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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The deaths of two people, muggings and a dangerous heat wave left legions of Taylor Swift's Brazilian fans angry and disappointed in the three-day Rio de Janeiro leg of the pop superstar's Eras Tour, which concludes Monday night. It was the second death of a Swift fan in four days. Fans also reported fainting from extreme heat, being mugged or getting caught up in a police raid. Inside the stadium, concertgoers complained of unbearable heat and some said they had difficulty getting access to water. “Come on stage, I want to see you!”The postponement was followed by chaos outside the stadium.

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☆ Who will care for older adults? We’ve plenty of know-how but too few specialists
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Judith Graham | Kff Health News | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Research suggests each geriatrician should care for no more than 700 patients; the current ratio of providers to older patients is 1 to 10,000. In some respects, geriatrics has been remarkably successful in disseminating principles and practices meant to improve the care of older adults. Under this model, older adults with acute but non-life-threatening illnesses get care at home, managed closely by nurses and doctors. In July 2019, the American College of Surgeons created a program with 32 standards designed to improve the care of older adults. The bright lights, noise, and harried atmosphere in hospital emergency rooms can disorient older adults.

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☆ The World Is Becoming More African
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Declan Walsh | Hannah Reyes Morales | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +37 min

Old World Young Africa As the world grays, Africa blooms with youth. The World Is Becoming More African Part one of a series on how the youth boom is changing the continent, and beyond. But while a handful of African countries are poised to ride the demographic wave, others risk being swamped by it. In the West, racists and right-wing nationalists stoke fears of African population growth to justify hatred, or even violence. The age gap between geriatric leaders and restless youth is “a major source of tension” in many African countries, said Simon Mulongo, a former African Union diplomat from Uganda.

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☆ See the pitch deck Savoy Life used to raise $3 million for virtual caregiving for seniors and adults with disabilities
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Savoy Life is building a virtual care platform for long-term care facilities. Peter Emigh, Savoy Life's founder and CEO, said he saw the need to improve long-term care facilities while working as a healthcare administrator at CareMore Health. He said improving the lives of everyday residents receiving long-term care starts with giving operators of those communities more – and better – tools. Savoy Life is entering an already booming market focused on the aging population, which could grow to north of $2 trillion by 2028, according to research consultancy Markets N Research. Check out the nine-slide pitch deck that Savoy Life used to raise $3 million and launch out of stealth.

Persons: Peter Emigh, Savoy, — Organizations: Red Cell Partners, American Healthcare Association, National Center for, CareMore, Research, Frontrunners

☆ It's Time to Start Preparing Against Flu, RSV & COVID-19
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +5 min

The flu vaccine is now available in some locations. And new respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines are recommended for some. "We should do what we can to protect ourselves — and others — with the best tool we have: the flu vaccine." Not only that, but COVID-19 and RSV could again spike at the same time as the flu, triggering a "tripledemic," Gandhi said. Women who are between 32 and 36 weeks pregnant can also protect their infants at birth by getting a new Pfizer RSV vaccine.

Persons: Cara Murez HealthDay, Soniya Gandhi, Gandhi, There's, Priya Soni, Sinai Guerin Children’s, Soni, Sonja Rosen, Rosen Organizations: Southern Hemisphere, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, Pfizer, GSK, U.S . Centers for Disease Control Locations: United States, Cedars, Sinai, Los Angeles, U.S, Guillain, Barre

For Miyazaki, who painstakingly crafts thousands of hand drawings for a film, it's a long and laborious process. Several of Miyazaki's films rank among the biggest box-office hits ever in Japan; there are few other filmmakers today as revered — and fiercely beloved — as Miyazaki. “I am making this movie because I do not have the answer," Miyazaki told The New York Times in 2021. We are again, invited into a dizzyingly colorful otherworldly fantasy of Miyazaki's making. If this is to be the last Miyazaki movie (it would be unwise to ever really count him out), it's a tremendously moving goodbye.

