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A 'silver tsunami' of retirement-age baby boomers is creating a big opportunity for real-estate investors, research firm says

The 65 and older population in the US is on track to swell to 80 million by 2040, according to estimates from the Census Bureau.AleksandarNakic/Getty ImagesThe growing ranks of boomers aged 65-plus...

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Seattle startup Seasalt raises $4.2M to help businesses answer customer messages with AI

Seasalt co-founders Guoguo Chen (left) and Xuchen Yao. Seasalt.AI, a Seattle startup that helps businesses use AI to communicate with customers, announced a $4.2 million seed round. ...

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A Gentle Guide to Better Hygiene for Seniors: How Caregivers Can Help

Hygiene is an essential aspect of overall health. As we age, maintaining good hygiene can become more challenging for a variety of reasons. While it’s a sensitive topic, it’s important to approach ...

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47 Of The Darkest Family Secrets People Were Shocked To Find Out

Family and drama go together like oxygen and fire—one fuels the other, and while they can create warmth and light, they can just as easily spark chaos and destruction. So when Reddit user Rentingha...

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How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse (Update)

It’s true that robots (and other smart technologies) will kill many jobs. It may also be true that newer collaborative robots (“cobots”) will totally reinvigorate how work gets done. That, at least...

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The True Threat to American Retirement

Old age has become a strangely tangled subject in the United States. Even after Joe Biden delivered one of the worst debate performances in recent history, his defenders routinely denounced his cri...

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Police officer who tasered Clare Nowland tells court taking knife from her hand came with ‘high risk’

Sen Const Kristian White says situation with 95-year-old carrying knife ‘was not going to be resolved without the use of force’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking...

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Police officer who tasered Clare Nowland tells court his job was to ‘maintain the peace’

Sen Const Kristian James Samuel White said situation with 95-year-old carrying knife ‘was not going to be resolved without the use of force’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet...

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Spencer the Marathon Dog Statue in Ashland, Massachusetts

Route 135 through Ashland, Massachusetts, is a relatively quiet area. But one day per year, in April, this road is packed with thousands of people running the Boston Marathon cheered on by spectat...

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Smart homes for assisted living have huge potential, but here’s why they’re still mostly a pipe dream

Challenges abound. fizkesSmart homes have become increasingly popular in recent years. Where once they simply referred to automated systems for things like lighting and heating, nowadays the defin...

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Kristian White said ‘I’ve had a look and, supposedly, we aren’t meant to tase elderly people’, court hears

NSW senior constable on trial for manslaughter of Clare Nowland hadn’t been trained on ‘exceptional circumstances’ when Taser should not be used, trial toldFollow our Australia news live blog for l...

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‘Different when there’s a knife raised at you’: officer feared Clare Nowland would stab her before Taser deployed

Paramedic witness tells Sen Const Kristian White’s manslaughter trial that 95-year-old Nowland ‘didn’t appear to acknowledge’ warnings or instructionsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest ...

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“Absolutely Inhumane”: Cop Who Fatally Tasered 95YO Woman In Nursing Home Reveals Reason

An officer in New South Wales (NSW) is currently facing trial after using his Taser on a great-grandmother. Senior Constable Kristian White defended himself, stating that he perceived the woman, C...

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Trump Transition Lawyer Spells Out Plan to Gut Justice Department

The Trump transition team continues to spell out exactly how they’ll destroy the Justice Department—starting with kicking out anyone who isn’t completely and mindlessly devoted to pushing their age...

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Nurse at rest home where Clare Nowland was tasered had ‘never seen anything like that’, court hears

Sen Const Kristian White’s manslaughter trial also told 95-year-old displayed behaviour consistent with moderate to severe dementia which impended ability to comply with instructionsFollow our Aust...

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Nurse at aged care home where Clare Nowland was tasered had ‘never seen anything like that’, court hears

Sen Const Kristian White’s manslaughter trial also told 95-year-old displayed behaviour consistent with moderate to severe dementiaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our brea...

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Clare Nowland had dementia and was ‘unable to comply with instructions’ before being tasered, court told

Geriatrician Susan Kurrle agrees, when questioned in Sen Const Kristian White’s manslaughter trial, that reduction in medication could have led to aggressive behaviourFollow our Australia news live...

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Eve and Joan: Exploring the Tumultuous Friendship of LA’s Literary Ladies

My book on Eve Babitz, Hollywood’s Eve, came out in 2019. Writing it was my way of driving a stake through her heart. It wasn’t that I didn’t love her. It was that I loved her too much. I’d been i...

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NSW police officer said ‘got her … grab it’ after Tasering Clare Nowland in nursing home, court hears

Kristian White Tasered 95-year-old in Cooma nursing home after she refused to drop knife. He has pleaded not guilty to manslaughterFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our brea...

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Christmas Eve In Miller’s Point masterfully celebrates a fleeting holiday spirit

Intimate, disparate moments of an annual holiday tradition are artfully portrayed in director Tyler Taormina’s latest, the Long Island-set Christmas Eve In Miller’s Point. The audience ostensibly t...

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Shooter at Ohio nursing home was 70-year-old resident — he needed room repairs so he grabbed his gun

The Ohio man who shot two people at a nursing home on Friday turned out to be a 70-year-old resident, who decided to settle his frustrations over some repair issues once and for all — with a gun. ...

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