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New Brand Draws Attention to the Pause at the End of Midlife Careers and the Good Work That Can Follow Original Source SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Hundreds of people in encore careers, plus leaders in business, education, government, philanthropy, academia and public…

Original Source By Heather Joslyn Six nonprofit workers in their 60s and 70s today have been announced as the winners of the third annual Purpose Prizes, given by Civic Ventures, a nonprofit group in San Francisco that promotes projects that use the skills and experience of older…

Nine Others Win $10,000 Each, as Experienced Adults Prove to be an Unexpected Source of Social Innovation SAN FRANCISCO - One winner put his mechanical know-how to work and invented a $28 machine to help rural African villagers shell peanuts more efficiently. Another, in Fargo,…

President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, was guest of honour at the All-Island Pride of Place Gala Awards ceremony at Cappoquin Community Centre, Waterford on Saturday 6 November). Hosted by Waterford County Council the President announced the winners to an audience of approximately 500, which included…

Almost 40% of people over 50 in Northern Ireland are planning to cut back on heating their homes because of growing financial strain, according to a new survey. Shock figures revealed that older people are so worried about how they will cope with the spike…

A Belfast doctor has received a US research award for his work on the development of a blood test for Alzheimer's, something that could transform diagnosis of the disease by Marina Murphy STEPHEN TODD of the department of geriatric medicine at Queen's University Belfast hopes…

by Emily BrandonThe typical American retires at age 63. Those fortunate few who have traditional pensions, retiree health insurance, and a fully loaded 401(k) will probably be fine. But if you haven't saved enough to fund 30 years of retirement--and most baby boomers aren't even…

by George LauerIt's like traffic school for chronic offenders.The "traffic" in this case is healthy habits -- eating right, exercising, taking your meds. The chronic "offenders" are diabetes, arthritis and heart disease. The "school" is the pivotal part of a new statewide partnership with the…

  ALL 350,000 medical card holders over 70 years of age will be sent new application forms "in the coming weeks", the Health Service Executive (HSE) confirmed yesterday. A spokesman said elderly applicants will also be able to avail of the standard appeals process if…

  Arthritis Ireland is funding three new academic chairs in rheumatology in Irish universities, costing €7 million, in a drive to boost research, education and clinical services for patients. WHEN IT comes to providing services for people with arthritis, Ireland finds itself sorely lacking, according…