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1 hr ago | Tobias S. Buckell Online

AARP wants multi-use streets. They have a lobby. Now it gets interesting

I've been saying for a long time now that when retiring baby boomers realize that the auto-only streets oriented world they'd subsidized becomes hard for them to navigate, it will be millenials and retirees both advocating for multi-use streets.

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Related Topix: Health

2 hrs ago | KNEB-AM Scottsbluff

Five Best Employers for Baby Boomers

The National Institutes of Health tops this year's list of the best employers for Baby Boomers, according to the American Association of Retired Persons .

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Related Topix: Health, Pension, Personal Finance, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Texas

4 hrs ago | Hospitality Net

Anne Engelking Smith has joined Choice Hotels International, Inc. as Vice President of Brand Strategy

Smith joins the company from AARP where she was responsible for overseeing the AARP brand in commercial marketing and driving membership growth including the organization's multicultural membership base.

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Related Topix: Hotels, Choice Hotels International, Health, Marketing, Life, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural

8 hrs ago | The Democrat

Safety Measures at PACHS Coincid...

The article, "Lessons from America's Safest Hospitals", published in the April/May 2013 issue of AARP magazine listed what the top medical centers across the country do to protect their patients from harm.

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Related Topix: Health, Palo Alto County, IA, Nursing, Medicine

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Politico

Keep Meals on Wheels going

If a nation were judged by how well it cares for its weakest and most vulnerable citizens, the United States would not get high marks.

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Related Topix: Health, Healthcare Law, Law, Life, Food, Nutrition, Opinion

CBS Local

Retirement For One

Most of the ads you see on TV for retirement have young looking, graying couples playing sports or exercising together.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Retirement, Health

Coal Valley News

AARP senior driving program offered in Madison

An AARP Driver Safety Program will be held July 16 and 17, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., at Madison Baptist Church.

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Related Topix: Madison, WV, Health

Green Bay Press-Gazette

Commentary: No tax cut help?

Republican legislative leaders say everyone will benefit from the income tax cuts in the pending state budget, but senior citizen groups say some citizens could miss out.

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Related Topix: Tax, Family, Elderly (Senior Citizen), Health

Florida Today

AARP: Brevard schools rank 36 in US for employment

Brevard Public Schools has once again been honored for its commitment to mature employees.

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Related Topix: Health, Education Etc., Brevard County, FL

WZTV Top Stories

Nashville Symphony Continues its FREE Concerts Tonight

Mountain State Health Alliance in Johnson City has been recognized by AARP as one of the 50 best employers in the nation for workers over 50. In 2011, the health system created a committee made up of a number of members over the age of 50 and asked them for suggestions to make Mountain State an attractive employer for mature workers.

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Related Topix: Health

WTVF Nashville

AARP honors Johnson City health system

Mountain State Health Alliance in Johnson City has been recognized by AARP as 1 of the 50 best employers in the nation for workers over 50. In 2011, the health system created a committee made up of a number of members over the age of 50 and asked them for suggestions to make Mountain State an attractive employer for mature workers.

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Related Topix: Health

The Gazette

SilverSneakers provides seniors with active, healthy lifestyle

Marie Field, left, and Wayne Field laugh during a Sliver Sneakers class Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at the YMCA Garden Ranch in Colorado Springs.

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Related Topix: Colorado Springs, CO, Health, Gold's Gym, Health Club

Mon Jun 17, 2013

WKYC-TV

Baby Boomers | Unexpected long-term unemployment

Across the board, unemployment has affected people of all ages. But Baby Boomers are facing a particular challenge -- long-term unemployment.

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Related Topix: Health

American Medical Association

AMA: High Court Sides with Greater Oversight of Pay-For-Delay Agreements

"The American Medical Association applauds the U.S. Supreme Court ruling today confirming that the Federal Trade Commission has the authority to challenge anti-competitive market barriers that deny patients access to affordable generic medications.

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Related Topix: US Supreme Court, US News, Health

The Alternative Press

Atlantic Health System Makes Top Three of AARP's "Best Employers" List

Atlantic Health System, one of the largest non-profit health care systems in New Jersey, is one of the top three companies in the nation identified by AARP as one the "Best Employers for Workers Over 50." The parent organization of Morristown Medical Center, Overlook Medical Center, Newton Medical Center, and Goryeb Children's Hospital was ranked ... (more)

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Related Topix: Health, Non-Profit

US News & World Report

How to Budget for Health Costs in Retirement

It's fun to imagine a retirement filled with travel and leisure, and your retirement years could very well start out that way.

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Related Topix: Medicare, Health, Health Insurance, Social Security, Personal Finance, Long Term Care

The Greenville News

Michelin honored as 'Best Employer for Workers Over 50'

Michelin North America, Inc. was today awarded the 2013 AARP Best Employers for Workers Over 50 award.

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Related Topix: Health

MarketWatch

NewsWatch: 5 charts to tell if stock buyers are too bullish

Feelings. Nothing more than feelings. That about sums up the stock market on any trading day.

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Related Topix: Health

MarketWatch

Amy Hoak's Home Economics: Never call a baby boomer 'old'

They're not "matures" or "seniors," and they're definitely not "elders." In fact, baby boomers would rather not be labeled at all, thank you very much.

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Related Topix: Red, Helen Mirren, Celebrities, Morgan Freeman, Health, Marketing, Irvine, CA

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Ventura County Star

David P. Grau/Don Pyne: What's stopping pension reform?

David P. Grau of Ventura is chairman of the Ventura County Taxpayers Association.

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Related Topix: Ventura, CA, Ventura County, CA, Somis, CA, Health