Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"
Baby Boomers Appear to Be Less Healthy Than Parents
Rob Stein
Washington Post
April 20, 2007
Overview: Stein reports on the health of baby boomers. He writes, “Boomers are healthier in some important ways -- they are much less likely to smoke, for example -- but large surveys are consistently finding that they tend to describe themselves as less hale and hearty than their forebears did at the same age. They are more likely to report difficulty climbing stairs, getting up from a chair and doing other routine activities, as well as more chronic problems such as high cholesterol, blood pressure and diabetes.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/19/AR2007041902458.html?hpid=topnews
Living with Parents and Children
Good Morning America
April 20, 2007
Overview: This GMA segment focuses on the sandwich generation and multi-generations living together in one household while providing suggestions on how to make it work.
In greying Japan, old get trendy
Agence France Presse
April 19, 2007
Overview: One of Japan’s largest department stores, Takashimaya, will have a branch to specifically target baby boomers and the elderly. This article shares quotes from the stores spokesperson, Kivome Nagai, who explains, “Just targeting Tokyo's young and fashionable is simply no longer sufficient.” Moreover, “The tastes of the baby-boomers have changed and so we must respond to their needs.”
http://news.sawf.org/Lifestyle/36158.aspx
In The Top 10 Most Romantic Cities, Spring is Here and Boomer Couples are Ready! Bert Sperling's Best Places Announces Top 10 U.S. Cities Where Romance is Blooming for Boomers
PR Newswire
April 20, 2007
Overview: Press release announcing, “Home may be where the heart is, but for many baby boomers(i), home is also where guests stop by unannounced, "to-do" lists seem to grow longer by the minute and bills crowd the mailbox waiting to be paid. However, a new study, conducted by Bert Sperling of Sperling's Best Places, found the top 10 cities in the United States where romance blooms for boomers -- no matter what the interruption. Interestingly, Pittsburgh came out on top as the number one city where the boomer set is finding special moments for romance.”
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-20-2007/0004570020&EDATE=