sacredhands on Apr 20th, 2008The Happiest People On the Planet Are Senior Citizens
Feeling chipper today? Well, a new study by Yang Yang, a sociologist, suggests that senior citizens are pretty darn happy as they grow older. Here’s the happiness factor: “the odds of being happy increased 5 percent with every 10 years of age.” So hang, man, the bend in the road ahead is the garden of […]
sacredhands on Nov 19th, 2007Out-Of-Pocket Caregiving Costs Add Up To Expensive Hobby
Pay attention, caregivers! Someone has finally produced a study about the cost of providing caregiving to family members. The upshot: “These caregivers, spending on average 10 percent of their household income, manage the financial burden by taking out loans, skipping vacations, dipping into savings or ignoring their own health care.” The average out-of-pocket amount is […]
sacredhands on Oct 14th, 2007Study Finds US Executives Overpaid Monkey Shakes Tambourine
Would you believe it took a study to finally confirm that most of the flakes running public corporations are overpaid. The magic of merging two companies to create an argument that you deserve excessive compensation because two companies are worth more together than separate makes about as much sense as a monkey shaking a tambourine […]
sacredhands on Oct 1st, 2007WHO Age-Friendly Cities Report Advantages and Barriers in Delhi India
There’s been a lot of talk lately about how Baby Boomers are migrating to big cities for retirement. The idea is simple: buy a condo, walk everywhere, and live in close proximity to culture. HelpAge India conducted a survey to find out just how welcoming Delhi India was to seniors. The results: not good. “The […]