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Baby Boomers and the importance of “ICE,” In Case of Emergency

| May 7, 2013 | 6 Comments
Baby Boomers and the importance of “ICE,” In Case of Emergency

Do you know how to make the best use of your cell phone? We’ll bet you don’t … which is why you want to read, Wake Up … Or Can You?

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Health Care Survey: Best Havens for Quality Care Overseas

| May 5, 2013 | 3 Comments
Health Care Survey: Best Havens for Quality Care Overseas

In the continuing debate about healthcare in America, one thing gets lost: there is healthcare in other parts of the world that is accessible to Americans as you’ll see in this survey by InternationalLiving.com.

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“Lockdown” means confined, not safe, secure or protected

| May 3, 2013 | 1 Comment
“Lockdown” means confined, not safe, secure or protected

As baby boomers with more than a half-century of living under our belts, we’ve seen changes for better and for worse. BoomerCafé’s David Henderson believes our use of language falls into the latter category.

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5 Foods You Should Avoid If You Are Post 50

| May 2, 2013 | 5 Comments
5 Foods You Should Avoid If You Are Post 50

Let’s face it, many baby boomers are at an age when our favorite foods and drinks are no longer our friends and can be downright harmful. Who needs anything that’s going to clog arteries and raise blood pressure?

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How to Enroll in Part D: The Medicare Monster

| May 1, 2013 | 0 Comments
How to Enroll in Part D: The Medicare Monster

We’re running a primer on BoomerCafé on how to enroll in Medicare once you’re 65. This part is about prescription drug coverage, called “Medicare Part D.” There are tricky choices to be made.

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How to feel unplugged, and then, get found by getting lost

| April 30, 2013 | 0 Comments
How to feel unplugged, and then, get found by getting lost

Doncha just love it when we start to feel unglued?!? Boomer humor writer Renee Fisher feels that way … every single day. Which is why she wrote in her blog about Getting Found By Getting Lost.

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It’s Time To Have the “HIV” Talk With Baby Boomers

| April 29, 2013 | 2 Comments
It’s Time To Have the “HIV” Talk With Baby Boomers

Life is a roller coaster of good news and bad news. Christina Pierpaoli shares both in this special piece written for BoomerCafé. She advises, It’s Time To Have the “HIV” Talk With Baby Boomers.

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5 Ways to Have More Sex Over Age 50

| April 24, 2013 | 2 Comments
5 Ways to Have More Sex Over Age 50

Sometimes baby boomers think the best of their sex lives are behind them. But as Joan Price writes in Grandparents.com, that doesn’t have to be the case. She proposes Five Ways To Have More Sex Over 50.

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How to Enroll in Medicare, Part C

| April 23, 2013 | 0 Comments
How to Enroll in Medicare, Part C

Not long ago on BoomerCafé, you had the chance to share something that every baby boomer either already has dealt with, or is start to now, or will have to deal with: Medicare. Here is a primer for Medicare Part C.

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Baby boomer learns that getting older is not hard

| April 22, 2013 | 3 Comments
Baby boomer learns that getting older is not hard

Baby boomer Carrier Slocomb, who’s all about thriving, has his own rant about aging: “Growing Older Isn’t Hard.”

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