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International Perspective: Germany’s Shared Housing for Seniors

  “While the first shared apartment for seniors appeared as a novelty in the mid-1990s, a recent boom means that almost 2,000 senior residents live in shared housing arrangements in Berlin alone, according to a Journal of Clinical Nursing study. … Continue reading

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Help Stop Medicare Fraud

  “Medicare fraud  happens when Medicare is billed for services or supplies you never got.  Medicare fraud costs Medicare a lot of money each year. “Abuse occurs when doctors or suppliers don’t follow good medical  practices, resulting in unnecessary costs … Continue reading

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Worth Repeating: Serious Ping Pong

“Worth Repeating” is a weekly feature on the EngAGE Blog that will bring you previous posts that we think are still timely, interesting, or just plain fun! From 7/11/12: Click here to read about “the world’s oldest, agilest table tennis … Continue reading

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Rudy Perez Dances On

Rudy Perez has been a professional dancer for over fifty years and he continues to perform, choreograph, and teach. Last  year, at 83, he performed a 10-minute solo, “download/overload,” at the Hammer Museum’s Billy Wilder Theatre as part of the city-wide exhibition, “Pacific Standard … Continue reading

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Dorothy Custer at 102: On an Elephant

We featured Dorothy Custer last year on this blog for her 101st birthday, so we were pleased to see that she’s given us another opportunity to share her zest for life! Read more here. (E-mail subscribers: click the post title to go to … Continue reading

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Experience Talks 7/13: Host Bobbee Zeno and Guests

Tune in to Experience Talks, our “Radio Magazine for the Experienced Listener.” Saturdays 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles, 98.7 FM Santa Barbara, 99.5 China Lake, 93.7 N. San Diego, streaming live online and now syndicated … Continue reading

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Alternative Retirement Living: Cruise Ship

“Every time a passenger ship leaves port with a guest cabin unoccupied, that’s money the cruise operators are never going to see. . . . The very nature of the cruise business — the relentless competition between various lines, the … Continue reading

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