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FH Boom Daily Digest-Apr. 15, 2008

Top News from Today's "Boomiverse"

Study: Boomers to Flood Medical System
Randolph E. Schmid
Associated Press
Apr. 14, 2008

Overview: “Millions of baby boomers are about to enter a health care system for seniors that not only isn't ready for them, but may even discourage them from getting quality care.”

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iPg5BOlKnQd1U8Z2-EGHAf-trQfwD901PLDG2

Luxury cruising is the next big thing
Anita Dunham-Potter
msnbc.msn.com
Apr. 14, 2008

Overview: “The challenge is to attract those affluent baby boomers who have been cruising on the lower-scale, so-called ‘premium’ cruise lines like Princess, Holland America and Celebrity, and persuade them to upgrade to the luxury lines.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24110511/

18 percent of all boomers expect to develop Alzheimer's
Kathleen Fackelmann
Baxter Bulletin
Apr. 15, 2008

Overview: “The report, 2008 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures, states that one out of eight boomers will be diagnosed with Alzheimer's, the most common type of dementia, at some point. If no cure for Alzheimer's is found, the nation will be faced with a half-million new cases of Alzheimer's in 2010 and nearly a million a year by the middle of the century.”

http://www.baxterbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080415/NEWS01/804150349/1002/NEWS01


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Comments (1)

Rita:

That's quite an assortment of studies: boomers to flood the health system; boomers are a good market for luxuay cruises;and 18 percent of boomers will get Alzheimer's disease.

Rita

I write a boomer consumer blog called The Survive and Thrive Boomer Guide at http://boomersurvive-thriveguide.typepad.com.

Posted by Rita | April 16, 2008 3:25 AM

Posted on April 16, 2008 03:25

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