As I seek to provide more information to boomers in all aspects of their life, I thought I would share the following. Individuals have a brand. We don’t always think about ourselves as brands but if we did we would probably act, speak and present ourselves differently and better, standing...
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5% of Boomers Abusing Drugs
Health Day, citing a new government study, reports that almost 5 percent of aging Baby Boomers in the United States are abusing drugs. Approximately 4.3 million adults over the age of 50 are smoking marijuana, abusing prescription medication and engaging in other illicit drug activity. The driving force behind the...
Boomers Less Healthy Than Their Parents
This study comes as absolutely no surprise to me because as a nation we do not take care of ourselves. We are a fast food nation that is getting fatter. More proof that boomers are less healthy than their parents-researchers at UCLA have found that seniors aged 60-69 exhibited 40%-70%...
Boomers Helping Parents with Medication Management
According to a new survey from Caring.com, baby boomers are playing an active role when it comes to decisions about their parents’ medications. Three quarters of boomers had some or a great deal of influence regarding the types of medications or other treatments taken by the person for whom they...
Institute of Medicine Study Warns Boomers Better Take Care of Themselves
The Institute of Medicine released a report Monday on the health care outlook for the 78 million baby boomers about to begin turning 65. It was not rosy. In short, there aren’t enough specialists in geriatric medicine; insufficient training is available; the specialists that do exist are underpaid; Medicare fails...
No Country for Young Men
I just read an article today by Megan McArdle that looks at the Baby Boomers’ retirement and how it will change the texture of society. It is one of the best articles I have read on the subject. Check it out here.