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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 15:11:59 EDT</pubDate>
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							<item><title>Memory care – the door is locked, but is anyone home when the ambulance arrives?</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[When the 911 call may be necessary but not sufficient.  The news about the no-CPR policy of in an independent living community in California brought me back.  In the incident reported everywhere, the nurse claimed that the policy in independent living did not include providing CPR &ndash; and as a result, the elderly woman died. Years ago when my mother spent some time in an assisted living facility, 911 was invoked nine times within a single year before they ejected her to a nearby nursing home claiming they could not provide care. Each of her ER visits involved either my sister or me &ndash; racing to the ER from work so that we could explain her history &ndash; one time we stopped a dose of Bactrim that she was allergic to &ndash; another time we interrupted her inaccurate description of her medical history cheerfully being offered to an intern who had not checked her chart and apparently did not know she had dementia.
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								<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 10:41:49 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>The Ins and Outs of Medicare Supplemental Insurance</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[If you’re approaching the age of 65 or have just turned 65-years old, you have no doubt been pelted with various literature advising you to enroll in Medicare Advantage and/or choose a Medicare supplemental insurance plan. Navigating the seas of Medicare Advantage and Medicare supplemental insurance can seem rather overwhelming, but with the following simple&#8230; [More]]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 10:00:09 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>A "Genetic Thermometer" May In The Future Reveal How Healthy You Are You For Your Age</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[JoVE has published details of a technique to measure the health of human genetic material in relation to a patient's age. The method is demonstrated by the laboratory of Dr. Gil Atzmon at New York's Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr...]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Hallelujahs ring after IRS reverses church pension decision</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[The Internal Revenue Service may be having a bad week, but Mary Rich isn&#8217;t complaining about the taxman. The former nurse and hospital executive recently won a 10-year battle to get the IRS to reverse a ruling that would have cost her and her husband, Riz Corpuz, $2,500 a month in pension benefits from their [...]

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Workers fight switch to church plan pensions
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American Airlines pension battle raises troubling questions]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:01:42 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Jim Klobuchar: Blind-Sided by Euphoria at the Gas Pump</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[When the price of gas at the pump ballooned past four dollars a gallon a few weeks ago I groaned with the rest of the chorus and offered the customary snarls in the direction of billionaire oil cartels and their fall guys at the refineries.

But for a bizarre few minutes last week I basked   in the rarest  euphoria of  a customer exacting revenge. It was masterful.  You would have been proud. Edgar Alan Poe could not have managed revenge more diabolically.

The drama materialized suddenly out of the gloaming that was closing in on a gas station near a small town  in the lake country where I was driving in western Minnesota. My tank was already running on  fumes. I knew there was a larger  station a few miles up the road in the  direction of Ottertail  Lake. But little exclamation signals were already flashing on my gas gauge, and I rolled up alongside the two tanks available.

My choices were the usual. I didn&rsquo;t bother looking at the per gallon price because  it wasn&rsquo;t going to do all that much for my pulse rate.  I got out, touched the Pay Inside button, plugged the gas pump  into my tank and squeezed the lever.

Nothing happened.

I pulled out the pump, clicked the Pay Inside button again and squeezed the lever. 

Nothing flowed.

I turned to look into the station office and waved, seeking some kind of acknowledgment that Somebody Cared, or even some of that widely acclaimed rural camaraderie for which the state of Minnesota is justly  celebrated.

Nothing moved. Nobody.

Being an experienced traveler, I had to  admit  that in today&rsquo;s environment not all gas stations have the resources to coddle customers. So I waved graciously, got back into the car and eased it in front of Pump 2. I repeated the drill, touched the Pay Inside Button and squeezed the handle.

Nothing stirred. I now noticed another button on the pumping station&rsquo;s list of instructrions. It read &ldquo;Help.&rdquo; Meaning  &ldquo;we&rsquo;re friendly, come and talk to us.&rdquo;
My last strategy was to use a credit card, although I prefer not most of the time. But before I did I looked up at the price per gallon listing  and found it totally exhilarating; shocking, in fact.

It read  well under $3 a gallon.

