Potential New Treatment for Parkinsons, Retirement Planning When Disaster Hits, Lawrence Kosick on Older Adult Workers, Actors of a Certain Age 2025 Streaming Recommendations 4-29-25

Elizabeth Magallon Fleury shared an article on LA residents affected by wildfires, emphasizing the challenges of rebuilding at retirement age and the importance of insurance reviews. Ray Gordon discussed a BBC Science Focus article on a new protein discovery that could lead to Parkinson's treatments. Debbie Howard highlighted a World Economic Forum article on the growing importance of older workers, stressing the need for lifelong learning and flexible work options. Linda Sherman concluded with streaming TV recommendations featuring actors of a certain age in select film and series dropping in 2025.

Presented by Elizabeth Magallon Fleury, CAPS, Elizabeth's Life's Encore Planning
NYTimes 4-19-25 For L.A. Residents Whose Homes Burned, Aging Complicates What Comes Next by Constance Sommer
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/business/la-fires-retirement-insurance-california.html

Presented by Ray Gordon, Architect, Urban Planner, Futurist and Former Pratt Institute Grad School Professor
BBC Focus Magazine 3-13-25 A Newly Discovered Protein Could Be the Key to Developing a Treatment for Parkinson's by Hatty Willmoth
https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/parkinsons-mystery-pink1-mitochondria

Presented by Debbie Howard, Aging Matters International
World Economic Forum 2-17-25 Older Adults Are Driving Workforce Innovation in a Digital Economy. Here's How by Lawrence Kosick
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/02/older-adults-workforce-innovation-digital-economy/

Debbie mentioned these related WeForum pieces:
https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-future-of-jobs-report-2025/ https://www.weforum.org/stories/2023/09/how-organizations-can-embrace-older-workers-amid-an-ageing-workforce//

Presented by Linda Sherman, Miracle of the Sea
Streaming Film and TV Series Corner - with Actors of a Certain Age
https://streamingtvrecommendations.com/2025-streaming-highlights/
(You can store and access this site as TVReview.co. Some save on the home page of their phone.)

Debbie Howard’s summary of this show.

Articles are listed in the order they were presented and discussed.

Discussion hosted by:  Linda Sherman, Ray Gordon and Debbie Howard

BoomerTechTalk.com episode page includes the Streaming Film and TV series listing with actor names and birth years.

4-29-25 LinkedIn Show Post

Nickie’s Tune written and performed by Richard Sherman

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 3:12 Retirement Planning When Disaster Hits
• 18:56 Potential New Treatment for Parkinson's
• 28:37 Lawrence Kosick on Older Adult Workers
• 54:16 Actors of a Certain Age 2025 Streaming Recommendations
• 58:19 Debbie Howard Summary