But acknowledging the role of random bad luck should inspire more testing, research and treatments.
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Think you’re too old to try a new hobby? Think again. Studies show many retirees 60 and older refuse to let age get in the way of tackling a new pastime. Savvy seniors are pursuing hobbies enjoyed by all ages from trying a new sport to finding creativity in fine art.The key, says retirement lifestyle author Dave Hughes, is “to find a hobby which brings fulfillment.”Barb Noble found horseback riding at age 60 to be a fulfilling hobby.
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The finding is good news, especially for Americans.25% of whom die from heart-related illness each year.
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Coffee contains a number of compounds, including caffeine, diterpenes and antioxidants, and scientists believe some of these have a protective impact on the body
Read the entire article: Four cups of coffee a day might be the key to living longer | National Post
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We no longer have to guess. Harvard Medical School released a paper outlining the only five exercises we need to practice to get the best outcome for our bodies. And the results are surprising! Don’t like going to the gym? No problem! Part of the reason that these exercises are so fantastic is that you don’t necessarily
Read the entire article: The 5 Best Exercises For A Healthy Body – Longevity LIVE
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New European research suggests that psychosocial factors such as anxiety and depression may have an even larger impact on well-being in later life than physical health. The participants’ levels of subjective well-being were measured by a questionnaire from the World Health Organization with the
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Your ties to your BFFs are stronger than family relationships as you age, new research shows.
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Retirement has become an active stage of life—one people have positive ideas about. For example, they aspire to stay socially connected, participate in their communities and remain economically active, according to the 2016 Aegon Retirement Readiness Survey.
Globally, the majority (72%) of people associate positive words with retirement, including “leisure” (46%), “freedom” (41%) and “enjoyment” (31%). People ages 65 and older have more positive associations with retirement than do younger people, ages 18 through 24.
The two most widely held retirement aspirations among respondents are traveling (62%) and spending time with friends and family (57%). Twenty-six percent mention some form of paid work as a retirement aspiration.
Achieving retirement aspirations requires more than saving, investing and planning, however; it also depends on staying in good health, the survey report notes.
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My experience has been that the happiest and healthiest retirees that I know find ways to stay socially and emotionally engaged in life all around them. For some, working or scheduled volunteering forces them to do this. Worth the read. -Jeff
Our parents were able to retire and collect full Social Security at age 65. Most baby boomers have to wait until 66. People born after 1959 have to wait even longer – until age 67 – before reaching what Social Security defines as “full retirement age.” And while the younger generations can still start collecting Social Security as early as 62, they will suffer a bigger penalty – a 30 percent cut to their full benefit, rather than 20 percent for those eligible under the old 65-year-old rule.
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You can’t judge the real impact of a life-changing event until you’ve lived some life afterwards. Only then can you take stock and measure the size of and commitment to the change.
Five years ago last week, I suffered a heart attack, caused when a building clot broke free, floated downstream until it got stuck, and created a 100% blockage in the artery known by cardiologists as “the widowmaker.”
The changes I expected in the immediate aftermath and a year after the event are, in some respects, different from the reality I live with today. (Read the column I wrote upon first returning to work) , and the column I wrote a year later.)
But life itself is a series of life-altering events. For example, a divorce completed early this year — after 30 years of marriage — was every bit as unexpected as the heart attack; it just wasn’t as […]
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Interesting read about how many of us have to learn to “shed our skins” to really, truly enjoy retirement. -jrs
SARA LAWRENCE-LIGHTFOOT: Many of us in our third chapters, who leave the well-worn, highly ritualized paths of our careers—where we have enjoyed status and standing, authority and expertise—to pursue new adventures, often find that part of making a successful transition requires that we explore new ways of learning.We discover, in fact, that the processes and products of our learning that assured our academic success and that advanced our careers can inhibit our development and adventurousness as older adults.In my interviews with dozens of women and men between the ages of 50 and 75 who were embarking on new vocations and avocations after retiring, I was struck by the contrasts and contradictions that they drew bet
Source: The Old Strategies Retirees Need to Unlearn – The Experts – WSJ
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