Persons: Miyazaki's, Miyazaki, “, ”, —, Mozart, Guillermo del Toro, Mahito Maki, Soma Santoki, It's, Mahito's mother's, Yoshino Kimura, Mahito's, Masaki Suda, Mei, Mahito, Jake Coyle Organizations: TORONTO, Toronto, New York Times, Twitter Locations: Japan, Miyazaki, Toronto, Tokyo

☆ The oldest living person in Texas just turned 114: Here's why doctors say she's 'done everything right'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

And after celebrating her 114th birthday last week in Houston with five generations of her family, Francis earned the title of the oldest living person in Texas, according to local ABC station KTRK-TV. "I just thank the good Lord for keeping me," Francis told the news station. Still, her granddaughter, Ethel Harrison, told ABC 13 that she thinks lifestyle has a lot to do with Francis' longevity. She never did that," Harrison told ABC 13. And Dr. Holly Holmes, a geriatric physician, said Francis "has done everything right" for longevity, according to ABC 13.

Persons: Elizabeth Francis, Francis, Ethel Harrison, Harrison, Thomas Perls, who's, Holly Holmes, Holmes, Warren Buffett Organizations: ABC Locations: Houston, Texas

☆ I'm part of the luckiest class of Gen Zers. Here's how we won the economic recovery.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The pandemic threw Gen Zers off their professional trajectories. For the oldest Gen Zers, the pandemic economic recovery was a huge success. Here's how the class of 2019 won the pandemic recovery. The class of 2019 graduated into recession fears, but it was an economic downturn like none we've seen beforePolitano technically graduated in fall 2018, but considers himself part of my cohort as he began work in 2019. Are you a class of 2019 graduate, and have a story to tell about the economy of the last four years?

Persons: Gen Zers, Zers, Zers —, —, Joey Politano, he'd, Politano, couldn't, that's, they're, Hillary Hoffower Organizations: Service, Pew, millennials Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Inheritance for your dog: How the rich put millions into trusts with very specific purposes, from taking care of pets to cryogenically freezing their bodies
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Lawyers to the uber-rich told Insider how purpose trusts work and how to plan for centuries ahead. Fortunately, there is a workaround: purpose trusts. Trusts are well-known as a tool for saving millions on taxes, but purpose trusts are seldom used to pay less to Uncle Sam. Here is how purpose trusts workPurpose trusts are not absolutely necessary to make sure your pets are cared for after you pass, Yadav told Insider. Purpose trusts set up to maintain art collections usually include a timeline for liquidating or donating the artworks, according to lawyer Neil Solarz of Weinstock Manion.

Persons: Leona Helmsley, Naomita Yadav, Uncle Sam, Yadav, perpetuities, Neil Solarz, Weinstock Manion, Solarz, that's, Samantha, someone's, Shepherd Organizations: Siberian huskies, huskies Locations: Withersworldwide, California

☆ How the rich put millions into trusts to take care of their pets and pay for cryogenic freezing after they die
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The rich can use trusts to devote millions to pets, art collections, and even cryogenic freezing. Lawyers to the uber-rich told Insider how purpose trusts work and how to plan for centuries ahead. Fortunately, there is a workaround: purpose trusts. Trusts are well-known as a tool for saving millions on taxes, but purpose trusts are seldom used to pay less to Uncle Sam. Here is how purpose trusts workPurpose trusts are not absolutely necessary to make sure your pets are cared for after you pass, Yadav told Insider.

☆ Opinion: The time North Korea entrapped an 85-year-old American tourist
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Opinion Mike Chinoy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

CNN —In October 2013, an 85-year-old American tourist, Korean War veteran Merrill Newman, was taken off his Air Koryo plane as he waited to leave Pyongyang after a week-long tourist trip to North Korea and detained. No one — his family, the State Department, the media — had any idea why, and the North Koreans initially said nothing. North Korea has so far said nothing about the incident, which comes amid a spike in tensions between Pyongyang, Washington and Seoul. American tourist and Korean War veteran Merrill Newman arrives at Beijing airport on December 7, 2013, after being released by North Korea. Over the decades, a handful of serving American soldiers have defected and been allowed to live in North Korea.

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☆ In older adults, a little excess weigh may be OK
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Judith Graham | Kff Health News | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

For years, experts have debated what to advise older adults in this situation. Only 27% to 44% of older adults meet these guidelines, according to various surveys. Epidemiologic research suggests that the ideal body mass index (BMI) might be higher for older adults than younger adults. The study’s conclusion: “The WHO healthy weight range may not be suitable for older adults.” Instead, being overweight may be beneficial for older adults, while being notably thin can be problematic, contributing to the potential for frailty. Indeed, an optimal BMI for older adults may be in the range of 24 to 29, Carl Lavie, a well-known obesity researcher, suggested in a separate study reviewing the evidence surrounding obesity in older adults.

