San Francisco Senior Beat

Where you age affects how you age. Huffington Post global newsroom collaboration

What Is the Ideal Retirement Age for Your Health? New York Times, April 3, 2023.

Senior citizens embrace online gaming, NBC News, Aug. 29, 2019

A 93-year-old offers dating advice to the young on TikTok, Insider, April 2, 2023

Marijuana Has Special Risks for Older People, Wall Street Journal, March 26, 2023

A Guide To The Best Exercises For Seniors, Forbes Health, Feb. 14, 2023

For Older Americans, the Pandemic Is Not Over, New York Times, Feb. 11, 2023

You’re never too old for yoga, New York Times, Jan. 25, 2023

Seniors are stuck home alone as health aides flee for higher-paying jobs. Washington Post, Sept. 25, 2022

One roommate is 85, the other is 27. Such arrangements are growing. Washington Post, July 15, 2022

S.F. doesn’t have enough units for this fast-growing, vulnerable group. San Francisco Chronicle, July 14, 2022

‘Grandfluencers’ Are Sharing a New Vision of Old Age: On TikTok, the over-65 set is thriving. New York Times, May 25, 2022.

She’s 82 and still playing soccer. Is this S.F. pickup game the fountain of youth? San Francisco Chronicle, March 4, 2022

Call It ‘Codger Power.’ We’re Older but Fighting for a Better America. New York Times, Feb. 7, 2022

Notes From the End of a Very Long Life. New York Times, Jan. 6, 2022

Middle Age Doesn’t Happen ‘Just Like That’. New York Times, Jan. 5, 2022

For seniors using tech to age in place, surveillance can be the price of independence. Washington Post, Nov. 19, 2021

We Need More Women in their 50s on TV. inews, Nov. 15, 2021

The Day I Got Old. The Atlantic, Nov. 14, 2021

‘Nimblewill Nomad,’ 83, is the oldest to hike the Appalachian Trail. NPR, Nov. 7, 2021.

For poet Sonia Sanchez — at age 87 — there’s more work to be done. NPR, Nov. 4, 2021

Second act sensations! Meet the people who reached peak fitness – after turning 50. The Guardian, Nov. 2, 2021

Diet-related diseases pose a major risk for Covid-19. But the U.S. overlooks them. Politico, Oct. 31, 2021

This is the second time 70-year-old has climbed El Capitan, this time breaking her previous record in honor of her birthday, The Guardian, Oct. 28, 2021

‘They treat me like I’m old and stupid’: seniors decry health providers’ age bias, Salon, Oct. 24, 2021

Helen Keller and the Problem of ‘Inspiration Porn’, New York Times, Oct. 21, 2021

Senior, disabled protesters occupy S.F. AT&T store demanding Wi-Fi access, The Chronicle, Oct. 29, 2021