While the youngest now prefer networks like Snapchat to Facebook, the proportion of Facebook users over 55 years old has reached 15,6% with their specific uses of social networks.
The portion of seniors on Facebook has increased by 80% in 3 years Read More »
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.
Avoiding to smile for 40 years to avoid wrinkles: how far can youth culture go? Read More »
As soon as they turn 20, Japanese people have to make monthly contributions to the kokumin nenkin kikin seido, which is the contribution system to fund the retirement of the elderly. However, a large part of the Japanese youth does not understand how the financing system for retirement works, nor do they understand its utility.
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.
A study from the University of Manchester reveals that in Great Britain, seniors remain sexually active after they turn 70 years old. The study was published in the American journal « Archives of Sexual Behavior ». Indeed, according to a survey of more than 7.000 British seniors. A third of them have at least two sexual relationships
Late-life sexuality: a British study dispels pre-conceived ideas Read More »
