Digital Health Market Opportunities

Health innovation frontiers represent a vast and under-addressed market opportunity. It highlights the encouraging rise in health innovation targeted at addressing a growing population with increased medical needs. These reports are made available as part of AARP’s Project Catalyst initiative. For more information on Project Catalyst, yo contactprojectcatalyst@aarp.org. For media inquiries, hey contactmedia@aarp.org. Most play solo, and grandmothers are the most avid gamers.

April 30, 2014 · 1 min · 63 words · Michael Smith

Forced Out, Older Workers Are Fighting Back

The signs at first are disguised, then painfully apparent, they say. Solid performance reviews suddenly turn negative. Invitations to weekly and monthly meetings are no longer forthcoming. New demands and quotas seem harsh and unreasonable. In what some see as age bias,older workersare being forced out of their jobs. Last year, 21,396 claims were recorded. Not every lawsuit is valid, experts say. Many are settled without assigning blame. Companies are sometimes hamstrung by the law from giving their side of the story in age discrimination cases....

April 29, 2014 · 2 min · 249 words · Thomas Briggs

5 Questions for Mitchell Silver

Watch the Talk See Mitchell Silver’s keynote address at the2018 AARP Livable Communities National Conference. How do or should parks and green spaces serve older adults? First, parks and density go together. Parks are public places that serve multiple purposes; theyre kind of like the citys living room. We care for 1,200 monuments and 23 historic house museums. We look after 650,000 street trees and two million more in parks."...

April 24, 2014 · 3 min · 580 words · Timothy Macdonald

5 Questions for Richard Duncan

(When youre done reading this interview, visit the2014 Home for Life slideshow.) What do the terms universal design and Better Living Design mean and whatdontthey mean? Universal design and Better Living Design are actually pretty close in meaning. Those challenges have prevented a broader adoption of universal design. People associate UD with specialty home features such as ramps and wheelchair lifts and kitchens designed for seated users. Walk us through a Better Living Designed home....

April 24, 2014 · 2 min · 360 words · Jason Guerra

Is This a Good Place to Live? Measuring Community Quality of Life for All Ages

Lessons learned from that project have initially inspired the creation of two companion reports, What Is Livable? Measuring Community Quality of Life for All Ages. Read the full report. Previous work on measuring livability offered several lessons for designing the AARP index. Most older adults are not aware of them.

April 22, 2014 · 1 min · 50 words · Mr. Aaron Poole

Restaurantes de las estrellas… ¡y sus recetas favoritas!

Los precios van de $10 a $45. El resultado es un derroche de buen glamour en cada rincon de este restaurante del que puedes ser parte. Si te animas puedes probar su bebida preferida:coctel Purple Glamour. Los precios van de $17.25 hasta $55. Los precios van de $6 a $36. Los precios van de $5 a $50. En el menu tambien encontraras su plato favoritoEndibias con naranjas, queso de cabra y almendras....

April 22, 2014 · 1 min · 89 words · Terry Griffith

What is Livable? Community Preferences of Older Adults

This work also includes findings from an individual community preference survey of older adults. Lessons learned: 1. Individual definitions of livability can include issue areas that may or may not be addressed by public policy.2. People and communities have differing perspectives: one bang out of community does not fit all.3. Most older adults are not aware of them.

April 22, 2014 · 1 min · 58 words · Jason Buck

10 plantas que purifican el aire de tu hogar

Si esas plantas te sirven tambien para purificar el aire. Te presento 10 que poseen ambas cualidades. Solamente ten la precaucion de que reciba mucha luz y agua. Es tambien capaz de eliminar contaminantes como el formaldehido, el benceno y el xileno. Aunque no tolera el sol directo, al helecho le gusta abundancia de luz solar y tierra humeda.

April 15, 2014 · 1 min · 59 words · Thomas Norman

Patrick Stewart encuentra la luz en la oscuridad

Membresia de AARP: $15 por tu primer ano cuando te inscribes en la renovacion automatica. Muchos de sus candidos autorretratos se han vuelto virales. Una foto del imperioso Sir Patrick disfrazado de langosta se tuiteo 39,000 veces. (McKellen caso a la pareja a orillas del lago Tahoe en septiembre del ano pasado). “Ya no pienso que es bueno ser asi. Y quiza, en el caso de Stewart, lucir mas joven de lo que es....

April 11, 2014 · 1 min · 151 words · Jaime Martin

20 canciones esenciales de la 'bossa nova'

Esta version, interpretada a duo por Astrud Gilberto y su esposoJoao, es probablemente la mejor. Estabossanostalgica inspirada en una larga caminata de bohemios por las playas brasilenas conjura sentimientos entremezclados de melancolia y felicidad. Colaborando con Vinicius de Moraes, exploro el folclore del Brasil, especialmente en sus raices africanas. Posteriormente, Jobim la grabaria junto al cantante Sting en su ultimo disco. Temas como “Telefone” tienen el sello de liviandad y sentido del humor que caracterizan a labossa....

April 10, 2014 · 1 min · 77 words · Andrea Lee

Qué comer para combatir el cáncer

Juntos pueden protegerte del dano celular que puede ocasionar malignidades. Tambien pueden prevenir que las celulas cancerosas que emergen continuen dividiendose. Si no te gustan las manzanas, intenta consumir frutas citricas y bayas. Los antioxidantes del cafe son especificamente efectivos contra del cancer endometrial. Y el te verde parece ser muy efectivo para prevenir el cancer de la prostata. Existe evidencia de que la curcumina puede ayudar a prevenir el desarrollo detumores cerebrales....

April 10, 2014 · 1 min · 73 words · Vanessa Harris

Boomers and Physical Fitness: An AARP Bulletin Survey

For more information, contact Matrika Chapagain atmchapagain@aarp.org. In fact, only one in five (21%) say they meditate weekly or more often.

April 7, 2014 · 1 min · 21 words · Brittany Gonzalez

Lasaña vegetariana con tofú y frijoles negros

Precalienta el horno a 375o F. 2. Abre el paquete de tofu y bota toda el agua del paquete. Dejalo secar bien envuelto en una toalla limpia por unos 15-20 minutos. Mientras esperas que el tofu este completamente seco comienza a preparar la salsa. En una olla mediana sofrie el ajo y la cebolla con aceite de oliva a fuego mediano. Cuando la cebolla este traslucida anade el pure de tomate y una cucharadita de sal....

April 4, 2014 · 2 min · 224 words · Amy Moore