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Intel Showcases Innovative Wireless Sensor Networks for In-Home Health Care Solutions

Government, Industry Urged to Support Technologies to Assist Aging Population Intel Corporation is giving government officials a first-hand look at compelling future in-home health care applications at a technology demonstration hosted today by the Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST). In-home technology prototypes illustrate how tiny silicon-based sensing devices, discreetly embedded in objects such as shoes, furniture and home appliances,[Read More…]

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Aging Services Technology Demo on Capitol Hill Features Revolutionary Ideas to Help Seniors

Families Face Crisis of Caring for Elders; Swift Government Action Needed WASHINGTON, March 16 /PRNewswire/ — Today, some of America’s best known technology companies and leading university research centers will give members of Congress and federal agency officials a glimpse of revolutionary new technologies designed to support older adults and their caregivers. The technologies promise to enhance care and increase[Read More…]

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Japan : record 19% of population aged 65 or older

Japan’s population was an estimated 127,619,000 as of Oct. 1, up 184,000 from a year earlier, with a record 19.0% aged 65 or older, topping the previous year’s record of 18.5%, the public management ministry said Friday. ;The number of Japanese aged 65 and older rose 683,000 to 24,311,000, while the number aged under 65 fell in a further graying[Read More…]

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Japan : Ageing and Employment Policies

Japan : Ageing and Employment Policies

In the face of rapid population ageing and the trend towards early retirement, there is a need to promote better employment opportunities for older people. Much has been said about the need for reform of old-age pensions and early retirement schemes but this may not be sufficient to raise employment rates for older people significantly or to reduce the future[Read More…]

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FINLAND : Ageing and Employment Policies

FINLAND : Ageing and Employment Policies

In the face of rapid population ageing and the trend towards early retirement, there is a need to promote better employment opportunities for older people. Much has been said about the need for reform of old-age pensions and early retirement schemes but this may not be sufficient to raise employment rates for older people significantly or to reduce the future[Read More…]

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US : More American retirees look beyond Florida, Arizona

US : More American retirees look beyond Florida, Arizona

Sunshine and warm weather aren’t the only lures for retirees. They also want cheaper housing and some elbow room, making places such as Colorado, Idaho, Utah and New Mexico increasingly attractive to the over-65 set. Each of those states saw its senior population grow by at least 6 percent between 2000 and 2003, placing them among the 10 fastest-growing states[Read More…]

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DANEMARK : a new channel, TV2 Charlie, for people over 50

DANEMARK : a new channel, TV2 Charlie, for people over 50

With the young and hip already served through an abundance of TV channels and programs, Denmark has decided to launch a new TV channel targeting a more mature demographic. The new channel, named TV2 Charlie, will be aimed at people over 50, and will hit the airwaves later this year, TV2 said. The channel, which will be available on cable[Read More…]

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Baby Boomers Fight Father Time

DENVER ;— ;The generation once known for embracing granola and peace is now popping pills and shelling out big bucks to ;keep ;a youthful appearance. Baby boomers (search) ;are aging — but not without a fight. American ;40- and 50-year-olds are flocking to clinics and supplement stores, frantically trying to slow down the aging process. Taking a daily vitamin supplement[Read More…]

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Baby boomers’ ‘age wave’ said to pose economic risk

That figure assumes recent tax cuts are extended and figures into the mix other measures that are likely to be enacted, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities said. The Congressional Budget Office’s most recent forecast sees cumulative deficits of $1.8 billion through 2013, but doesn’t take into account the most recent tax cut or the $400 billion Medicare prescription[Read More…]

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Baby boomers spend their way into good times

HIGH on the list of economic factors wheeled out to depress us is the savings ratio. According to experts, we are not saving enough. Some bright spark in government – there’s a contradiction – has worked out we are short to the tune of £27 billion. Interestingly, that’s roughly the total tax taken from our pension funds by the government[Read More…]

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