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Estate planning isn’t just for the wealthy. What Californians should know (opens the original)
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When one of Ravi Kalyanaraman’s colleagues died unexpectedly in March 2022, the loss rattled his workplace. The colleague was only in his late 40s. Kalyanaraman, who works in hardware design, had worked with him for years. The sudden death prompted conversations among colleagues about planning for their own deaths. Until then, Kalyanaraman, now 58, said he had given little thought to what would happen to his own assets after his death. “It opened my eyes in the context of what happened to my col
A hotter planet is pushing older adults beyond the human body’s limits (opens the original)
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As the planet gets hotter, the human body can only do so much to keep itself cool. For older adults — defined in the study as people 60 and older — the limit may arrive much sooner than previously understood. A new study from Stanford University found older adults are far more vulnerable to extreme heat than younger people. Even if global warming is limited to 2.7 degrees above preindustrial levels, older adults are projected to be exposed to heat their bodies cannot tolerate more often than you
People can sense mental decline, says new research powered by smartwatches (opens the original)
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Older adults may be better judges of their moment-to-moment mental sharpness than scientists once assumed, according to a UC Davis study — which relied on familiar technology: the smartwatch. The study found that when an individual rated their mental sharpness below their own average, their performance on the objective cognitive tasks also tended to be lower. RELATED: Fitbit creators unveil screenless wearable to help track aging parents Published in the American Psychological Association journa
A tiny fish’s behavior suggests aging may happen in stages, Stanford study finds (opens the original)
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A tiny fish that lives only four to eight months is revealing that aging may unfold in distinct biological stages rather than as a slow, continuous decline — findings that could help scientists better understand how people can age better. By tracking how more than 700 African turquoise killifish swim, sleep and feed — and how that behavior changes as the fish age — researchers at Stanford University were able to forecast their four- to 8-month lifespans, according to a study published in Science
As senior homelessness grows, a Bay Area county turns hotel into housing (opens the original)
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For five years, 78-year-old Hector Ocampo lived in his van in San Mateo after rising rent left him unable to afford his apartment once he retired. He parked where he could, relying on friends’ places for a shower when possible, but even those arrangements had limits. RELATED: Older adults fear becoming a burden more than death, survey finds One day, while parked near a Safeway, police approached him for trespassing. Instead of issuing a citation, officers connected him with services. Ocampo even
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