“A new center in New York focused on high-tech gadgets aims to help people 60 and older who have been left behind in a digital daze. The Senior Planet Exploration Center, officially opened Thursday (3/8) in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood, offers free classes on how to use all the cool tech toys they hear their grandkids rave about, from iPads to Skype and Wii. While many senior centers have computers, this is the first to focus on other 
technology and social media, say organizers, who hope the model will reshape traditional senior centers.” Read more here.
Also, new research indicates the benefits of using Facebook: “Preliminary research findings from the University of Arizona suggest that men and women older than 65 who learn to use Facebook could see a boost in cognitive function. . . . One in three online seniors use a social networking site like Facebook, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project.” Details here.
Photojournalist and artist, Candacy Taylor, was a young waitress and wondered how the older waitresses could handle the exhausting work. “After five years of research, I believed that they actually loved their work. Some tried to retire but could not. These were women of the generation who were raised to believe that a man would take care of them. Many of them are divorced. They found that they could raise their kids on a waitresses salary,” 
she discovered. Candacy’s research led to her book, 
Louis Guzman.
“‘In the coming years, baby boomers will want to sell their homes, and they’re hoping there are people behind them to buy their homes,’ says 
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