Purposeful aging

We know that agebuzz subscribers are enthusiastic book readers! We’re therefore excited to share with you the interview that agebuzz Managing Editor Connie Zuckerman recently conducted with Melinda Blau, a New York Times Best Selling author of 16 books, whose new book, The Wisdom Whisperers: Golden Guides To A Long…

It’s perhaps one of the most existential issues of our time: While so many of us are living longer than those who came before us, of what value is that longer life if it’s not accompanied by good health? Do you really want to live a longer life if your…

You may remember her from several previous agebuzz posts addressing style and fashion for older women. Or maybe you’ve been one of the hundreds of thousands of followers who have tracked her images and words on Instagram. But however you previously knew Lyn Slater, it’s time to re-think your sense…

In many communities, it often makes the front page of the local newspaper: that is, a resident celebrating a 100th (or even older) birthday. For example, there was recently much hoopla in the town of Willits, CA when 116-year-old Edith Ceccarelli (the oldest person in the US and second oldest…

This past August, the consultancy firm Age Wave, along with the Harris Poll, conducted a study entitled The New Age of Aging, which reports on the significant demographic shifts currently happening in our country and the changing views of Americans on getting older. This survey involved over 2000 respondents, 900…

There’s no doubt that tremendous demographic changes are occurring in the size and shape of families, both in the United States and around the world. For sure, fewer babies are being born. The Wall Street Journal reports that economic and social obstacles mean 15% fewer babies are being born in…