Brooks Brothers has put into practice a wise and true maxim: The older the better- at least when it comes to tailors. At its Long Island City factory, over half of the Brooks Brothers employees are over 55. Realizing that senior tailors make fewer mistakes and excel at their work,…

Senior scams are serious business: The average victim loses $120,000, which adds up to an estimated $3 billion in annual losses nationwide. It’s thus a wise investment for financial institutions to do all they can to stop the financial abuse of older persons. Many banks have now introduced software to…

Good morning and welcome to agebuzz… Headlining today’s topics:   -The Abridged Version: 15 Minutes of Exercise Can Help -Money Masters: The New Profession Of Daily Money Managers -Tricky Transitions: Dangers Following Hospital Discharge -Comedy Of Aging: Your Next New Beach Read By Cathleen Schine -Home Rule: Medicare Payments For…

By the age of 90 there are probably few surprises in life.  For 90 year old Razie, the star of the new documentary short “Bacon & God’s Wrath” her lifelong religious beliefs and faith become the subjects of reconsideration once she discovers the internet. Razie seizes the opportunity to explore…

Following a hospitalization many older patients and their families are often surprised at the limited insurance coverage Medicare provides for home-based care. Generally speaking, once a patient leaves a hospital Medicare will only pay for in-home skilled services and physical therapy. This means the patient must require a skilled health professional, rather…

Aging parents, family caregiving, ever present guilt- not usually the stuff from which comedy is mined. But author Cathleen Schine’s brand new novel, They May Not Mean To, But They Do has managed to find humor in the real life events often borne of tragedy. Centered around the family matriarch, 86…