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It is an unfortunate reality that we continue to exist in a time of relentless and persistent age discrimination. In fact, one of the fastest growing specialties in the legal profession is in dealing with cases of discrimination based on age.

Most of the growth in this area has been attributed to the fact that there is an increasingly large number of aging employees found in the workplace as the baby boomer generation becomes more mature and moves toward retirement. There have been some accusations of age discrimination based on an underlying motivation of firing an employee that is getting close to retirement age so that the company is able to save on pension and retirement benefits. Continue Reading »

More and more, Baby Boomers are growing concerned with the inevitable changes brought on by the aging process. An anti-aging agenda targeting boomers has become a darling of the media, and the internet is full of pitches touting remedies for aging skin and a variety of dietary supplements said to mitigate the outward signs of growing older. Scientific anti-aging research has become big business.

Aside from the burgeoning number of anti-aging products, there are other approaches that a growing number of baby boomers are adopting, including some that are discussed in the article that follows. Some of the recommendations seem rather radical. Baby boomers have never let tradition stand in the way of change. Is it possible that some of the tips offered here will become mainstream as time passes? Continue Reading »

In a youth obsessed culture, we are inundated by a profusion of popular media broadsides, assuring that we who are in the midst of growing older are able mold ourselves so that we can simulate youth.

These constant importunings do nothing, of course, to shift our belief systems and awareness about ourselves. Few would suggest that older people should not take pains, within reason, to present a nicely turned out appearance. Acting and feeling aged in keeping with negative stereotypes about aging that sadly prevail in our society is not a requirement. The article below provides some sober insights on how we can maintain a younger outlook inside regardless of what may be occurring with our outsides. Continue Reading »

There are demonstrable health benefits derived from meditation, and that applies to easing the effects of the aging process as well. As the median age of populations in developed countries continues to increase, so will the resources and costs associated with providing services and medical care begin to soar.

Modern societies would be well advised actively to advocate ways of preventing or slowing the more pronounced and costly effects of the aging process, and encouraging the practice of meditation would certainly be one of them. The article that follows outlines the positive benefits of meditating when we reach a certain age and is well worth reading.

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The aging process is not only inevitable, it also is complex. However, there are a number of relatively simple steps we can take to combat the onset and effects of aging. It’s been said that life is a temporary victory over everything that can kill you. Why not take reasonable precautions to ward off the signs and effects of the aging process until there is nothing left to fight with?

The following article delves into eight steps you can begin to take immediately to prolong the temporary victory just mentioned. Continue Reading »