First National Survey of LGBT Boomers Highlights
Unique Care giving, Late-Life Planning Concerns
SAN FRANCISCO — A recent report offers an unprecedented snapshot of the concerns of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) baby boomers in the United States as they deal with current care-giving responsibilities and make plans for their own needs in later life. […]

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Here’s an anonymous letter we received about older women dating younger men. What do you think?
To the Editor:
Men who are more than 10 years younger than a woman are usually dating the woman for money and other advantages. I can speak quite frankly from experience. My mother who is widowed is dating a man 24 […]

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By Roy Klein
 
Political correctness, in general, has gone too far. For the most part, at our age you’d think we’d lighten up and stop being so sensitive about every little thing. I mean, a bald guy is a bald guy. Calling him “follically challenged” is just stupid. And a jerk is a jerk. Let’s not […]

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By Dennis Martin Altman

“Cultural imperialism” is a term used by sociologists to identify the effect of all the media exported, mainly by the United States, which seep into other cultures.
We’ve all heard news stories about cultural imperialism.
Here’s how they go: some reporter spots a David Beckham, or Madonna, or Denzel Washington […]

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By Allison Walker
According to a report from the American Association of Retired Persons, cookie-cutter funerals are out. Offbeat farewells seem to be the “in” thing to do.
An author who explored more than a dozen unique farewells, said boomers are changing things up by making funeral arrangements a reflection of their lives.
A company called Eternal […]

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By Jan Cullinane
An AARP study, in conjunction with Roper Public Affairs and Media, found some important, interesting, and (frankly) scary contrasts in what women reported compared to their actual situations. The survey, “Looking at Act II of Women’s Lives: Thriving and Striving from 45 On” interviewed women from 45 to 90 years old, with an […]

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Statement attributable to:
Nancy H. Nielsen, M.D.
President, American Medical Association

“The physicians of America are outraged that a group of Republican senators followed the direction of the Bush Administration and voted to protect health insurance companies at the expense of America’s seniors, disabled and military families.
“These senators leave for their 4th of July picnics knowing that […]

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Submitted by a Let Life In subscriber
A gallon of gas is not necessarily a gallon of gas. Here’s how to get more of your money’s worth for every gallon.
Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have […]

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By Elaine Williams

When my husband was diagnosed with esophagus cancer, we never talked about him dying, except in the very beginning. I think we were afraid to voice the worst scenario we could think of, him not making it through this disease.
He refused to consider taking the traditional route in medicine, which was chemotherapy and […]

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Imagine you had $3 trillion? How old would you have to be to spend it all? It boggles the mind. Here’s our attempt to un-boggle it.
The cost of the war in Iraq is conservatively estimated to reach 3 trillion dollars. Not being a trillionaire myself, the number seems abstract and a little hard to […]

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