Due to changes in society, Assistive Technology is a growing fast. It can help overcome the problems of an aging society. As the populations in first world countries are getting older and older, aging and the limitations it causes are becoming problems more common harder to ignore. Demographic change is not simply some abstract numbers in a study, but becoming the[Read More…]
The main trends of the Boomers’ trip in 2017 were the subject of an AARP study in the USA. The study shows that almost all will travel for vacations with about half traveling abroad. Top 2017 Boomer travel trends show that almost all will travel for leisure with about half traveling internationally. General Travel Insights Travel in 2017 looks very[Read More…]
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People in Britain are living longer and as a result, many are working longer than ever before. Despite a number of policy drives aimed at delaying retirement, questions remain on how employers will adapt their policies to suit a more age-diverse workforce and how skills provision can deliver for an ageing population. Furthermore, the potential outcome of the UK’s decision[Read More…]
According to data from World Population Prospects : the 2015 Revision (United Nations, 2015), the number of older persons—those aged 60 years or over—has increased substantially in recent years in most countries and regions, and that growth is projected to accelerate in the coming decades. Between 2015 and 2030, the number of people in the world aged 60 years or over[Read More…]
AARP conducted a study among family caregivers caring for an adult over the age of 18 to explore the out-of-pocket costs of caregiving and the financial strain on the family caregiver. This report estimates the monetary costs of caring for an adult with care needs by quantifying the out-of-pocket costs family caregivers are incurring. In addition to out-of-pocket costs, this[Read More…]
Over the next twenty years, the population aged 65 and over is expected to grow from 48 million to 79 million. Meanwhile, the number of households headed by someone in that age group will increase by 66 percent to almost 50 million—with the result that by 2035, an astounding one out of three American households will be headed by someone[Read More…]
The food Nestlé developed for the pilots of Solar Impulse – the first ever solar-powered plane to complete a round-the-world trip – was the only ‘fuel’ on board during their epic adventure. Although that fuel is spent, now that Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg have completed the final leg of their record-breaking trip, our journey doesn’t stop here. We want[Read More…]
The report by Independent Age is about the financial circumstances of the group of older people who lived through the Second World War – sometimes called the ‘Silent Generation’. Our new analysis of incomes data (primarily the Family Resources Survey) looks at the differences between groups of older people and identifies those who are at risk of being forgotten on[Read More…]
A new Merrill Lynch study finds that as the baby boomer generation retires en masse to enjoy newfound freedom of time and activities, an estimated 2.5 trillion hours1 of leisure time will be created among the 65+ population over the next two decades. For the first time in the U.S., more people are in the “time affluent” stage (age 65+)[Read More…]
grandPad, the leading tablet solution designed to improve the lives of millions of seniors by reconnecting them with their families, friends, and caregivers, today announced an easy to use telepresence device with Revolve Robotics, maker of Kubi. The Kubi Telepresence charging stand for grandPad lets remote family members connect from their phones, tablets or computers on live, 2-way video calls[Read More…]
