Archive | July, 2008
Help for the sandwich generation
Know someone who worries about an elderly parent living alone—maybe at a distance of hundreds or thousands of miles? It’s a common dilemma for Boomers who are busy with careers and raising their own kids. They worry Mom or Dad could take a life-threatening fall, become forgetful about taking medicines or eating and staying hydrated. [...] [read full article…]
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Taking the challenge to retire smart
Look up “retirement” in the dictionary, and you’ll find words like withdrawal. Seclusion. Removal. Retreat. A very different set of definitions is coming into view for the generation of Americans now approaching retirement age. Words that come to mind include reinvent and engage. Risk-taking. Enjoyment. Learning. That’s why I’m so excited to be taking the [...] [read full article…]
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Facebook for the 50+ Crowd
Interview with Robin Wolaner of TeeBeeDee.com. [read full article…]
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Resources for portfolio monitoring
Few economists are predicting recession for 2008, but most say the risk is higher than it’s been in some time. The key culprits include the plunge in housing values sparked by the sub prime lending crisis, high energy prices and slowing job growth. One of the best sources for economic cycle research is the Economic [...] [read full article…]
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How retired scientists are driving innovation agendas
As baby boomers start to retire in greater numbers, companies with large staffs of scientists and engineers are getting worried. That’s because there aren’t enough replacements coming up behind them. So, the boomer-driven brain drain you hear so much about about is especially acute in the R&D arena. Several thousand of these retirees are finding [...] [read full article…]
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Social Security tidal wave? Not really
The first baby boomer starts drawing Social Security next month . . . just in case you missed any of the hundreds of news articles that have appeared in the past few months. Kathleen Casey-Kirschling will get her first [...] [read full article…]
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RetirementRevised.com is the companion website of Retire Smart, a column written by Mark Miller that appears in more than 30 newspapers each week. For millions of Baby Boomers, retirement is an opportunity for reinvention, rather than taking it easy. Mark is helping write the playbook for the new career and personal pursuits of a generation.
- Aging boomers and the generational housing bubble
- Social Security: The compelling case against filing for early benefits
- Doctors, engineers find a stage for encore career performances
- How retired scientists are driving innovation agendas
- Taking the challenge to retire smart
- Employment resources for 50+ workers
- Healthcare, Social Security: Going to the Q&A
- Too many women run the risk of retiring into poverty
- A tax you need to plan for: retirement health care costs
- Start planning your dream body for retirement
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