Building For Boomers Book

Note to baby boomers: Millennials don’t want your stuff A seismic shift of stuff is underway in homes all over North America.

Who knew?
http://feistysideoffifty.com/2014/03/18/senior-discountsyep-weve-earned-em/

Senior Discounts…Yep, We’ve Earned ‘Em! - Feisty Side of Fifty/Baby Boomer Women The first time you ask for the Senior Discount might feel strange. Nevertheless, if you look at the list of restaurants below, you’ll soon see the wisdom in adopting this habit. Your pennies will add up while you enjoying dining in a variety of spots. It’s true that you’ll most likely have to ask—bu…

Incredible!

They Were Skeptical At First, But This 80-Year-Old Went On Stage And Blew Everyone Away! Amazing! Nobody expected 80-year-old Paddy and her partner Nico to blow their socks off when the odd pair walked on stage. In fact, you can spot people ready to laugh or be completely bored out of their minds. But the exact opposite happened.. What an amazing woman! Share Paddy’s awesome performance with you…

Webinar for architects:
On June 3 at 3:00 PM Eastern time I will be presenting a webinar especially for architects on :
"Building For Boomers".

http://forumblog.org/2014/04/baby-boomers-ready-retire/

Why baby boomers are not ready to retire - Forum:Blog For decades we’ve been hearing about the coming demographic transformation, when millions of baby boomers in America will move beyond their middle years and start to grey (in 2014, the youngest boomers – Michelle Obama among them – will pass their 50th birthday and became eligible for AARP membershi...

An Amazing Village Designed Just For People With Dementia Centuries after Shakespeare wrote about King Lear's symptoms, there's still no perfect way to care for sufferers of dementia and Alzheimer's. In the Netherlands, however, a radical idea is being tested: Self-contained "villages" where people with dementia shop, cook, and live together--safely.

Privacy used to be something to fight for. Boomers resisted it for a long time but it's a losing battle. There are some benefits, some believe.
http://socialtimes.com/millennials-exchange-privacy-relevant-ads-infographic_b141738

Millennials Exchange Privacy for Relevant Ads [Infographic] - SocialTimes Are millennials clueless when it comes to online privacy, or do they simply care less about privacy than previous generations?

A Gaudi residential building, one of many in Barcelona, Spain. Incredible architect.

Interesting project. Remember when we talked about bytes instead of petaflops?

Wyoming Supercomputer Building Implements ‘Future-Proof’ Design Future-proof design concepts at a new $70 million, 153,000-square-foot data center in Cheyenne, Wyo., allow both floor space and utility capacity to expand as supercomputing technology that does not exist today becomes available in the future

Whether you're thinking of the future for yourself or your parents, this is vital info.

Covering the Rising Cost of Long-Term Care After the stock market crash of 2008 and a collapsing housing bubble diminished the value of many nest eggs, the cost of long-term care is now a concern for many aging Americans.

Somehow I missed this announcement about products for us 50+ folks all in one place on Amazon.com. 'Bout time!
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1806651&highlight=

Helpful info. Hope you don't have any of these signs!

6 Early Warning Signs of Vision Loss Most vision problems come on gradually, so knowing the warning signs can help you catch trouble early. Here, 6 common clues to possible vision loss.