Category: Longevity News 2014

6/19/2014 - Unemployment Benefits and Social Security: Paying Seniors Not to Work

Over the last few decades old-age pensions have begun to look more and more like just another unemployment benefits program — and one without a set expiration date to worry about. Benefits for those “disabled from work by age and invalidity” were first introduced in Germany in 1889. Then, being over 65 often meant a… Read more 6/19/2014 - Unemployment Benefits and Social Security: Paying Seniors Not to Work

6/18/2014 - Drugmakers link with academia in giant UK dementia project

Drugmakers are linking with eight British universities in a 16 million-pound ($27 million) public-private partnership to speed up research into dementia by studying data from 2 million people in the world’s largest such project. Read the full article at Reuters.

6/18/2014 - How America can overcome the challenges of an aging population

The American economy will have to adjust to meet the challenges of demographic change. But who’s to say that those adjustments are to be feared or resented? Read the full article at PBS NewsHour.

6/18/2014 - Record cutbacks at Social Security as retirement claims surge

As the gradual retirement of the Baby Boomers foists more people onto its rolls than ever before, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has been reducing services and shuttering field offices at a record clip, according to a report released Wednesday by a bipartisan Senate committee. Read the full article at CBS News.

6/17/2014 - 6 Steps To Save For Retirement

Everyone knows they should save for when they are no longer working, but how? Josh Patrick, founding principal of Stage 2 Planning Partners in South Burlington, Vt, boils this essential goal down to a half-dozen steps. Read the full article at Forbes.

6/17/2014 - What will your work in retirement look like?

Many people say they want to work in their retirement years, but they don’t give much thought to what that work could look like. As a result, saying you plan to work in retirement might be no more than a hope. Read the full article by Stanford Center on Longevity research scholar Steve Vernon at CBS… Read more 6/17/2014 - What will your work in retirement look like?

6/16/2014 - Why millennial women don't save

A recent study by Wells Fargo found that 61 percent of millennial men have started saving for retirement, compared with 50 percent of millennial women. Only 41 percent of millennial women are satisfied with their savings level, compared with 58 percent of millennial men. Read the full article at CNBC.

6/16/2014 - Retirement moves make a comeback

Retirement moves, which dropped sharply during the worst of the recession, are making a comeback. Read the full article at USA Today.

6/16/2014 - Aging In The Startup World

There’s a funny thing about age in business. It swings quickly between being your greatest asset and seemingly overnight, a major liability. It’s a factor on all sides of the table. Despite the lesson that we learned in Kindergarten about “not judging a book by its cover,” we all do it. Age impacts fundraising, business… Read more 6/16/2014 - Aging In The Startup World

6/15/2014 - A new generation of ‘Golden Girls’ embrace communal living as they get older

Most Americans would prefer to stay in their own homes or communities for as long as possible as they age, according to surveys. But this can be difficult, especially for people who find themselves single after a divorce or the death of a spouse. Today’s older adults often have higher mortgages and more debt than… Read more 6/15/2014 - A new generation of ‘Golden Girls’ embrace communal living as they get older