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1/7/2015 - How Exercise Keeps Us Young
by admin on January 7, 2015 11:06 pm
Active older people resemble much younger people physiologically, according to a new study of the effects of exercise on aging. The findings suggest that many of our expectations about the inevitability of physical decline with advancing years may be incorrect and that how we age is, to a large degree, up to us. Read the… Read more 1/7/2015 - How Exercise Keeps Us Young
1/6/2015 - Why you shouldn’t count on your family members to take care of you when you’re old
by admin on January 6, 2015 6:41 pm
Americans are strongly underestimating their future needs for long-term care, a potentially costly oversight that could hurt them in their retirement years. Read the full article at The Washington Post.
1/5/2015 - Keeping Older Pedestrians Safe
by admin on January 5, 2015 6:15 pm
Walking is a necessity and a health-promoting activity for many of the more than 41 million Americans now 65 and older. It helps maintain bone and muscle strength, mobility, agility and independence. It can help to prevent, delay or control many chronic ailments. And it fosters social interactions and a higher quality of life. However,… Read more 1/5/2015 - Keeping Older Pedestrians Safe
1/5/2015 - Goodbye, traditional retirement (MarketWatch)
by djaworski on January 5, 2015 3:14 pm
We don’t have a crystal ball, but for those who are retired and those folks saving for retirement, here are a few of the risks and opportunities looming in 2015. “My perspective is that there are several major issues facing the retirement system, but progress in addressing them has been very slow,” said Anna Rappaport,… Read more 1/5/2015 - Goodbye, traditional retirement (MarketWatch)
1/2/2015 - Time to Assess your Financial Fitness (The New York Times)
by djaworski on January 5, 2015 2:11 pm
When the Dow Jones industrial average closed above 18,000 for the first time late last month, you could practically hear the champagne corks popping. Traders wore hats celebrating the occasion, and email news alerts were followed by dutiful articles. If you found yourself cheering from the sidelines, however, you’re in danger of using the wrong… Read more 1/2/2015 - Time to Assess your Financial Fitness (The New York Times)
1/2/2015 - The 'Shock' that Awaits Pensioners at Retirement (BBC News)
by djaworski on January 5, 2015 2:03 pm
The next generation of Americans to hit retirement will be ‘shocked’ when they find out how little they have to live on. A former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury warns that the US government is standing idly by. “We need to do something, we’re not doing anything,” she says. Professor Alicia Munnell, who is now… Read more 1/2/2015 - The 'Shock' that Awaits Pensioners at Retirement (BBC News)
1/3/2015 - The Liberation of Growing Old
by admin on January 3, 2015 5:23 pm
Why do we have such punitive attitudes toward old people? In 2050, Americans age 65 and over are predicted to almost double in number to 83.7 million, one-fifth of the population. An aging population does pose real challenges, but increasing numbers of people of working age (as traditionally defined) are unemployed today, while growing numbers… Read more 1/3/2015 - The Liberation of Growing Old
1/2/2015 - 5 powerful benefits of 'pro-aging' thinking
by admin on January 2, 2015 5:50 pm
From magazine covers to billboards, youth is glamorized as the image of beauty and the prime of life. We are inundated with the message that aging is something we should dread and perhaps even fight. You may unquestioningly accept this as a fact of life. You may even laugh about being “over the hill.” The… Read more 1/2/2015 - 5 powerful benefits of 'pro-aging' thinking
1/2/2015 - A Sobering Perspective on a Looming Retirement Crisis
by admin on January 2, 2015 4:02 am
Feeling pleased that I had survived another year and the annual predictions of the apocalypse, I made the mistake of picking up “Falling Short: The Coming Retirement Crisis and What to Do About It” (Oxford University Press). Written by Alicia H. Munnell, the director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, with Andrew… Read more 1/2/2015 - A Sobering Perspective on a Looming Retirement Crisis
12/28/2014 - How Will Taking Early Retirement Benefits Later Affect Widow's Benefits?
by admin on December 28, 2014 10:46 pm
Social Security may be your largest or one of your largest assets. How you manage it, by deciding which benefits to collect and when, can make an absolutely huge difference to your lifetime benefits. And those with the highest past covered earnings have the most to gain from maximizing their Social Security. Read the full… Read more 12/28/2014 - How Will Taking Early Retirement Benefits Later Affect Widow's Benefits?
