News of the Week - 7/19/24
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Swedes take a new step in parental leave. Grandparents can now get paid to take care of grandkids.
Watch this 90-year-old skydive in memory of his late wife.
Practicing gratitude could help you live longer, according to new study.
Why Nursing Home Residents Still Suffer Despite Tough State Laws.
The Key to Longevity Is Boring.
He’s 77, an Olympic legend and just made a hip-hop jazz album.
Is it time to take the keys from Grandpa?
Can Music Help Us Feel Less Alone? Here’s What Research Says.
An army pilot’s plane went down during World War II. He’s been laid to rest 80 years after going missing in action.
Anger grows as some senior facilities left without power for days: ‘It’s horrible what the state of Texas is doing’.
Swedes take a new step in parental leave. Grandparents can now get paid to take care of grandkids
ABC News - Sweden is launching a groundbreaking new law that allows grandparents to care for their grandchild and get paid.
Watch this 90-year-old skydive in memory of his late wife
AP - 90-year-old Bill Rogers skydived for the sixth time in honor of his anniversary with his late wife on Sunday. “Every time I jump out of a plane, I can hear her say, ‘Billy, you’re as crazy as ever,’” Rogers said.
Practicing gratitude could help you live longer, according to new study
CNN - Experiencing gratitude is beneficial for physical health and emotional well-being, past research has shown. Now, a new study has found those who experience more gratitude also have a lower risk of dying. The report is the first to examine the effects of gratefulness on longevity, experts say. I have been saying this for years and cover it in my keynote, The Meaning of Life.
Why Nursing Home Residents Still Suffer Despite Tough State Laws
NYT - The Biden administration set stringent new federal staffing rules. But for years, nursing homes have failed to meet the toughest standards set by states. The new Chevron ruling will certainly create challenges to this mandate.
The Key to Longevity Is Boring
NYT - Research has long shown that health and longevity comes down to five fundamental lifestyle behaviors: exercising regularly, eating a nutritious diet, eschewing cigarettes, limiting alcohol consumption and nurturing meaningful relationships.
He’s 77, an Olympic legend and just made a hip-hop jazz album
WAPO - In Mexico City in 1968, Bob Beamon soared to one of the Games’ most enduring records. Now he has started a new life as a percussionist.
Is it time to take the keys from Grandpa?
WAPO - Say you’re in the car with him — this is a hypothetical, of course — and he’s not really noticing the speed bumps. He blew through a stop sign. On one particular trip late last month he drove through a red light into a fender bender. No one was hurt. Maybe he was just tired, and this was a one-off? But he’s a little bruised up, and so is his ego, because afterward, the family had the Big Talk, to ask: Is it time to take the car keys away from Grandpa?
Can Music Help Us Feel Less Alone? Here’s What Research Says
Spiritune - While listening to music can be done alone, it’s never a solitary activity. Just consider how certain songs make you think of a friend, remember a lover, or feel deep kinship with an artist. Musical notes weave together intricate connective webs—even when they’re played for an audience of one.
But why, exactly, does music bond us? How do different sounds engage our sense of community and connection? And how can we use them to combat the global loneliness crisis? Let’s explore these questions, together.
An army pilot’s plane went down during World War II. He’s been laid to rest 80 years after going missing in action
CNN - A 25-year-old World War II pilot who went missing in action 80 years ago during a mission in southeast Asia was given full honors and laid to rest in Kansas earlier this week.
Second Lt. John E. McLauchlen Jr., of Detroit, was killed during World War II in 1943 while flying during a bombing mission from Panagarh, India, to a railyard near Rangoon, Myanmar – then known as Burma, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
Anger grows as some senior facilities left without power for days: ‘It’s horrible what the state of Texas is doing’
CNN - It had been days since Hurricane Beryl blew ashore from the Gulf of Mexico on July 8, causing widespread destruction and knocking out power to more than 2 million people, including the Houston senior independent living facility where Kitzmiller lives. Outdoor temperatures had reached at least 90 degrees most days, and the heat inside the building was stifling.
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