The conclusion of the New Yorker article, How The Elderly Lose Their Rights. It exposes the rampant abuse of the guardianship of older adults, wherein unscrupulous “guardians” file emergency ex parte petitions to appropriate the assets of perfectly capable seniors. They move them out of their homes, manage their healthcare and often exclude siblings or children in participating in the senior’s life.

The October 9 issue of the New Yorker includes the article, How The Elderly Lose Their Rights. It exposes the rampant abuse of the guardianship of older adults, wherein unscrupulous “guardians” file emergency ex parte petitions to appropriate the assets of perfectly capable seniors. They move them out of their homes, manage their healthcare and often exclude siblings or children in participating in the seniors life.

The National Council on Aging offers the 10 top scams targeting seniors and tips for protecting themselves. AARP highlights disability, mortgage, in-home services and funeral scams and gives you a quiz.

Ride sharing is not a new concept, but there is a relatively new service created specifically for seniors called GoGoGrandparent. This program will review ride sharing in general with an in-depth look at GoGoGrandparent which does not require use of a smartphone.

In his book, What On Earth Have I Done, writer Robert Fulghum shares humorous and poignant essays on holiday topics. They include the powerful story of a father’s Christmas gift to his children, an unusual year-end count and a most amusing New Year’s Day tradition.

A Popular Science magazine special edition offers articles on living longer. The ethics of living longer and some of the most far-reaching possibilities of the future including using young blood, cryogenics and mind uploading are explained in reader-friendly terms.

Ageism is alive and well in the health care industry as reported in the New York Times and Next Avenue. Misdiagnosis, under-treatment and over-treatment, profiling older patients and unfortunately simple prejudice are all aspects of age can be a factor in getting proper treatment.

Discover Magazine’s October issue highlights the Human Connectome Project – Aging division which is discovering how aging affects the actual connecting activity within the brain’s parts.

Articles from 55+ magazine, WXXI’s website and House Resolution 1499 offer information on estate planning including wills, trusts, probate and bequests.

Lori Bitter, founder of the Business of Aging, shares her ideas about how marketing to seniors needs to change to an intergenerational model in her New consumer Manifesto – Why Old is New and Young is Old New.s