1/28/13 - Retirement Reform a Likely Target For Obama's Second Term (Benefits Pro)

If you think that the retirement industry suddenly fell off the radar with the end of the first round of fiscal cliff fixes, think again – substantial reform, courtesy of the second-term Obama administration, is likely on the way. That’s the belief of Marcia Wagner, a prominent ERISA attorney serving as keynote at this year’s… Read more 1/28/13 - Retirement Reform a Likely Target For Obama's Second Term (Benefits Pro)

1/28/13 - Investors Worry More About Long-Term Care Than Retirement Planning: UBS (Onwallstreet)

Most financial advisors focus on helping clients build up a nest egg for a comfortable retirement, but is that what people really want? Yes, but not primarily. According to a report from UBS Wealth Management Americas, long-term care is respondents’ greatest personal financial concern. Read the full article at Onwallstreet.

1/26/13 - Alaska, D.C. Have Highest Proportion of Seniors Working Longer (The Examiner)

Many Washington-area seniors are eschewing retirement for more time at the office — some by choice, and some by necessity. The District is second only to Alaska in the percentage of those 65 and older still in the workforce, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Of the 69,738 residents in that… Read more 1/26/13 - Alaska, D.C. Have Highest Proportion of Seniors Working Longer (The Examiner)

1/25/13 - When It's Ok to Plunder a 401(k) Before You Retire (Wall Street Journal)

That little drip, drip, drip you hear might be money leaking from your retirement account. In a report last week, the budgeting website HelloWallet estimated that about one-fourth of all households have tapped a 401(k) or similar account for needs unrelated to retirement, a trend it attributes to Americans’ inability to put cash aside for… Read more 1/25/13 - When It's Ok to Plunder a 401(k) Before You Retire (Wall Street Journal)

1/28/2013 - Boomer Entrepreneurs: Living Longer, Starting Up Their Ideas

With people feeling healthier and living longer, coupled with a down economy that has, in many cases, reduced retirement savings, many Americans of traditional retirement age are choosing to continue working or even go back to work — for themselves. Numbers bear out the trend. The 2011 Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity found the percentage… Read more 1/28/2013 - Boomer Entrepreneurs: Living Longer, Starting Up Their Ideas

1/28/2013 - To motivate many Americans, think 'me' before 'we,' say Stanford psychologists

A new study by Stanford psychologists led by Center on Longevity faculty affiliate Hazel Markus finds that Americans aren’t driven by appeals to think and act interdependently, and in fact, those messages may decrease motivation. American culture stresses independence, the study’s authors say. Read the full article at Stanford News.

1/27/2013 - Aging in Brain Found to Hurt Sleep Needed for Memory

Scientists have known for decades that the ability to remember newly learned information declines with age, but it was not clear why. A new study may provide part of the answer. Read the full article at The New York Times.

1/25/2013 - Time to Recognize Mild Cognitive Disorder?

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published and periodically updated by the American Psychiatric Association, is one of those documents few laypeople ever read, but many of us are affected by. Dr. Allen Frances, chairman of the task force that developed the previous Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, predicts inclusion of… Read more 1/25/2013 - Time to Recognize Mild Cognitive Disorder?

1/25/2013 - Retirement Homes As College Campuses?

Assuming our good health continues, my husband and I will continue living in our home in the leafy suburbs where we’ve raised our children. We considered relinquishing the flora and fauna for a cute pied-à-terre as some of our empty nester friends have quite happily done, but we are too attached to our home and… Read more 1/25/2013 - Retirement Homes As College Campuses?

1/24/2013 - Village People: The Retirement Community That Isn't

Single and retired, with no family nearby, 64-year-old Lorna Grenadier knows she’ll need a better support system if she wants to grow old in her apartment in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C., where she has lived for 40 years. So she’s added community organizing to her list of interests and is helping create… Read more 1/24/2013 - Village People: The Retirement Community That Isn't