#FTC warns of increase in romance scams, especially targeting older adults

#FTC warns of increase in romance scams, especially targeting older adults

An increasing number of American seniors have been targeted for romance scams during the pandemic. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published an updated report on the top scams that have cost seniors aged 60 and up millions of dollars. “Romance scams; prize, sweepstakes and lottery scams; and business impersonator scams caused the highest aggregate reported losses for older adults,”…

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#San Francisco woman helps 1,270 elderly people get the jab

#San Francisco woman helps 1,270 elderly people get the jab

“#San Francisco woman helps 1,270 elderly people get the jab” She’s the Vaccinator. A one-woman rescue team in San Francisco has personally helped vaccinate nearly 1,300 neighbors – and the ranks of her army of the jabbed grows daily. “You can’t always wait three days for the cavalry to come to the rescue,” Felisia Thibodeaux,…

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#78 -year-old grandma enters powerlifting competition

#78 -year-old grandma enters powerlifting competition

“#78 -year-old grandma enters powerlifting competition” People half her age couldn’t bench above 78-year-old powerlifter Linda Patterson. Now, the retiree from Albuquerque is slated to enter her first strength competition. “I just want to be strong, and there’s something about working out that makes me feel so good,” she told a KOAT reporter in a…

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#As China’s population greys, the burden of care weighs on families

#As China’s population greys, the burden of care weighs on families

“#As China’s population greys, the burden of care weighs on families” BEIJING – In Heyuejia, a care home in western Beijing, new residents announced their advanced ages and illustrious former careers to applause from a crowded hall, before tucking into a candle-decorated cake and dancing. Spacious rooms, nutritious food, and activities from calligraphy to art therapy are on…

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#New book takes lessons on aging from our seniorcelebs

#New book takes lessons on aging from our seniorcelebs

“#New book takes lessons on aging from our seniorcelebs” Age should bring wisdom Joe Boredom and Nancy Pelousy made age the new “in.” So now comes Steven Petrow, of the Washington Post’s “Stupid Things I Won’t Do When I Get Old: A Highly Judgmental, Unapologetically Honest Accounting of All the Things Our Elders Are Doing Wrong.”…

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