The economic recession in the U.S. started keeping older workers at their jobs past retirement age while also bringing some seniors back into the workforce. It is the worst U.S. economic recession in the past 70 years, and a rocky stock market has resulted in seniors needing to work so that they can ensure they [...]
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Ellen has written 52 articles so far, you can find them below.
Seniors Becoming Safer Drivers
Seniors are not often looked upon as the best drivers, but a recent study put out by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety indicates that senior drivers are doing better. Their study reported that there was a 37 percent drop in fatal crashes among those drivers who are over 70 years old. There was also [...]
Shafin Development Building New Nursing Homes in Ireland
Westlife singer Shane Filan and his brother Finbarr are planning to construct two nursing homes near their hometown of Sligo, Ireland. The first project is a €5 million nursing home at Knappagh Road, which is on the outskirts of Sligo town. It is expected that this massive nursing home will be completed sometime in June [...]
Obama Appoints Berwick to Head Medicare and Medicaid Services
President Obama made a move yesterday to push things forward on the health care front, by making a recess appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Obama decided to make the recess appointment because he felt that Republicans were delaying the nominations, which was making it difficult to [...]
English researchers Find Alzheimer’s Clues
A team at the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College is making progress in their research which is helping to figure out the mystery behind Alzheimer’s disease. Their study was recently published in the June issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, and dives into research on the correlation between high concentrations of a blood [...]
House Minority Leader Suggests Pushing Retirement Age to 70
John Boehner, the current House Minority Leader, suggested that those individuals at least 20 years away from the current Social Security retirement age should have it raised to 70. Boehner is a Republican, and would be next in line to become the House speaker if the GOP was to regain control after the November mid-term [...]
Tai Chi Improving Balance Among Seniors
Tai Chi is known by most for being an ancient internal Chinese martial art practiced by most for defense training, but also performed because of the health benefits. Modern Tai Chi practiced in the United States is now less about defensive techniques and more about improving balance and improving health conditions. In fact seniors are [...]