I was now totally electrified. Here was a gas  station, bless it&rsquo;s heart, fighting  the dictates of the oil barons. Less than $3  a gallon! It was as thought the counter-revolution had a rrived, right here in the middle of Minnesota.

I was getting ready to drop my resistance to the credit card option  when from  nearly two blocks  away  I saw a young man getting up from a  small family  outing  and running full bore in my direction.

Breathing hard, he said he&rsquo;d been watching my struggles and had some information that might help me.

&ldquo;By all means,&rdquo; I said.

&ldquo;This gas station,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s been closed for a couple of years.  I  thought  you might want to know. I guess  nobody&rsquo;s   ready to remove it.
&ldquo;Did you say two years?&rdquo;

&ldquo;Something like that.&rdquo;

He shrugged in a way that suggested  there are mysteries in life that  still defy solution.  I thanked him for his  kindness to a stranger  and offered  a suggestion.

&ldquo;They should reopen this station  for a week and keep the same price tag up there.  They&rsquo;d make enough money in five days to remodel and  reopen at the new rates.&rdquo;

He didn&rsquo;t argue. I got back into the car and managed to reach the next gas station up the highway.  The price per  gallon was close to $4.

Anybody  in the market for a small gas station with sensational  prices?

About Jim Klobuchar:
In 45 years of daily journalism, Jim Klobuchar&rsquo;s coverage ranged from presidential campaigns to a trash collector&rsquo;s ball. He has written from the floor of a tent in the middle of Alaska, from helicopters, from the Alps and from the edge of a sand trap. He was invited to lunch by royalty and to a fist fight by the late Minnesota Viking football coach, Norm Van Brocklin. He wrote a popular column for the Minneapolis Star Tribune for 30 years and has authored 23 books. Retiring as a columnist in 1996, he contributes to Ecumen&rsquo;s &ldquo;Changing Aging&rdquo; blog, MinnPost.com and the Christian Science Monitor. He also leads trips around the world and an annual bike trip across Northern Minnesota. He&rsquo;s climbed the Matterhorn in the Alps 8 times and has ridden his bike around Lake Superior. He&rsquo...]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 18:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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								<description><![CDATA[A small experiment finds that family members are more comfortable with the phrase "allow a natural death."]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 11:30:54 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Misconceptions about Seniors and Exercise</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Many aging adults avoid exercise because they are afraid of being injured. Little do they realize that the actual danger lies in becoming too sedentary. As we age, our bones, joints, and muscles naturally begin to deteriorate as cells gradually die off, making us more frail and prone to serious injuries. The only way to&#8230; [More]]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 11:00:10 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Older Adults May Have Flu Protection</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Age has its privileges, and a new study suggests that one of them may be immunity to some flu pandemics.]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Transforming your 401(k) into steady income</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[A job and a paycheck &#8211; they go together like coffee and cream. But when you retire from your regular job, does that mean you have to give up the cream? A growing number of 401(k) plans are including investment choices that can help savers convert nest eggs into retirement income. Participants can buy insurance [...]

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Retirement income: TIAA-CREF has it all figured out
How high fund costs whack retiree income, portfolios
How retirees struggling for income can cope with Fed&#8217;s new normal]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:22:49 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Join me for a free retirement planning webinar</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[I recently conducted an online webinar presentation for National Seminar Training on retirement planning in the new economy. We talked about many of the key themes of my book, The Hard Times Guide to Retirement Security &#8212; where the soon-to-retire boomer generation stands in the wake of the Great Recession, and what practical solutions people [...]

