Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"
The Food Issue: Family Affairs
Vicki Raab
The New Yorker
November 16, 2009
Overview: “For baby-boomers struggling to nurture failing parents in the absence of intact family networks and functional social structures, both books, brined in memory and embroiled in necessity, make consoling reading as Thanksgiving looms.”
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Research finds creative solutions for aged health
Antonette Collins
ABC News Australia
November 15, 2009
Overview: “Can participating in the arts help people be happier and healthier? Scientific research suggests that, in some cases, it can.”
http://tinyurl.com/ye5vquy
More Disabilities in the 60s May Spell Trouble for Baby Boomers
Katherine Hobson
U.S. News & World Report
November 12, 2009
Overview: “Wasn't the coming generation of senior citizens supposed to be the most active of all? The baby boomers may not be power-walking happily into their later years after all, if the trend captured by a new study continues. Researchers from the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California–Los Angeles found that people ages 60 to 69 report more disabilities (things like being unable to walk up 10 steps without rest and having difficulty doing chores and getting dressed) than in years past.”
http://tinyurl.com/yft3kpf