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"Aging With Attitude" at seniorplanet.org & in New York City at the Senior Planet Exploration Center - the first tech-themed center for older New Yorkers.

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"What’s the most romantic thing he’s ever done for you?" "You don’t talk about those things!"

(Jerusalem)

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Cut Social Security? Say Goodbye to Older Voters

Seventy-nine years after its creation, Social Security remains a vital key to Americans’ retirement security. And with the 2014 elections less than three months away, strengthening the program is a top priority for older voters, according to a new AARP survey of voters 50 and older. The message to candidates is clear: Stop treating Social Security like a line item in a budget.

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These poor kids would be so confused if they every saw an episode of Mad Men. (Click To Watch)

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We know you love to take a good selfie. Why not make it count? We’re giving you the chance to win a pair of tickets to King Lear opening night on August 5th at 8pm. All you have to do is Instagram...

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Boston University School of Medicine researchers may have found a way to delay or even prevent Alzheimer’s disease (AD). They discovered that pre-treatment of neurons with the anti-aging protein Klotho can prevent neuron death in the presence of the toxic amyloid protein and glutamate. These...

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well... not really a Tinder

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Dear Photograph, Life seemed so simple in the days of black and white . You were father of four daughters and loving it. But time has a way of changing. The car is gone, the dog is gone and you have been gone seven years now. The only thing that is remaining are the mountains that you loved  and the memories we hold near and dear to our hearts. Loving and missing you still, your four daughters. Till we meet again. -Clydene (August 7, 1928 - April 15, 2007)

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Medicare Patients Now Can Do a Check-Up on Doctors

In a major data release this morning, Medicare shared information on $77 billion in payments to more than 880,000 health care providers.

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I haven’t seen Ali for ages, and so here is a photo from the vault, taken about a month ago. Ali was ill with a cold for a little while, and now we keep missing each other in the morning. Sometimes he leaves a chocolate bar for me with Doris, who owns the shop next door. Hopefully I’ll catch him soon! 

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I can pedal forever…

My first bicycle I won in a talent contest, when I was five years old. I sang a song wearing my cowboy outfit and I won first prize. A bicycle. My feet didn’t even touch the pedals. Now, 65 years later, I ride a tricycle. This is my third one. A very...

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Siri: On Age & Aging

Senior Planet asked Siri how she feels about age and aging. She spoke with us recently by phone from her ihome in the cloud.

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Ben Ferencz worked hard to prosecute the Nazis in the Nuremberg trials. He has some important things to say. He is 95 and has given his life for the betterment of others. Go to his website, he has free books.

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Dr. Roger Landry's Rx for Aging: Live Long, Die Short | Senior Planet

Roger Landry challenges us to become more colorful, connected and curious as we grow older - and challenges America to create policies to change the way we age.

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Challenges to Intimacy: Iris Krasnow on Sex After 60, 70, and 80 | Senior Planet

Bestselling author Iris Krasnow investigated how people sustain intimacy while facing the challenges of life-stage transitions. And wow, did she get answers.

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Selfies for Oldies: It's Time to Represent

Selfies are proliferating across the web and have been called a new form of folk art – but where are all the older people? To help turn the tide, we asked an aficionado for his creative selfie tips.

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“I never say ‘getting old,’ because there’s a finality to that. I’m just getting older and so are you, every day. So I’m still one of the mob.” Elaine Stritch

http://seniorplanet.org/elaine-stritch-on-aging/