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Join me for a free webinar on retirement in hard times
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								<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:57:53 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>V.A. Warns Aging Veterans Against ‘Pension Poachers’</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Questionable financial tactics are one reason for the enormous backlog of applications for a caregiving benefit, officials claim.]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:46:29 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Aging Brains May Benefit More From Mediterranean Than Low Fat Diet</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Brain power in older people at risk for vascular dementia seems to improve more from a Mediterranean diet with added mixed nuts or  extra virgin olive oil than from a low-fat diet that is typically followed to prevent heart attack and stroke, according to the results of a Spanish  trial...]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Mediterranean Diet Seems To Boost Ageing Brain Power</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Better than low fat option for those at risk of vascular dementia A Mediterranean diet with added extra virgin olive oil or mixed nuts seems to improve the brain power of older people better than advising them to follow a low-fat diet, indicates research published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry...]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>V.A. Warns Aging Veterans Against 'Pension Poachers'</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Questionable financial tactics are one reason for the enormous backlog of applications for a caregiving benefit, officials claim.]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Does Prostate Cancer Treatment Help Older, Sick Men?</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Older men with other illnesses may not live long enough to benefit from aggressive prostate cancer treatments, such as prostate removal or radiation, and they'd have to live with their side effects, says a new study.Source: Reuters Health]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:02:43 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Assisted living industry shrinks as the need grows</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Does rising cost parallel consumer distaste for long-term care? Perhaps this caught your eye &ndash; an NY Times article on escalating long-term care costs noted (among many numbers) that the assisted living industry, according to its trade association, ALFA, that the US population now living in assisted living is 730,000, that the move-in age is now 87, that the average time of residence is 2 years.
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								<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:28:22 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>The assisted living industry shrinks as the need for it grows</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Does rising cost parallel consumer distaste for long-term care? Perhaps this caught your eye &ndash; the NY Times article on escalating long-term care costs noted that the assisted living industry, according to its trade association, ALFA, now has a resident population of 730,000, that the move-in age is now 87, and that the average time of residence is 2 years. As has been noted several times on this blog, if the move in age is rising, then the assisted living constituent increasingly resembles the nursing home resident of yore -- and at the same time the costs have risen to the daunting level. Furthermore, memory care is the most profitable and fastest growing service in today&#39;s assisted living.
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								<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:28:22 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Progeria Treatment On The Horizon</title>
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								<description><![CDATA["This study is a breakthrough for our research group after years of work. When we reduce the production of the enzyme in mice, the development of all the clinical symptoms of progeria is reduced or blocked...]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Sleep Apnea in Seniors Tied To Alzheimer's in Study</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Connection appeared strongest among thinner people, researcher says



Source: HealthDay]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 14:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Disruptions: Helper Robots Are Steered, Tentatively, to Elder Care</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[With a growing population of Americans over the age of 65, but a lack of trained home health care workers, more and more people could opt to hire robots to do the job.]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>After the Denial Letter Arrives</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[What families can do if the V.A. rejects a veteran's claim for caregiving benefits.]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:57:35 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Assessing The Efficacy Of Different Types Of Training Programs On Cognitive Performance In Elderly Patients</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Forget apples - lifting weights and doing cardio can also keep the doctors away, according a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute...]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Joe The Barber</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Every Wednesday in Hartford, Conn., under the shade of an old oak tree, homeless people can get a free haircut. Well, not exactly free: 82-year-old retired barber Anthony Cymerys asks for a hug in return. Inspired 25 years ago by a church sermon about the homeless, Cymerys decided he wanted to help them not look like they had no home. His clients — some homeless, some just in a tough patch — line up on park benches and wait their turn for a haircut and a hug. "I love these guys," Cymerys said about them. He paused and turned to his client in the chair, "You know I love you, right?"]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:08:00 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Retirement health care expense outlook brightens</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Healthcare costs put a big squeeze on retiree pocketbooks, but the grip may be relaxing a bit. A 65-year-old couple retiring this year will need $220,000 to pay for healthcare for the rest of their lives, an amount that is eight percent less than a year ago, according to a Fidelity Investments report issued Wednesday. [...]

