Money worries fueled uptick in Baby Boomer suicides during recession

NEW YORK: The Great Recession was tough on middle-aged men.

That’s the conclusion of two researchers who looked at a jump in suicide rates between 2005 and 2010.

Baby Boomers, ages 40 to 64, saw the largest increase in the percentage of Read More »

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Not all baby boomers want to retire

NEW YORK: Chris Farrell, a senior economics contributor, is the author of Unretirement: How Baby Boomers Are Changing the Way We Think About Work, Community and the Good Life.

As people are living longer and in better health, they’re working longer, too. And opportunities for Read More »

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Researchers complete work in housing design for people with dementia

CHICAGO: TrinityHaus and the DSIDC’s Living with Dementia (LiD) Program at Trinity College Dublin, which brings together academics and researchers from the School of Engineering and the School of Social Work and Social Policy, has completed a research report commissioned by the National Disability Authority’s Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

NEW YORK: The seventy-ninth entry for the seniors housing Global Award for 2015 has been received.

An award entry in the new building material category has been received.

Thermomass concrete sandwich panels from Composite Global Solutions were Read More »

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