Golden Girls Shared Living on the Rise
If you’re like me, you weren’t surprised to read about the recent study finding that two-thirds of retirees now say they are living in “the best home of their life.”
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Can Boomers Be a Great Generation?
United, the Post War Generation can prove ourselves a great generation, not just a great big generation.
Continue ReadingPrivate Heaven, or Personal Hell?
Through extended visits to The Villages, Sun City and Youngtown, Arizona, Andrew Blechman’s book, Leisureville: Adventures in America’s Retirement Utopias reveals the lives of those who have embraced the rising trend of segregated (often gated) communities for older adults (the new marketing term is “age-preferred”).
Continue ReadingBond fights boomer job angst in ‘Skyfall’
“Skyfall” is first and foremost a movie about middle-aged job angst – whether your skills are sufficiently up to speed to stay competitive in the global marketplace, and whether age discrimination will keep you from doing the work you’re best at . . . In the new movie, Agent 007’s worries include tech-savvy 20-somethings and questions over whether he’s still “field-ready.” Sound familiar?
Continue ReadingGood, Humane News From Medicare
On Tuesday, the Obama administration announced a proposed settlement agreement that would make it easier for people with disabilities and chronic conditions to qualify for home care.
Until now, Medicare beneficiaries have been required to show they were likely to improve (the “improvement standard”) for Medicare to cover skilled nursing care and therapy services at home.
Continue ReadingSocial Security’s payroll tax-break: Let it die?
The 2% tax cut could make it harder to keep Social Security solvent.
Continue ReadingShould the election change your investment mix?
It’s the investor equivalent of announcing: “If that guy wins, I’m moving to Canada.” According to a recent survey by insurer Allianz Life, about 40% of voters aged 55 to 65 say that they plan to change their portfolios depending on who wins the election.
- Reuters
And as Encore contributor Catey Hill reports today, for most that change would mean reacting defensively in response to a win by the man they dislike. “Voters who identified themselves as Republicans or Democrats generally said they were likely to invest more conservatively if the opposing party won the White House,” she writes, adding that “many Republicans also said they would invest more aggressively if Mr. Romney won.”
Continue ReadingFor many, “senior” phone plans don’t ring true
Encore: Older cell-phone owners are using more data, but their calling plans may be stuck in the pre-Internet era
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