August 2007
"As baby boomers grope their way through
middle age, they are encountering the daily indignities that accompany a
downward slide in visual acuity: trying to read a road map in a car at
night; cell phones designed for 20-year-old eyes, the minuscule letters on a
bottle of aspirin; nutrition information squeezed onto a bag of peanuts."
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-- The Ledger
May 2007
"Safety is a major concern for older
residents—though it's something that designers and contractors can create
without making residents feel like they have lost their independence."
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-- The Cooperator
March 2007
"An entirely new genre of residential
developments is providing [baby boomers] with... an expanded range of
innovative housing options that combines the comforts and conveniences of a
resort lifestyle with the aesthetics, amenities and independence of a
single-family home."
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-- Senior Journal
February 2007
"Nine out of ten baby boomers anticipate that
technology will help them live longer and more independently."
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-- Ecumen
October 2006
"Older adults... are able to learn new skills
[although they] are typically slower to acquire those skills than younger
adults, [which] may be attributable to older adults’ preference for accuracy
over speed."
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-- AARP Public Policy
Institute Issue Paper
August 2006
"There isn’t a trace of ergonomic thinking in the
Medicare Part D drug plan....It is so convoluted that even the government
doesn’t understand how it works."
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-- New York Times
July 2006
"For older adults, any movement is better than no movement.... This can come
from usual daily activities."
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Journal of the American
Medical Association
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