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								<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:17:08 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Caregiving for a Proud Elder Patient Who Needs Your Help</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[As people age, the simplest daily tasks we’re used to doing can become increasingly difficult to complete, but what can be even more difficult is entering a stage when the realization that the days of an independent lifestyle may be coming to an end, especially after living a full and independent life where he or&#8230; [More]]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:58 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Retirement Bad For Physical And Mental Health</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Retirement is bad for mental and physical health, says a new study published by the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Age Endeavour Fellowship, London. The author, Gabriel H. Sahlgren, explained that initially retirement gives most people a small health boost, but over the medium- and long-term, it causes "a drastic decline in health"...]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 09:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Your Social Security is smart about phones</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Social Security has a smart phone app.  Never one to be behind the technology times, Social Security has announced the availability of a smart phone site for mobile phone users, noting that 35 million page views come via smart phones -- over what period, how many repeats, we can only guess. The site must be a work in process, however. Before I could even type my password into MySocialSecurity, a message informed me that the information which I had not yet requested was best viewed on a desktop. No kidding. There are many more options and tidbits of information on the desktop site than on the mobile site, including the non-trivial process of applying for benefits. On a phone would be a study in persistence in the face of daunting obstacles. Life is good: &quot;phone users can connect with Social Security on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Pinterest.&quot;  Whew, if we couldn&rsquo;t connect through Facebook or Pinterest, I just don&rsquo;t know what we&rsquo;d do.
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								<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:57:23 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Synthetic Silicate Used To Stimulate Stem Cells Into Bone Cells</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[In new research published online in Advanced Materials, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) are the first to report that synthetic silicate nanoplatelets (also known as layered clay) can induce stem cells to become bone cells without the need of additional bone-inducing factors...]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Gender Differences In The Aging Immune System</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Women's immune systems age more slowly than men's, suggests research in BioMed Central's open access journal Immunity & Ageing. The slower decline in a woman's immune system may contribute to women living longer than men...]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Immune Systems Of Women Remain Younger For Longer</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[The secret to why women live longer than men is due to their superior immune systems, according to a new study published in the journal Immunity & Ageing...]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Celebrating Graduation at Any Age</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[College graduates around the country are celebrating this May.
Doris at Ecumen of Litchfield in Litchfield, Minn., is no exception. She turns 90 years old and receives her Bachelor of Arts Degree Honoris Causa from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D. this month.
Congratulations, Doris!]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:57:00 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>The ‘Long and Unacceptable’ Wait for a Veterans’ Benefit</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Why are elderly veterans and their spouses still waiting months, sometimes more than a year, to qualify for caregiving benefits from the V.A.?]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 06:00:50 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>The IT Industry Can Keep Silver Surfers Productive And Improve Their Overall Quality Of Life</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Hardware and software vendors are foolish to ignore the needs of the growing population of older computer and information technology users, the so-called "silver surfers"...]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 04:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Medical Diagnostic Device Employs Wireless Signals To Identify Brain Swelling Or Bleeding</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[New technology developed at the University of California, Berkeley, is using wireless signals to provide real-time, non-invasive diagnoses of brain swelling or bleeding. The device analyzes data from low energy, electromagnetic waves, similar to the kind used to transmit radio and mobile signals...]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 04:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>The Sequencing Of The Genome Of The 'Sacred Lotus' May Release Anti-Aging Secrets</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[A team of 70 scientists from the U.S., China, Australia and Japan reports having sequenced and annotated the genome of the "sacred lotus," which is believed to have a powerful genetic system that repairs genetic defects, and may hold secrets about aging successfully...]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Not Moving on, but Still Starting a New Chapter</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[William H. Frey of the Brookings Institution said the idea that all retirees move to Florida was a myth and that many older adults wound up retiring at home.]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 23:53:19 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Covering the Rising Cost of Long-Term Care</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[After the stock market crash of 2008 and a collapsing housing bubble diminished the value of many nest eggs, the cost of long-term care is now a concern for many aging Americans.]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 22:53:30 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Vermont Passes ‘Aid in Dying’ Measure</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Vermont is the first state to permit physician-assisted suicide by legislation, rather than referendum or court order.]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 10:18:46 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>The Benefits of Home Care after Hospitalization or Rehabilitation</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[The time after a patient is discharged from a hospitalization or rehabilitation stay is a fragile time – especially for older patients. Every recovery is different, but for many, the management of daily responsibilities can present an overwhelming challenge – and in some cases may not be feasible at all. Even procedures that might seem&#8230; [More]]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 10:00:25 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Insomnia Can Lead To Future Hospitalization And Increased Health Service Use</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Having trouble falling or staying asleep? According to a new study led by a team of researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, insomnia may be an important indicator of future hospitalization among middle-aged and older adults...]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Restoring Levels Of A Hormone May Reverse Symptoms Of Heart Failure</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Heart failure is one of the most debilitating conditions linked to old age, and there are no specific therapies for the most common form of this condition in the elderly...]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Slowing Down The Aging Process By Boosting "Cellular Garbage Disposal"</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Scientists say that a gene, called parkin, can delay the onset of aging and make fruit flies live longer. They believe their findings might have important implications for the aging process and development of disease in human beings. The study was published in the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)...]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Protein Rejuvenates Hearts In Mice</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Researchers in the US have identified a protein that rejuvenates old hearts in mice.  The mouse hearts had thickened walls, a sign of  aging similar to that seen in humans, but after treatment their hearts reduced in size and thickness, and became more like the hearts of younger  mice...]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 12:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Growing threat to retirement security: Helping the kids</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[A growing number of families are supporting both adult children and aging parents. As if there weren’t enough variables to consider when planning for retirement, throw this into the mix: Fifty-two percent of parents over age 45 expect to financially support their adult children, and 35 percent expect to do the same for grandchildren, according [...]

