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Shortage of Geriatricians For Aging Population 22 Aug 2013 | 01:25 am
Global News recently reported that while the country’s population is aging, geriatrics – the medical field specializing in the care of older adults – unfortunately, is a dimnishing field of study in C...
Boomers Should Plan For Failing Health 11 Aug 2013 | 02:22 am
Almost all boomers I know have their own financial advisors. But most planners only focus on financial investments and how to keep growing that nest egg. Very few financial experts are planning for bo...
The Future of TV 29 Jul 2013 | 12:49 am
There have been lots of discussions lately about the future of television. Most young people don’t watch TV now in its most traditional sense – they watch videos streamed from the internet or from You...
Boomers Need To Stop Self-Denial 19 Jul 2013 | 03:09 am
I have many baby-boomer friends who are beginning to be hard of hearing, but refuse to seek hearing-aid solutions. As a result, we often have to find restaurants that are deserted or yell at one anoth...
Respect The Elderly 8 Jul 2013 | 02:55 am
I read about a new national law recently introduced by China that requires the offspring of parents older than 60 to visit their parents frequently and make sure their financial and spiritual needs ar...
Hillary Clinton Dares To Compete 22 Jun 2013 | 03:20 am
Hillary Rodham Clinton is no longer a baby boomer – but she’s a senior citizen who may be the first woman President of the U.S.A. That’s probably one of the reasons why I was one of the 5,000 fans who...
Last Rolling Stones Concert? 15 Jun 2013 | 02:21 am
My attendance at the June 6 Rolling Stones concert at the Air Canada Centre was my fifth time seeing them live in Toronto. While it was still amazing, the greatest rock’n roll band in the world should...
Teens Tired of Facebook Because Of Boomer Parents 28 May 2013 | 12:59 am
I’ve always argued that most boomers are warming up to social media because they have no choice. They want to find out what their kids are doing on Facebook and they want to communicate with their chi...
Most Inspiring Canadian Boomer 22 May 2013 | 12:22 am
I posted towards the end of last year that Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield was one of the top 10 inspiring boomers in 2012. With his recent return to earth after his five-month mission as Commander-...
Improve Mental Health For Boomers 12 May 2013 | 09:40 pm
I was appalled to learn from The New York Times that suicide rates among middle-aged Americans have risen sharply in the past decade. This trend indicated that a generation of baby boomers, who have f...
