Seniors

Wheelchair brake lock, medication dispensing carrousel, and glow-in-the-dark slippers, among other ideas.

Summary of statistics from new government report of statstics about older Americans' well-being as of 2010.

 

For $199 per year, service will do web searches on behalf of a senior who won't or can't do this themselves.

Doubling from serving 6 to 12.

The over-65 age group is adopting Facebook faster than any age range: 6.5 million in May 2010 -- Facebook tries to automate dealing with users' deaths.

Hearings to begin next week to determine if kits must be FDA-approved as well as used under direction by doctor.

New cell phone for seniors to enter the US market: big buttons, amplification, FM radio, speaking keyboard.

For the first time, those 65+ outnumber teenagers (16-19) in the labor force.