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NJ Planning for Seniors’ Travel

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Millions of older Americans love to travel and continue to do so. There are virtually no external limits on where you can go and what you can do. Here are some ideas to help you get the most out of your travels.

Choose your travel companion(s) wisely. With whom will you be traveling? If traveling with someone other than a spouse or partner, be sure you’re all compatible. You will spend a lot of time together, and flexibility is the key.

Be clear about the kind of travel experience you want. Do you want to relax, study, visit family and friends, volunteer, have an educational experience, or perhaps a combination of these?

Research the areas you will visit. Check seasonal weather conditions and the cultural climate. What time of year you will be traveling and how long will you be gone? Remember, when in Rome …

Know your budget. Are you looking for wonderful experiences on a modest budget or will it be first class all the way? Don’t underestimate costs. If on a tour, know what charges to expect. Read the fine print and ask good questions.

Be up-to-date on international currency exchange rates.

Consider your health. Do you or your traveling companions have health issues to consider? Plan ahead for any medical concerns that may need to be addressed along the way.

Be prepared to be flexible. How will you handle cancelled or delayed flights? Are you OK with eating as circumstances permit and adventurous about the kinds of food you will encounter?  

Aging in NJ – Home Health Care Help in New Jersey

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Focus Should Be on Slowing, Not Stopping, the Aging Process - Part 2 from September 5

Expert Home Care helps keep seniors and elders at home – safely & independently. Call us to find out how at (800) 848-2336.”Part of the problem with many individuals selling anti-aging medicines to the public is that they’re suggesting that because they can modify the risk of a particular disease they’re altering the aging process itself,” says Olshansky, senior research associate at the Center on Aging at the

University of Chicago and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

But the key to a longer life is more than just evading diseases, researchers say. Until that mystery is unlocked, any anti-aging medication promising long life in a bottle or pill can deliver only that promises.

Hopeful Anti-Aging Research 
Researchers are a long way from creating a pill that can help you live a longer and healthier life, but they’re making progress.

“The hope is that we now have animal experimental systems in which aging really can be slowed and experiments that can get at the basic biology of aging and how it’s related to diseases,” says Richard Miller, MD, PhD, associate director for research at the University of Michigan’s geriatrics center. “Although we don’t know how those experiments will come out, and we don’t know what the answers are, we now have some really exciting things from which answers can reasonably be expected to emerge.”

Aging in NJ – Home Health for Elders

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Focus Should Be on Slowing, Not Stopping, the Aging Process 

Expert Home Care helps keep seniors and elders at home – safely & independently. Call us to find out how at (800) 848-2336.

Is aging a process or disease we should attempt to stop? Researchers at a recent conference cohosted by the American Federation for Aging Research and The Gerontological Society of America advocate delaying the aging process, according to WebMD Medical News.

Researchers say that rather than hunting for ways to transform older people into younger versions of themselves, we should focus our efforts on enhancing health and vigor and reducing frailty and disability at all ages.

“What we should be pursuing is a way to slow down the biological process of aging rather than stop it. Delaying is the operative word, stopping or reversing should not be in our vocabulary,” says S. Jay Olshansky, PhD, professor of public health at the University of Illinois.

“If we succeeded in delaying aging, the bonus would likely be an extension of life,” Olshansky adds, “but more importantly, in my view, dramatic reductions in health care costs and improvements in public health at all ages.”

Major Concerns Over Aging

Each year Americans spend more than $1 billion on anti-aging cosmetics alone, according to WebMD. And the demand for anti-aging treatments, such as human growth hormone injections, vitamin and mineral supplements, and other types of hormone therapy is rapidly growing.

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NJ Seniors Unprepared for Retirement

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Many Seniors in New Jersey are Unprepared To Face the Future – What, me worry?

With life expectancy rising, Americans are facing retirement of 25 to 30 years or more. But many seniors are not financially or legally prepared for the future.

A lack of retirement planning is partly to blame. With Social Security benefits increasingly playing a smaller role in retirement funding, about 90 percent of people feel they will need to take on more responsibility for supporting their retirement, according to a recent survey by the American Council of Life Insurance (ACLI). However, only 44 percent of non-retirees say they are saving for retirement and are able to report how much.

A lack of planning is reflected in other areas as well. Currently, 57 percent of Americans don’t have a will — potentially leaving them without any say about their assets or the care of minor children after they die, reports legal Web site FindLaw. 

If someone dies without a will, their estate will be distributed according to a rigid legal formula and not as they may have wished. Legal experts advise anyone who is over the age of 18 and has assets, children or other dependants to create a will.

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