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Distracted Driving – There’s an App for That

The Safety Report Magazine recently featured apps that can essentially lock down your phone while driving, cutting down on distracted driving. Now this may not be as big an issue for elders but it is for my boomers friends, their kids and grandkids. And there are way too many horror...

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Home Invasions – Keeping Elderly Safe

One of my new favorite magazines is called The Safety Report. In a recent edition it addressed home safety and particularly what to do to prevent a home invasions. While written for all audiences I think it is important that caregivers and elders heed some of the advice. Install a...

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Putting Obesity in Perspective

The world’s population is 16.5 million tons overweight. If everyone on the planet had the same average weight as Americans, it would be equivalent to having 935 million additional people on earth.åÊ Happy 5th of July! Source: BBC

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Grim Report on Our Retirement Savings Habits

According to an article in The Week, half of all workers have put nothing away for retirement. Baby boomers have a median savings of only $78,000 while experts say to sustain a middle-class lifestyle across 15 or more years a retiree needs nearly one million dollars! At the same time...

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