Hold Steady: Tips To Keep You Balanced For Fall Prevention Awareness Month
September 10, 2025
As certain as the leaves beginning to change color and pumpkin spice appearing in your local coffee shops, so too does September signal the arrival of Fall Prevention Awareness Month. Academic centers and agencies serving older adults use September to highlight the risk of falling for older adults and what…
Easy Money: New And Nefarious Financial Scams
August 6, 2025
Have you been a victim? According to a recent survey from the Pew Research Center, 73% of US adults have experienced some type of online scam. This has occurred among all age groups and resulted in losses reported to the FBI of over $16 billion in 2024. 79% of those…
Forestall Your Fall: New Research Insights Might Help Lower Your Fall Risk
May 28, 2025
You likely don’t need any reminders that older adults are at risk for falls, and that each year, 1.5 million older adults are treated in emergency rooms due to a fall, and thousands die as a result of falling each year. While a fall can happen anywhere, it’s more likely…
Dis-Organized: The Physical And Emotional Aspects Of Clutter And Hoarding
May 21, 2025
How messy is your environment? Do you struggle to find a place for your everyday items? Do you own more possessions than you can fit in your cabinets? Are your storage areas bursting with an overload of items? Is it difficult or dangerous to navigate your environment? Are you embarrassed…
Communal Concerns: Proposed Budget Cuts Threaten Community Programs For Older Adults
May 7, 2025
While we strive to be a politics-free zone on agebuzz, we are also committed to providing accurate, factual, up-to-date information on issues that may have direct relevance to older adults. Therefore, agebuzz readers need to understand just how many programs and services in your communities may be affected by significant…
Fearing Fraud: Detecting Scams In Today’s High-Tech Environment
April 23, 2025
In the current chaos that’s enveloping our world, it would be easy to take a break and allow yourself a few moments of mindlessness. However, while you are letting your guard down to step back from the vigilance required in today’s world, criminals intent on scamming you are working overtime,…