In This Tech Company, Old Age Is Not a Bug, It’s a Feature
While the US tech industry avoids hiring anyone over 30, this company only employs workers 55 and up. Listen up, Google.
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How to Complain to Customer Service on Social Media—and Get Results
Are you getting the runaround? Turns out, Twitter and Facebook are the best way to get get good customer care.
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Send Me SFMOMA: Fine Art in the Palm of Your Hand
A new tool from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art adds fun and surprise to your texting experience.
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The Restaurant of Order Mistakes: Compassion or Mockery?
This pop-up restaurant only hires servers who have dementia.
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Too Much Old Stuff: How to Bust the Clutter
When your home is full of things from your past, there’s no space for you to become who you’ll be. Learn how to declutter from a pro.
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Challenges to Intimacy: Iris Krasnow on Sex After 60, 70, 80
How can we sustain intimacy while facing the challenges of life-stage transitions.
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Urban Cohousing the Babayaga Way
A group of older women have built their own innovative senior housing project: self-governed, affordable and engaged with the city.
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I’m Not Aging “Well” — I’m Getting Old, Goddammit
95-year-old marathon runners, 73-year-old power lifters…. “Aging well” marginalizes seniors who have physical limitations.
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Meet the Raging Grannies: Troublemakers in Disguise
Grassroots “gaggles” of politically active older women are forming across North America.
Aging With Attitude: Activist Frances Goldin
Frances Goldin and her sign are well known among regulars at New York’s Pride Parade — but her activism goes further back.
The Freebird Club: A New AirBnB Just for Seniors
Stay in a senior’s home or host an older traveler, but don’t call this club “Silver Sharers”!
Kenya’s League of Extravagant Grannies
Photographer Osborne Macharia is making waves with his fantastic narrative about a group of senior high-flyers.
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HEALTHY AGING
We know now that we can increase our chances of staying physically and cognitively healthy through our final years — it’s not all in the genes. Here’s what you need to know and the resources to help.
Senior Dating and Sex
Who says we don’t need meaningful relationships and sexual healing when we’re older? We might just have to rethink what “sex” means now and how dating can work for us. Check out these articles and links.
TECH TIPS FOR SENIORS
Whether you’re a digital newbie or have been using computers since your first Commodore, there’s always something new to learn — and new online experiences to taste. Take look at our tips and links.
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SENIOR TRAVEL
Travel post-60 doesn’t have to mean Caribbean cruises and group trips. Online services make it easier and cheaper to adventure – and even to retire abroad.
