3/25/2013 - The 2013 Retirement Confidence Survey: Perceived Savings Needs Outpace Reality for Many (EBRI)

The 23rd wave of the Retirement Confidence Survey (RCS) finds that Americans’ confidence in their ability to afford a comfortable retirement remains low, despite the improving economy. One apparent reason for this might be the realization by many workers of just what will be needed to secure a financially comfortable retirement. Others reasons may include… Read more 3/25/2013 - The 2013 Retirement Confidence Survey: Perceived Savings Needs Outpace Reality for Many (EBRI)

3/24/2013 - Pension Funds Wary as Bankrupt City Goes to Trial (New York Times)

Wall Street is taking America’s biggest pension fund to court this week, for a long-awaited battle over who takes the losses when a city goes bust — workers and retirees, municipal bondholders, or both. Stockton, Calif., declared Chapter 9 bankruptcy last year after suffering one of the country’s sharpest riches-to-rags swings when the mortgage bubble… Read more 3/24/2013 - Pension Funds Wary as Bankrupt City Goes to Trial (New York Times)

3/22/2013 - U.S. Retirement Poll: The Big Lie And The Big Fantasy

The Employee Benefit Research Institute just rolled out its 23rd annual Retirement Confidence Survey and before you roll your eyes — another retirement survey?! — let me mention that it’s the mother of them all. Read the full article at Forbes.

3/22/2013 - Suddenly, They’re All Gone

Caring for the old is just like parenting an infant, only on really bad acid. It’s all there: the head-spinning exhaustion, the fractured brain, the demands and smells. Only this time with the knowledge that it won’t get better. Read the full article at The New York Times.

3/21/2013 - Moving Advice for Empty Nesters

Once you’re an empty nester, should you stay or should you go? It depends on your town – and your motives. Read the full article at Family Goes Strong.

3/21/2013 - The Doctor’s New Prescription: A Lawyer

Consider the geriatricians working at the Lakeside Senior Medical Center, an outpatient clinic at the University of California, San Francisco. Many of their patients, despite multiple chronic diseases and advanced age, have never filled out power-of-attorney documents or appointed someone to make health care decisions if they are unable to. Read the full article at… Read more 3/21/2013 - The Doctor’s New Prescription: A Lawyer

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3/20/2013 - U.S. workforce grows older as workers postpone retirement

American workers are pushing their retirement further down the road finding that rising life expectancies mean they’ll need more income. Some say these older workers could bring an opportunity for companies to create new work models to accommodate older workers. Read/listen to the full story at Public Radio International.

3/20/2013 - Aging a concern for many Americans but harder for women : poll

Aging is a concern for many Americans, particularly its impact on health, but men seem to have an easier time dealing with the hallmarks of passing years than women, according to a new survey. Read the full article at Reuters.

3/20/2013 - Biodiversity does not reduce transmission of disease from animals to humans, Stanford researchers find

New findings by Associate Professor and Center on Longevity faculty affiliate James Holland Jones pokes holes in a widely accepted theory that connects biodiversity abundance with a reduced disease risk for humans. Read the full article at Stanford News.