Category: aging

How much sleep do older adults need?

  • April 10, 2015
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Belinda Setters, MD, MS, AGSF, FACP Director, Mobile ACE & Transitional Care Programs Associate Clinical Professor Geriatric Medicine & Palliative Care Robley Rex VA Medical Center When most of us talk about sleep needs, we usually think about children. We know children need a certain amount of sleep to stay active and healthy and to grow into adulthood. Children have a bedtime and parents (and grandparents!) work hard to ensure they are in bed on time and get the sleep they need every night. But most of us don’t think about how much sleep we get or need as we grow older. And yet, sleep is just as critical to our health as we age. As we age, our brains may tell us to go to

The PERS industry must do a better job of serving seniors

  • April 6, 2015
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<!– google_ad_section_start –>These are tech transition times for everyone – including seniors and their devices. In case you didn’t see it, the Pew numbers about smartphone use are out – 27{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d} of the 65+ have smartphones, up from 19{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d} last year. Given the date of that data (from last fall), let’s just assume that this number is actually lower than today's reality. So why should a PERS reseller or manufacturer care? First because carriers don’t want to sell feature/clamshell phones any more. They make it difficult to even find them. They are selling smartphones to people who don’t want or use all of the features they have, but they’re buying them anyway because that is what they’re being

Ask Well: Statins and Your Sex Life

  • April 3, 2015
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The science on statins and sexual function is inconclusive, but it does appear that taking a statin can affect a person’s sex life, in both positive and negative ways.

Best Year of My Life? 55

  • April 2, 2015
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One man’s healthy lifestyle story proving it really is never too late to change The post Best Year of My Life? 55 appeared first on Healthy Aging ®.

Smartphone usage by older adults is up — why?

  • April 2, 2015
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<!– google_ad_section_start –>Times change, so do phones. One year ago according to the latest from Pew, 18{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d} of the 65+ had a smartphone – today, 27{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d} have them. Why? Well, for one thing, when a phone breaks, smartphones are easy to find in the store as directed by a rep and online, while ‘basic’ phones (Verizon has 6 unique basic phones) are buried under pre-paid plans. AT&T's two unique brands are very difficult to find, with a handful of non-contract Go Phones – found online after wading through a gazillion smartphone choices. Also, 41{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d} of people aged 65-69 are smartphone owners, perhaps side effects of working longer, greater longevity, families with pics, videos, and chats that must be seen NOW. But still, more

Five new technologies from the 2015 Boomer Business Summit and ASA

  • March 30, 2015
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<!– google_ad_section_start –>In Chicago it was all about boomers and seniors. Last week Aging in America framed several days in Chicago of multiple other related events about and for professionals in caregiving, boomers and seniors. The market-facing event that always attracts multiple executives from organizations like AARP, United Healthcare, Ziegler, Linkage, and many startups was the What’s Next Boomer Business Summit (led by Mary Furlong and now in its 12th year). Here are five technologies new and/or not previously noted from ASA and What's Next — all information is from the companies' websites or press releases: <!– google_ad_section_end –>read more