Grandpa Surprises Everyone With Age-Defying Dance Moves (Video)
All it took for this oldster to stir up the dance floor was the right song. Watch what happens when "Rock Around the Clock" starts playing at this party.
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95-Year-old Smashes 200m World Record: 'Bodies Can be Rebuilt at Any Age'
A 95-year-old retired dentist has set a new world record for his age group in the 200 meter indoor sprint, knocking a massive 2.4 seconds off the previous record. But he's only been running for a few years. Bodybuilding and never retiring, says Charles Eugster, are the secrets to his success.
Why Businesses Make a Mistake Pushing Older Workers Out
There is a downside to pushing out older workers, in favor of younger ones. Less gray hair in an organization can sharply reduce its innovation potential. It turns out that most innovators are in their late 30's or older.
Woman Emerges From Coma Asking for Bob Seger Concert - Tonight She's Going
Seven years ago, Evie Branan suffered a stroke that left her in a semi-coma. In May of 2011, she tumbled out of bed, bumped her head and woke up. Her first words: I want to go to a Bob Seger concert. Tonight in Flint, Michigan, a limousine is going to pull up to her nursing home and take her to one.
Homebound Elderly Across America Will Get The Gift of Puppy Love
Many homebound elderly people are deprived of the simple joys of puppy love, but this heartbreaking fact is about to change for some American seniors, thanks to Caregiver Canines.
"Friends for Life" Connects Caring People To Lonely Seniors In Need
The group Friends For Life cares for elderly people who are living alone or in nursing homes without visitors, because everyone should have someone who cares.
Holocaust Survivor at 108: "I was Thankful and Happy"
At 108 years old, Alice Herz-Sommer is the world's oldest survivor of the holocaust. During WWII she survived a Nazi concentration camp in Prague while most of her family was exterminated. But through it all she was smiling and thankful and looked for the good.
Columbia University Janitor Graduates With Honors
A Yugoslavian-born custodian at New York's Columbia University will be trading in his uniform for a cap and gown this weekend when he graduates with honors after working on his degree for 12 years.
Who's On Your Fridge?
I was lifting weights at my New York City community gym when a 77-year-old man who was boxing caught my attention. His laugh was infectious. It made me feel good just being around his energy. So I took his picture and I put it on my fridge
Elderly Dad With Dementia All Smiles When Re-Taught to Ride a Bike
On a cycling website, a man from Minneapolis and his wife told the story of her father, a 79-year-old man with some dementia and how they taught him to ride a bike after 50 years. He still shovels snow and mows the grass… but he didn't remember what childhood bikes were for. But, after a little practice, feeling the wind in his face, he was all smiles.
Pole-vaulting Granny: It's 'Never Too Late'
Flo Meiler is 79 years old. She's a grandmother to five, great-grandmother to two. She's also a pole-vaulting, hurdle-jumping track and field star -- and a world record holder in 15 events.
91-Year-Old Woman Breaks Marathon Record
Harriette Line Thompson, a cancer survivor and last living sibling in her family, just shattered the world record with the fastest time in a marathon for a woman over 90 years old.
Spontaneous Praise Breaks Out for WWII Vet During 8K Race
A 95-year-old veteran in full dress uniform came outside on the street to encourage and cheer runners in an 8K race but the admiration was turned on himself when the athletes began spontaneously shaking his hand in a tribute for his military service. A San Jose reporter happened to capture the scene on video as Joe Bell became inundated with runners wanting to shake his hand.
70-Year-old Australian Becomes Oldest Person to Swim English Channel
A 70-year-old Australian man officially became the oldest person to swim the English Channel, considered the 'Everest of swimming'. "I haven't had this much fun in years," he said while standing on French soil.
Look Foward to Aging - for the Fitness
You can be as fit or fitter than a much younger person. I firmly believe that we have underestimated as a culture, and maybe even in the field of exercise science, what older adults are capable of doing.
Her Car is 82 years-old, She is 102, but Changing Oil is Still a Chore She Will Always Do
Not many folks change their own oil anymore. But, it would be nearly impossible to find another woman on the planet who continues to change her own oil at age 102.
81-year-old Model Shines on Catwalk at NY Fashion Week
Carmen Dell'Orefice has spent her life in front of the lens since gracing the cover of Vogue magazine in 1947, and as the world's first octogenarian model, she is still turning heads, most recently on the catwalk for Norisol Ferrari during New York Fashion Week on Monday.
101-year-old Grandmother Sets Paragliding Record (WATCH)
Not wanting to be outdone by her 75-year-old paragliding son, Mary Allen Hardison of Ogden, Utah, took flight on her birthday, becoming the "Oldest Female to Paraglide Tandem" — an achievement described Tuesday by Guinness World Records as a "celebration of the official start of spring and life rejuvenated."
Her Car is 82 years-old, She is 102, but Changing Oil is Still a Chore She Will Always Do
Not many folks change their own oil anymore. But, it would be nearly impossible to find another woman on the planet who continues to change her own oil at age 102.
88-year-old Grandma Dancing Down the Stairs
Her granddaughter turned up the volume on an old rock and roll favorite as her grandmother was coming out of the house to meet her in the car. The dancing began small, but once this 88-year-old Nana gets grooving, she can't stop.
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