Seniors Count! - Other Aging News
Seniors Count! project update
Other Aging News - Michigan News
Written by Tom Jankowski   
Wednesday, 07 March 2012 00:00

Welcome to Seniors Count!  If you have come here due to something you have read recently in the Detroit-area media, we are very glad you've taken the time to visit.  Please feel free to explore the site and learn more about Seniors Count! and about our aging population in Southeast Michigan.  You may notice that much of the content here is aging a bit itself.  That is because, since our funding has run out, we just don't have as much time to keep the pages up-to-date because we're too busy scrambling to raise resources and make sure our critical but behind-the-scenes data work continues.  If you are looking for our county data sheets, white papers, or other reports, just click on "Data Downloads" and browse through the archives.  If you can't find what you are looking for, please feel free to contact me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and I will do my best to help.

If you are not aware of what's happened to garner the recent attention for Seniors Count!, you may find the following articles interesting:

Detroit Free Press: Michigan showing more gray, no future in that

Best of Aging: Is The State Of Michigan Too Gray To Have A Future?

Detroit Free Press: What's Michigan doing for its fastest-growing population?

 

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In China, a Move to Mandate Closer Families
Other Aging News - International News
Written by Written by Sharon LaFraniere of the New York Times   
Monday, 31 January 2011 13:19

AUnder a proposal from the Civil Affairs Ministry of the People's Republic of China, adult children would be required by law to regularly visit their elderly parents. If they do not, parents can sue them.

Read more at the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/world/asia/30beijing.html

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'Elderly villages' offer services to seniors who stay in homes
Other Aging News - Local News
Written by Written by Micki Steele of The Detroit News   
Wednesday, 17 November 2010 12:15

A relatively new type of virtual community is on its way to Metro Detroit for people who need help with daily tasks but don't want to move to a nursing home or assisted living facility. In an "elderly village," older residents stay in their homes but pool membership fees for such services as pet care, transportation, meal preparation and home maintenance. Michigan has no elderly villages, but six are being developed to open within 18 months, including three in Metro Detroit.

Read more at The Detroit News:
http://detnews.com/article/20101117/METRO01/11170343/1408/LOCAL

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At 102, Outliving Friends, Family, and Her Savings - Neediest Cases
Other Aging News - National News
Written by Jennifer Mascia of The New York Times   
Saturday, 06 November 2010 00:00

Mary Spencer has lived a quiet, independent life, enduring racism and an abusive husband, but now that she has outlived her savings, dependency is a stubborn fact.

Full Story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/nyregion/07neediest.html

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As Populations Age, a Chance for Younger Nations
Other Aging News - National News
Written by Ted C. Fishman of The New York Times   
Thursday, 14 October 2010 11:29

You may know that the world’s population is aging — that the number of older people is expanding faster than the number of young — but you probably don’t realize how fast this is happening. Right now, the world is evenly divided between those under 28 and those over 28. By midcentury, the median age will have risen to 40.

Full Story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/magazine/17Aging-t.html

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