As the world’s population of older residents is growing, so is the recognition of the need to make changes to make it a more age-friendly place to live. One of the first and largest studies to address the growing challenge was launched in 2005—an ambitious worldwide effort spurred by the World Health Organization (WHO). From […]
With the population of older residents burgeoning in most places around the globe, the divide between young and old seems to be increasing, too. As a result, people on both ends of the age spectrum are left feeling displaced, their needs unmet. In 2005, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched an ambitious worldwide effort to […]
For the last decade or so, June has been decreed World Elder Abuse Awareness Month. Falling somewhere midway between National Random Action Month (January) and Fruit and Veggies — More Matters Month (September), the significance of the honorific likely gets lost on most people. But the fact that it exists at all signals a sea […]
The world’s population is aging rapidly. By 2050, the global population of people who have reached the age of 60 will be twice as high as that demographic’s population in 2019. In 2020, the number of people over the age of 60 exceeded the number of children younger than age 5 for the first time. […]
When people think of bullying behavior, most flash back to a more distant time and place, and to visions of mean kids they recall from the playground. But bullying is also becoming a burgeoning problem among those we thought were old enough to know better: seniors, especially those living in group residences — from independent […]
In many ways, it was like the prom you might remember fondly — or less than fondly — from your youth: an auditorium festooned with balloons and paper mache decorations, a huge bowl of punch, the coronation of a king and queen, and a band kicking out dance-friendly tunes while a roving photographer snapped the […]
Jessica Zitter, a palliative care physician and critical care specialist, well remembers the moment she knew she had to get off “the end of life conveyor belt”—which she describes as the automatic, unquestioning use of machines and procedures used to keep a patient functioning, despite the prognosis or the questionable quality of life it may […]
Time was, workers counted the days until they reached age 65, which also heralded the beginning of their retirement years. But times have changed. In the aftermath of a pandemic, and a turbulent, constant changing economy, a late 2022 online survey of American workers revealed that most workers (55%) plan on working in retirement, either […]