Barbara Beskind is 91 years old and she’s still not retired: two years ago, she joined Ideo, an innovating Sillicon Valley start-up company. Finally, her childhood dream comes true – she became a designer of products for the elderly.
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A life-time love can be immortalized through a picture. Finding the love letters of her grandparents was inspiring for Lauren Fleishman. As a famous photograph artist, she has done a photo shoot with elder couples to talk about their touching love stories… The artist was inspired by her grandparents’ story, which gave her the idea
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Tess Christian is a 50-year-old British woman who does not give her age. That is because she has not smiled for 40 years to avoid getting wrinkles, as said in British newspaper DailyMail. Avoiding to smile in order to look younger most likely means giving into excessive youth culture.
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We like to end the week on a light and musical note, which is why we’re sharing our favourite weekly discovery, which is two senior choirs: the first one comes from First Baptist Church in Georgia, and the second one is called the Young@heart choir.
Very recently, a new road sign has appeared in Belgium next to a retirement home outside Brussels: “Caution, elderly people crossing”. Two people with a slightly bent back can be seen holding hands on it. One of them relies on a cane. This sign has been used for years in two other countries: Great Britain
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