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☆ There's blood in the water after Prigozhin's revolt shattered the façade of Putin's invincibility
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Jason Corcoran | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

It represented the most significant affront to President Vladimir Putin's 23-year reign. It has also fed paranoia and put a spotlight on Aleksey Dyumin, Putin's ex-bodyguard turned governor. A brief and ultimately aborted attempt at a coup d'état by Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin represented the most significant affront to President Vladimir Putin's 23-year reign. President Vladimir Putin (L) and Aleksey Dyumin, the governor of Tula and Putin's former personal bodyguard, in Moscow in 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Tula Governor Aleksey Dyumin visit Russian writer Lev Tolstoy's former home in 2016.

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So they helped to create a cohousing development for LGBTQ+ seniors and allies, making it easier to offer support to one another. "These things are going to happen, but we also find that we are really good at taking care of each other." How to avoid 'the closet' while ensuring good careOlder adults in the LGBTQ+ community are twice as likely to be single and four times less likely to have children as their non-LGBTQ+ peers, according to SAGE, a national advocacy organization for LGBTQ+ elders. The Village Hearth is a 55-plus cohousing community for LGBTQ+ adults, friends and allies located in Durham, North Carolina. When you're in the hospital or a care facility, "if you're heterosexual, the spouse automatically gets visiting rights," Lee said.

Persons: Margaret Roesch, Pat McAulay, Roesch, McAulay, Stephanie Lee, Kyle Young, Lee, That's, they're, Young, Allison O'Shea, O'Shea Organizations: Finance, Nonprofit, SAGE, East Rock Financial, CNBC Experts, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley Wealth, Local Locations: Durham , North Carolina, Florida, San Francisco, New York, Durham, Tennessee

☆ Want to know why younger generations seem so pissed? Look at the housing market.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Matt Turner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But the biggest issue is probably a housing market that simply feels unfair. From a shaky economy to student debt, to general inflation and spiking healthcare costs, there's lots to be worried about. "One was the long, weak labor market in the wake of the Great Recession, and the other is how badly the housing market functions." When you look at the housing market, it's particularly grim right now. But while Americans have different health situations (and lifestyles and levels of student debt), all of them live somewhere.

Persons: Gen Zers, —, Zers, Josée Rose, there's, Matt Yglesias, Phil Rosen, Goldman Sachs, James Rodriguez, Pew, John Myers, Ben Southwood, Sam Bowman, homebuyers Organizations: Service, Deloitte, TIAA Institute, Federal Reserve Bank of New, Mortgage, Association, Commonwealth Fund Locations: Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, isn't

☆ After weight loss, Alzheimer's may be next frontier for drugs like Ozempic
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Natalie Grover | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Diabetes drugs that also promote weight loss such as Novo Nordisk’s (NOVOb.CO) Ozempic, becoming a darling of celebrities and investors, are being studied to tackle some of the most difficult-to-treat brain disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease. Those successes followed decades of futility that had left many questioning the validity of the amyloid theory behind most experimental Alzheimer's drugs. She said she has since been approached by pharmaceutical companies at an increasing pace, and is currently running an Alzheimer’s trial evaluating intranasal insulin in combination with another diabetes drug. Four companies with GLP-1 drugs, including two larger drugmakers, say they are watching for results of trials testing Novo's drug in Alzheimer's. Dementia affects more than 55 million people globally and the market for Alzheimer’s drugs is expected to grow to $9.4 billion by 2028 and for Parkinson’s to $6.6 billion, according to pharmaceutical data provider Citeline.

☆ Salary Transparency Is Coming — so I Decided to Tell Everyone What I Make
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Aki Ito | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +37 min

But there's a glaring catch to my support for pay transparency: I haven't actually practiced it in my own life. To find out why, I decided to commemorate the dawning age of salary transparency by telling pretty much everyone in my life what I earn. Norway responded to pay transparency with yet another level of transparency, and that brought down the level of snooping.. Thanks to its nationwide experiment, Norway has been fertile ground for scholars trying to measure the consequences of extreme pay transparency. But I do believe that as more states implement pay-disclosure laws — and as Gen Z increasingly comes to dominate the workforce — salary transparency is going to become the new norm.

