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Baby Boomer and Senior Support Services offers a WellCard Health Discount Card Program to help individuals reduce their out-of-pocket health care expenses. Winter Springs, FL (PRWEB) May 09, 2013 Baby Boomer and Senior Support Services is partnering with AccessOne Consumer Health to offer the WellCard Health Discount Card Program. This complimentary card provides users with discounts of up to 50 percent on prescription drugs, as well as additional savings on dental, vision, and...
Many baby boomers and seniors wonder what they have done wrong, because their adult children rarely visit or even call or write, and when they do, they seem distant. Boyd Lemon, Author of "Retirement: A Memoir and Guide," says to ask yourself: Have you been giving them unsolicited advice, commenting on their lifestyle, criticizing their parenting or their children? St. Marys, Georgia (PRWEB) May 09, 2013 "Don't give advice to your adult children," advises Boyd...
Drug use among 50-59 year-olds rose at an alarming rate over the last ten years, causing concern for the Baby Boom population. Malibu, CA (PRWEB) April 16, 2013 On Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 The Miami Herald reported that the rate of illegal drug use rose sharply among the Baby Boomer generation over the last 10 years. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health, found that between 2002 and 2011 cocaine, methamphetamines, marijuana, and heroin use tripled among 55 to 59-year olds and almost...
How the filler generation inspired Philadelphia Plastic Surgeon's "Boomer Lift"(TM) PHILADELPHIA, April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Among the imprints that Baby Boomers have made on American life, none has been more dramatic than the way they have redefined the concept of aging. Rather than seeing the years after 50 as a time of decreasing professional options, fading looks and diminished vitality, they've approached these events as challenges, embracing cosmetic surgery as preventive...
Too many retired people, going from a full time job to 24/7 leisure time, end up feeling useless, with no purpose, suffering from episodic depression, making what could be the best time of their lives, the worst time. Prepare by implementing at least the top 5 ways to live a fulfilling retirement. St. Marys, Georgia (PRWEB) April 10, 2013 Financial preparation for retirement is important, but just as important is emotional preparation. There are many ways to insure a fulfilling...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Using five million books digitized by Google in recent years as a database, the research team looked at how often words that carry emotional content, or 'mood words,’ were used throughout the 20th Century. Previous work by one of the researchers, Vasileios Lampos from the University of Bristol in the UK, looked at the word content of Twitter messages in six mood categories: anger, disgust, fear, joy, sadness, surprise....
Harris Poll Finds Buying American Still Valued in Increasingly Global Marketplace NEW YORK, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- At a time when many of the companies thought of as being American as apple pie actually outsource a growing portion of their production abroad, "buying American" has never been a more confusing proposition. Is a product manufactured overseas by a U.S. company more American than an Asian product manufactured in the United States? What about the parts being used to...
WHITING, Ind., Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly every demographic is still feeling the aftereffects of the Great Recession. A new CouponCabin.com survey reveals that for the more than 78 million Americans that call themselves baby boomers, a particularly harsh set of challenges exists at home, at work and in their plans for retirement. This survey was conducted online within the United States by Harris Interactive on behalf of CouponCabin.com from February 7(th) to 11(th),...
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A majority of single baby boomers say they are interested in dating and finding companionship later in life, according to Del Webb Baby Boomer Survey data released this month. When asked about their attitudes toward dating, 56 percent of single adults ages 50 to 75+ surveyed said they are open to dating, showing love and companionship knows no age limits. Among those surveyed: 45 percent of all single boomers...
The annual summit is holding its first mobile app competition and is seeking mobile applications targeted to the large and growing Baby Boomer and senior market Lafayette, CA (PRWEB) February 08, 2013 The annual What’s Next Boomer Business Summit will hold its first ever mobile apps showcase this year and is seeking mobile developers with an application targeted to the large and growing Baby Boomer and senior market that represents more than $3 trillion in spending power. Developers can...
