Winter offers challenges for most people but for older adults it can pose more serious difficulties. It’s not just the increased danger of serious falls on slippery sidewalks, but also the fact that the cold affects older people more. And because it’s more difficult to get out in the snow and cold, our sense of […]
Reports indicate that seniors are putting off retirement and working longer, but Loren Wade has most of us beat, hands down. At 102, he is one of the nation’s oldest workers and was recognized in 2012 by Experience Works as the National Outstanding Oldest Worker. His latest job is at the Walmart in Winfield, Kan., […]
Researchers have been studying why residents of the Greek island of Ikaria live long and healthy lives, with relatively little cancer, cardiovascular disease or dementia. A part-time resident of the island, Diane Kochilas gives her perspective on this achievement in her book Ikaria: Lessons on Food, Life, and Longevity from the Greek Island Where People […]
