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2016 Global retirement index: adapting retirement systems to changing demographics
The Global retirement index of 2016 was published on July 20th by Natixis Global Asset Management. It takes into account key factors affecting retirement security and is instrumental in comparing best practices regarding public and retirement policies across 43 countries.
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EU 2080 : 1 out of every 8 persons will be aged above 80 years old
On the occasion of the International Day of Old Persons, EUROSTAT, the official statistics office of the European Union, published its recent demographic indicators on elderly people living in the EU. According to their previsions, in the EU, by 2080, 1 out of every 8 persons will be aged above 80 years old.
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Does mastering new technologies slow the ageing process down?
According to a study published in the scientific journal Intelligence, the brain of an elderly person who masters new technologies ages slower. Researchers indeed support the hypothesis that the use of smartphones, tablets or PCs improves the cognitive abilities of aged users.
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Study: the elderly sleep better, especially when exposed to nature
Contrary to popular belief, elder people don’t have any particular trouble sleeping because of their age. The results of a Swiss study from the University of Lausanne actually show that the quality of sleep tends to improve rather than worsen with age. Another study from America show than men and 65+-year-old people sleep better when
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