April 2018
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EDITOR’S NOTE<br />
Gone are the days when seniors<br />
avoided new technology as if it were<br />
radioactive. Not only are elderly folk<br />
becoming quite computer literate<br />
— thanks to classes, grandkids and/<br />
or sheer intuition — tech companies<br />
are coming out with new products<br />
specifi cally aimed at this growing<br />
market. Indeed, tech for seniors was<br />
one of the biggest trends at this year’s<br />
Consumer Electronics Show in Las<br />
Vegas.<br />
The worthy goal? Enhancing<br />
possibilities for independent living.<br />
Consider the upcoming Hip’Air<br />
— with falls the leading cause of death among older Americans, a<br />
French company has come up with an $800 airbag for hips, expected<br />
to become available in the U.S. by the end of the year. Brenda Rees<br />
scoured the fi eld for high-tech senior aids already on the market,<br />
products to help the elderly eat, hear, take their meds and much more.<br />
In this Savvy Seniors issue, Bettijane Levine talks to a freshly minted<br />
senior who’s among Pasadena’s most accomplished rocket scientists<br />
— JPL Senior Project Scientist Bonnie Buratti, author of Worlds Fantastic,<br />
Worlds Familiar, a guide to the universe for civilians like us. Buratti weighs<br />
in on women in science, Elon Musk’s cherry-red space Tesla, the prospect<br />
of space war and other issues involving the great beyond.<br />
Levine also explains the possible impact on seniors of the president’s<br />
proposed cuts to Medicare and Medicaid — but don’t stress about that<br />
yet. The cuts still need the approval of Congress, which is likely to include<br />
more Medicare-defending Dems after the midterms.<br />
—Irene Lacher<br />
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Irene Lacher<br />
ART DIRECTOR Stephanie Torres<br />
ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR Richard Garcia<br />
PRODUCTION DESIGNERS Rochelle Bassarear,<br />
Joseph Sanchez<br />
EDITOR-AT-LARGE Bettijane Levine<br />
COPY EDITOR John Seeley<br />
CONTRIBUTORS Denise Abbott, Leslie Bilderback,<br />
Léon Bing, Martin Booe, Michael Cervin, Scarlet<br />
Cheng, Richard Cunningham, Kathleen Kelleher,<br />
Brenda Rees, John Sollenberger, Nancy Spiller<br />
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Dina Stegon<br />
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Brenda Clarke,<br />
Leslie Lamm<br />
ADVERTORIAL CONTRIBUTING EDITOR<br />
Bruce Haring<br />
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER Andrea Baker<br />
PAYROLL Linda Lam<br />
CONTROLLER Kacie Cobian<br />
ACCOUNTING Alysia Chavez, Perla Castillo,<br />
Yiyang Wang<br />
OFFICE MANAGER Ann Turrietta<br />
PUBLISHER Jon Guynn<br />
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