Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"
Juggling act for baby boomers: caring for their kids -- and their parents
Ana Veciana-Suarez
Miami Herald
June 20, 2010
Overview: “There already are 66 million caregivers watching over a parent, a spouse or a child. Many of them are baby boomers caring for an aging relative. With the U.S. Census Bureau predicting that growth in the 65-and-over demographic will outstrip the rest of the population -- in Florida it could account for almost 60 percent of the state's growth in the next two decades -- the number of those who need care is expected to skyrocket.”
http://tinyurl.com/3amw2uh
Jan's Story: Love and Early-Onset Alzheimer's
CBS Sunday Morning
June 20, 2010
Overview: “In the 1980s, Jan Chorlton was a promising television reporter. She went on to work for CNN, ABC, even "CBS Sunday Morning." She was lively, daring, one of those people who celebrated life. But at only 40 years old, the subtle changes began . . . the lapses in memory.”
http://tinyurl.com/2evyycn
Texting While Driving More Common Among Adults Than Teens
PC Magazine
June 19, 2010
Overview: “Adults are guilty of the dangerous activity of texting while driving more often than teenagers, according to the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. The Pew study also revealed that adults are substantially more likely to talk on a cell phone while driving than teenagers.”
http://tinyurl.com/263hg44