NPR’s “All Things Considered” highlighted USC Leonard Davis School student Leon Watts, who is 66 and works to modify homes in Los Angeles for older adults. “When you can’t ski anymore, you don’t golf anymore, your friends aren’t around anymore, and your kids have grown up and they’ve gone, the only familiar thing in a person’s life is their home,” Watts said. The story also quoted George Shannon of the USC Leonard Davis School about the unique perspective Watts brings to the classroom.
Real Simple quoted USC Leonard Davis School Dean Pinchas Cohen on why daily, moderate exercise is a proven preventative measure against diseases, including Alzheimer’s.
The Sacramento Bee (in a California Healthline story) highlighted the USC Leonard Davis School’s Family Caregiver Support Center, which provides resources for caregivers who are responsible for caring for someone 18 or older. “This was designed to help everyone, including middle-income families,” said Donna Benton of the USC Family Caregiver Support Center. The services are offered at low-cost or no-cost, regardless of income and include stress-reduction workshops, legal and financial consultations, how to manage medical care and other resources and breaks from caregiving.
Fox 11 LA quoted USC Leonard Davis School Professor Valter Longo about using fasting-mimicking diets to defy aging. “The job of diet is to kill off damaged cells and a lot of cellular components that are damaged, and then turn on stem cells and replace damaged components with new components,” Longo said. “If you can live 10 years longer, but you can now eliminate diseases, whether it’s Alzheimer’s or cancer or cardiovascular disease, that’s really the goal.”
Next Avenue quoted USC Leonard Davis School Distinguished Scholar in Residence and Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging Chair Paul Irving on what lies ahead for older workers. “Older people have so much to offer as workers, colleagues and mentors. It is in the business community’s self-interest to recruit, train, promote and retain them,” Irving said.
Entrepreneur featured a column by Kevin Xu, who mentioned a gift by to the USC Leonard Davis School to fund the Brighten Award for Entrepreneurial Gerontology.
Nature Podcast featured Associate Professor Sean Curran on a panel discussing the challenges of aging. “Aging occurs at all levels of the body, from organs and tissues to cells and the basic molecules that make up those cells,” Curran said.
New York Times quoted USC Leonard Davis Distinguished Scholar in Residence Paul Irving about the best cities for retirees. Irving, also the chairman of Milken’s Center for the Future of Aging, acknowledges that the selections may strike some as a little odd. “We’re not suggesting anyone move to a different place,” he said. “Aging Americans increasingly are inclined to continue to work, stay engaged and active, and live lives driven by purpose. We’re evaluating a series of characteristics that are likely to help enable that kind of life.”
Next Avenue quoted Paul Irving, USC Leonard Davis School Distinguished Scholar in Residence and Chair of the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging, on personal finance forecasts for people over 50. Irving said he expects that in the next five years, Americans 50 and older will increasingly look for investments that focus on enhancing the lives of older adults, which will “further expand awareness and capital access to drive growth in the longevity economy.”
CBS News Detroit affiliate WWJ-TV noted Valter Longo of the USC Leonard Davis School developed a fasting-mimicking diet that is sold commercially.
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