ How about what percent of people aged 75+ own smartphones? Simple enough. The answer – 31% in ‘foundational
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