seniors – Impact Lab

Seniors in Sun City, Arizona

February 4, 2013

Sun City, Arizona

In 1960 in the U.S., the average life expectancy for all races and sexes was 69.7 years. In 2010, the average life expectancy increased to 78.7 years. In 1959, entrepreneur Del Webb built Sun City, Arizona. Sun City was the first active retirement community for the over-55. Webb predicted that retirees would flock to a community where they were given more than just a house with a rocking chair in which to sit and wait to die. (Pics)

Continue reading… “Seniors in Sun City, Arizona”

Analysis, Latest Trend

Most older Americans content with their lives: Poll

August 8, 2012

For most seniors in the U.S. life is good, according to a recent poll of 2,250 older adults. Whether they move to “active adult” communities such as Sun City or grow old in the homes where they raised their children, they say they are pretty darn content.

Continue reading… “Most older Americans content with their lives: Poll”

Analysis, Big Problems, government, Latest Trend

Many U.S. cities are not prepared for aging Baby Boomer population

March 26, 2012

The nation’s population of those 65 and older will double between 2000 and 2030.

As aging Baby Boomers move out of the workforce and into retirement, few communities have started to think long term about how to plan and redesign services for them.

Continue reading… “Many U.S. cities are not prepared for aging Baby Boomer population”

Analysis, Health & Fitness, Humor, Science & Technology News

Seniors who walk 3mph or more can outpace the Grim Reaper

December 17, 2011

Australian researchers have calculated the average walking speed of the specter of death — and it’s about 2 miles per hour.

A new study suggests, seniors who walk briskly may be able to delay death, essentially outrunning the Grim Reaper.

Continue reading… “Seniors who walk 3mph or more can outpace the Grim Reaper”

Analysis, Health & Fitness, Latest Trend

American cities built for the young strained by aging boomers

July 10, 2011

Atlanta Regional Commission project constructed the new ramp to accomodate the aging population in Atlanta.

People are getting old, fast, and they’re doing it in cities designed for the young. Cities in American are grappling with that fact as work on getting the communities ready for an older population has gotten a late start considering demographers have warned for a long time that the population is about to get older.

Continue reading… “American cities built for the young strained by aging boomers”

Analysis, Food, Health & Fitness, Science & Technology News

Elderly Who Shop Daily Live Longer

April 11, 2011

Seniors who shop frequently live longer.

Retail therapy does more than soothe the soul — it could also be a sign of long life for elderly people, according to a new study.

Continue reading… “Elderly Who Shop Daily Live Longer”

Analysis, Business, Economy, Latest Trend, Money Talk

Jobs Are Back Just Not For the Middle-Aged Worker

April 6, 2011

Jobs are back. Just not for everybody.

Like many other things in the stutter-step economic recovery, the job market is finally recovering, but progress is uneven and some people are being left out. The latest jobs report, for example, shows that the economy created 216,000 jobs in March, for a total of about 1.9 million new jobs since employment levels bottomed out at the end of 2009. That’s a healthy pace of job growth that will help bring down the uncomfortably high unemployment rate, and, with luck, cement the recovery.

Continue reading… “Jobs Are Back Just Not For the Middle-Aged Worker”