Retiree finds a new calling as volunteer EMT – CBS News Watch CBS News Against all odds, a retiree passed a test to become an EMT and found his calling in the process. Scott MacFarlane has the story. Source link
Lifestyle medicine is a term that describes a holistic approach to achieving graceful longevity among senior citizens, according to Dr Kobkarn Chunhasawatdikul, director of Medpark Well-Healing in Bangkok. Graceful longevity in turn describes the maintenance of good health through a person’s entire lifespan, in a way that can retard ageing, reduce the duration of illness…
When Don Searles went to a recent party, he didn’t want to show up empty-handed. So he made peanut brittle using an old family recipe — with a modern-day twist. “We added the marijuana,” he said. The party was hosted by 74-year-old Gayle Crawley at the Trilogy retirement community an hour east of San Francisco,…
Texas teen named Time’s “Kid of the Year” for taking on scams targeting seniors – CBS News Watch CBS News Cybercriminals stole more than $16 billion last year from unsuspecting victims. Nearly a third of those victims were seniors. Now, one Texas teenager is using computer science to fight scammers. Karen Hua reports. Source link
Social Security celebrates its 90th anniversary today, marking a major milestone for the program that supplies monthly benefit checks to almost 70 million senior citizens, disabled people and surviving family members of deceased workers. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law on Aug. 14, 1935, he guaranteed for the…
Staggering surge in number of Americans turned caregivers – CBS News Watch CBS News New data shows a staggering surge in the number of Americans who have become caregivers for sick or elderly family members. AARP CEO Dr. Myechia Jordan joins to discuss. Source link
At 91, Dottie Dorion has ridden her Peloton bike more than 2,900 times. But when the fitness company’s age categories topped out at 60-plus, the veteran athlete decided she wasn’t going to compete quietly with “those young 80-year-olds.” After a 14-month campaign that involved lawyers and letters, Dorion successfully pushed Peloton to create new age…
Unpacking threats to Social Security’s future as older adults outpace children in 11 states – CBS News Watch CBS News Older Americans continue to outpace working-age adults, which could negatively impact the economy and the ability to keep the Social Security checks coming. Maurice DuBois and Kelly O’Grady have more. Be the first to know…