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8 Elements of an Age-Friendly Community

Age-friendly communities - cities, towns, villages and even counties and states -  are great places to grow up and to grow old. An age-friendly community, no matter its size, supports people to be active, healthy, productive and socially included throughout their lives.

LIVING

Looking to Stay Young at 80? Learn from Two Nude Models

Barry and Joanne have been married 57 years. They've spent the last 15 modeling.

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BEST PLACES TO RETIRE

"The Five P's": Considerations When Relocating in Retirement

When relocating to an age-friendly community, it’s well worth weighing the “Five P's”

LIVING

Secrets to Aging Well

As the saying goes, age is just a number. What matters is how you feel as you age, inside and out. If you feel pretty good on both counts as the years go by, consider yourself aging well.

LIVING

The Golden Age of Aging

Believe it or not, we have entered the golden age of aging.  What does that mean?  It means that getting older is now the thing to do.  It means that people don’t just age and retire anymore.  Aging people now do just about everything under the sun, including continuing to work.

TRAVEL

Nomadland, a poignant portrait of aging, wins at Academy Awards

It’s rare to find a movie that stars a woman over 50, and even rarer for such a film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. 

LIVING

Late in Life with Locusts

She never expected to end up shaking locusts out of trees in the dead of night in her sixties.

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LIVING

8 Free Apps for Healthy Aging

If you have a smartphone, try downloading these apps and see what you think—whether you're looking for help with exercise, memory, balance, or hearing, you might find just what you need.

TRAVEL

Age as a (Literal) Badge of Honor

In one Kenyan county, elders wear uniforms and badges so that they can be more easily identified...and deferred to.

LIVING

Santa Fe Artist Celebrates Aging by Making Art Out of Tea Bags

“I want to show that even after people and things seem to have already served their ‘purpose,’ they are still full of beauty and value," says artist Ann Laser.

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