Related posts:
New thinking surfaces on safe withdrawal rates in retirement
How you can buy an annuity from Social Security
Advisors, plan sponsors falling short on Social Security advice]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 10:42:02 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Families: First Line of Defense in Elder Abuse</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Many adult sons and daughters make every effort to visit their aging parents in nursing homes and other retirement communities in order to stay in touch and reduce the feeling of isolation their loved ones may have. There is a larger benefit to doing so and it extends beyond just one family. Nursing home abuse&#8230; [More]]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 10:00:12 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Dementia Units May Improve Care, Studies Suggest</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Some specialized units for dementia care do manage to improve on traditional nursing home care, recent studies suggest.]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 06:00:26 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Optical Media Changes With Age, But Neural Mechanisms Keep Color Perception Constant</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Cone receptors in the human eye lose their color sensitivity with age, but our subjective experience of color remains largely unchanged over the years. This ability to compensate for age-related changes in color perception rests in higher levels of the visual system, according to research published in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Sophie Wuerger from the University of Liverpool, UK...]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 04:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Memory Problems In Some Older Adults May Be Related To Anticholinergic Use</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Research from the Regenstrief Institute, the Indiana University Center for Aging Research and Wishard-Eskenazi Health on medications commonly taken by older adults has found that drugs with strong anticholinergic effects cause cognitive impairment when taken continuously for as few as 60 days...]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>Divorced? It pays to know Social Security’s spousal benefit rules</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[Robin Brewton, who advises clients on Social Security benefit strategies, has boosted retirees&#8217; financial security with a single question: Are you divorced? It is a little-known fact: If you&#8217;re divorced, it&#8217;s possible to claim Social Security spousal and survivor benefits from your ex. It is a strategy that can dramatically boost your benefits &#8211; and [...]

Related posts:
Reader Q&#038;A: Social Security spousal benefits
Reader mailbag: Social Security COLAs and spousal benefits
Higher Social Security retirement age would be a benefit cut for all]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 22:46:30 EDT</pubDate>
							</item><item><title>The O'Malley Twins</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[An old geezer stumbles up to the only other patron in a bar and asks if he could buy him a drink. "Why of course," comes the reply. The first man then asks: "Where are you from?"... "I'm from Ireland," replies the second man. The first man responds: "You don't say, I'm from Ireland too! Let's have another round to Ireland." "Of Course," replies the second man. Curious, the first man then asks: "Wh...ere in Ireland are you from?" "Dublin," comes the reply. "I can't believe it," says the first man. "I'm from Dublin too! Let's have another drink to Dublin." "Of course," replies the second man. Curiosity again strikes and the first man asks: "What school did you go to?" "Saint Mary's," replies the second man. "I graduated in '59." "This is unbelievable!" the first man says. "I went to Saint Mary's and I graduated in '59, too!" About that time in comes one of the regulars and sits down at the bar. "What's been going on?" he asks the bartender. "Nothing much," replies the bartender. "The old O'Malley twins are drunk again."]]></description>
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								<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 12:40:00 EDT</pubDate>
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