Aging And The Elderly - Fighting Aging

PARIS (Reuters) - The French government will consider changes to details of its pension reform proposals but will not back down from the basic plan to raise the retirement age, top advisers to President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Sunday. Trade unions plan ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Older people like reading negative news stories about their younger counterparts because it boosts their own self-esteem, according to a new study. German researchers said older people tend to be portrayed negatively in society. Although they are often ...

He's lazy and near retirement age, but Beetle Bailey stays on duty at comic page Army postBeetle Bailey is getting closer to retirement age, but the lazy Army private won't be getting a rest anytime soon from his tour of duty on ...

Alan Simpson apologizes for comparing Social Security to a cow; retains slot on WH commissionFormer U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson has apologized for a recent e-mail comment in which he compared Social Security to "a milk cow with 310 million tits." Some critics ...

City halls around Japan have been forced to admit having thousands of centenarians registered as alive who may in fact be dead, including a man born in 1840 at the time of the First Opium War. They were forced into the embarrassing ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The co-chairman of a commission on the U.S. budget deficit came under fire on Wednesday after an off-color remark that likened the payment of government retirement benefits to milking cows. Women's groups and some lawmakers called for the resignation ...

There comes a time in all of our lives when the roles reverse. Suddenly, we are no longer the child and the parenting skills weve so carefully honed with our own kids now need to be turned toward our aging parents. It ...

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - A Japanese media frenzy over missing centenarians has cast a spotlight on the isolation and loneliness potentially faced by millions of elderly as the government struggles to cope with a rapidly graying population. The panic - and guilt ...

Wanted: licensed caregiver, to provide full-time, at-home care for elderly parents guaranteed to balk over a complete stranger invading the privacy of their home. Indeed, who ever thought their home would double as a caregiver's workplace? People 65 or older — our ...

As Japan hunts for missing centenarians, pride in longevity turns to aging angstJapan prides itself on the world's longest life expectancy but is struggling with a disturbing footnote to that statistic — revelations that hundreds of people listed as its oldest citizens ...

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Topic: Aging And The Elderly

Pension age hike "untouchable" in France debate

Older people enjoy reading negative stories about young

Beetle Bailey nears retirement age, but stays put

Former WY senator apologizes after cow remark

Thousands of elderly Japanese listed as alive may be dead

U.S. deficit panel chair stirs uproar over remark

Organizing Your Aging Parents

Japan's hunt for missing elderly exposes social woes

How to prepare seniors for a caregiver at home

Missing centenarians cause angst in aging Japan

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