Acceptance seen as a key to 'financial mindfulness'
Products and services alluding to financial mindfulness abound, but what exactly are they promising?
Social Sciences
Jul 30, 2024
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Consumer values, brand expectations change in 2020
Today's consumers are more attuned to brands' values and willing to pay a premium to support companies that share their values, according to new research from the Bauer Leadership Center at Washington University in St. Louis ...
Social Sciences
Aug 9, 2021
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Researchers examine how stereotypes of older adults impact jury duty
Although some may try to avoid jury duty, it's still regarded as a valuable contribution to society.
Social Sciences
Feb 21, 2020
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William Shatner to be oldest astronaut at 90: How space tourism could affect older people
Is space really the final frontier? William Shatner is set to find out as he boldly goes where no 90-year-old has gone before. Some 55 years after Captain James T Kirk hit our screens in the original Star Trek, Shatner will ...
Space Exploration
Oct 13, 2021
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Tablets can help elderly cross the 'digital divide'
One way to help the elderly cross what's known as the "digital divide" is the use of tablets, those smaller, lighter, easy-to-use computers that seem to be taking the place of laptops.
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May 27, 2015
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Five tips on how to be a good mentor to someone twice your age
Plato and Aristotle. Barbara Walters and Oprah Winfrey. Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. In each of these famous relationships it was the older person with more experience acting as mentor, guiding the much younger "mentee" ...
Education
May 7, 2019
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The pandemic played into ageist stereotypes, but intergenerational contact and cooperation can overcome them
As the COVID-19 pandemic spread around the world, stringent public health regulations were imposed to protect vulnerable individuals, with older people seen as a particularly vulnerable group.
Social Sciences
Feb 9, 2023
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Study: Adults over 70 are the fabric of their communities
The findings of a new study released underscores the vibrant and important contribution that the over 70s make to society in Ireland. The findings come at a time when many discussions are taking place nationally about the ...
Social Sciences
Mar 26, 2020
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Supporting an aging population experiencing homelessness
Improving supports for older adults who experience homelessness in three major Canadian cities is the focus of an ongoing study being led by Simon Fraser University adjunct professor Sarah Canham.
Social Sciences
Nov 22, 2022
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