☆ 7,000 nurses on strike in New York want more coworkers — not just higher pay: 'If we get paid better, but the conditions don't improve, we won't stay'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Carabuena works in the neurological ICU at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. Juliana Kaplan/Insider"Nurses don't want to strike," the New York States Nurses Association, the union representing workers, said in a statement. Management has already offered a 19.1% compounded wage increase to the striking nurses, both Montefiore and Mount Sinai said. We're prepared to minimize disruption, and we encourage Mount Sinai nurses to continue providing the world-class care they're known for, in spite of NYSNA's strike." Scabby the rat at the nurses' strike.

But just 31% of that group has gotten updated booster shots. Hospital physicians, state public health officials and advocacy groups for older adults pointed to a variety of factors fueling the low booster uptake. They include feelings of fatigue at the pace of Covid shots and a lack of awareness that the new booster could make the difference between a mild case and a hospital visit. Morell said she experienced dizziness, blurry eyesight and heart palpitations after her first Covid booster in November 2021. Wachter said the majority of people who have gotten the new booster get mild Covid, even if they’re older or have risk factors.

☆ Drug and alcohol deaths increasing among US adults 65 and older, CDC data shows
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Jacqueline Howard | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

In 2020, more than 5,000 adults 65 and older in the United States died of a drug overdose. Though drug overdose death rates for older adults tend to be lower than for other age groups – and made up just 0.2% of total deaths among adults 65 and older in 2020 – such deaths have been climbing. Between 2000 and 2020, the rates rose from 2.4 to 8.8 deaths per 100,000 people among adults 65 and older. Between 2000 and 2020, drug overdose deaths increased more among men than women, rising from 2.7 to 12.3 deaths per 100,000 men compared with 2.3 to 5.8 per 100,000 women. “Because of ageism, we typically do not think of older adults as having a substance use disorder nor do we think of older adults for being at-risk for a drug overdose.

Of particular importance is information about how many seniors die, develop disabilities, can no longer live independently, or have a significantly worsened quality of life after major surgery. “What older patients want to know is, ‘What’s my life going to look like?’” Cooper said. Invasive procedures that take place in operating rooms with patients under general anesthesia were counted as major surgeries. Two years ago, Gill’s team conducted research that showed 1 in 3 older adults had not returned to their baseline level of functioning six months after major surgery. This includes assessing older patients three times a day for delirium (an acute change in mental status that often afflicts older hospital patients), getting patients moving as soon as possible, and using non-narcotic pain relievers.

☆ Having a Positive Attitude Toward Aging Is Key. But What Does That Mean?
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Marc Agronin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +4 min

And that’s a positive attitude toward aging. Dr. Levy uses an “Attitude Towards Aging” scale, which asks respondents to answer five questions: Do things keep getting worse as you get older? Gauging oneself as being capable, useful and hopeful equates to having a positive attitude. One technique is to make a list of negative thoughts and then counter each one with a positive example of something you can or hope to accomplish. You will find similar positive attitudes toward life among many aging individuals who are living better even as they live longer.

☆ Old men helped cause the Soviet Union's collapse. Historians say it's a warning sign for the United States.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( John Haltiwanger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

The Soviet Union became a gerontocracy in its final years, contributing to its collapse. And Reagan was right: Soviet leaders had consistently died on the job. "It doesn't matter whether it's the Soviet Union or the United States — there's always a clash" between older and younger generations, Grunewald said. They were afraid to let it go," said Zubok, the author of "Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union." And that did become a central factor in the demise of the Soviet Union."

☆ A 3-way game of geriatric chicken featuring Trump, Biden, and Bernie has younger Democrats and Republicans itching for change
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Darren Samuelsohn | Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The 2024 presidential race is already coming into view. These are arguments Biden is readying to run on as Trump — despite his numerous legal troubles — flirts with another White House bid. It's also the case that Sanders' 2024 aspirations remain in their own holding pattern until Biden makes his own formal declaration of his intentions. It's a fact the White House doesn't want to talk about. "The fact they both made it to the White House makes them think they both know how to get to the White House," said Brinkley.

Warren Buffett is a skilled investor who is studied, analyzed, and imitated by many. But the "secret" to Buffett's immense wealth is simply how long he's been investing, writes Morgan Housel in his new book "The Psychology of Money." "Effectively all of Warren Buffett's financial success can be tied to the financial base he built in his pubescent years and the longevity he maintained in his geriatric years," Housel writes in his book. And if you invest money at the level of someone like Buffett, the results become "ridiculous, impractical numbers," Housel writes. High returns are nice, of course, but they're difficult to come by and not the only way to build wealth, Housel writes.

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