6 Must-Have Apps for Baby Boomers

When it comes to smartphones, the days of baby boomers acting like George Jetson and screaming, “Jane, stop this crazy thing!” are over. You play Words with Friends, though you don't quite understand why birds get angry. Even so, a ...

 
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Cool Seniors on Screen

If there’s ever been a movie that made a senior living community look fun, flirty, and totally worth its while, it’s In Her Shoes with Shirley MacLaine. At her Florida digs, they socialize, speak their minds, and live ...

 
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Seniors Getting Digital (and Loving It)

“Did I get him? Did I get him?” That’s what an 84-year-old grandfather keeps asking his grandson during an intense round of Halo, the wildly popular video game that steals many a young person’s non-working, non-sleeping hours. This ...

 
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Retirement Community Residents Take Over Twitter

Leisure Care, a provider of resort-style retirement communities in several states and parts of Canada, has taken a unique approach to managing the company’s social media account. Currently, they are sponsoring a “resident take over” of Twitter. Residents who ...

 
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Boomer Actresses Hitting the Big Screen in a Big Way

I’m thrilled when a mature man or woman is carrying the lead role in movies, but it's probably because I've always had a special passion for elders. However, the recent trend towards more boomers and seniors commanding the screen ...

 
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Elder Care Comes to YouTube

Caregiving isn’t always about big decisions (should we choose home care? is it time for hospice? would assisted living be best?). Life-changing decisions are definitely part of it, but the day-to-day interactions and conversations about when to stop driving ...

 
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Grandparenting in the Days of Aurora Gunman James Holmes

As a little girl, I remember tuning in to soap operas on the small red television in my grandparents’ guest room. I was probably about 7 or 8 years old, and I would lock the door so the grown-ups (or my younger ...

 
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Young and Old Learn Together in “Life Swap” Experiment

Now and then, I’d tune in to an episode of “Wife Swap,” just for fun (or if there was nothing else on TV). In typical reality show fashion, things were definitely over-dramatized, and I could tell that the editing ...

 
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How to Use Social Media for a Senior Living Search

Like this status update, friend request sent, retweet this post, share this photo. We’re living in a social media world, and that means there are new ways to search for senior care options.

Finding senior living can a very ...

 
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“Kids These Days,” Also Known as Echo Boomers

There’s a new class of boomers in town, and they’re pretty powerful too.

Make way for the ‘echo boomers,’ defined in a new report from IBISWorld.com as a “subsegment of generation Y born to the baby boomers.”

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