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Jun 23, 2021
6 min

20 Awesome At-Home Hobbies with Health Benefits for Retirees and Older Adults

Our thanks to Tamara Segal for this contribution to our blog. Today, more than 45,000 people in the U.S. are receiving their Social Security benefits. While some retirees prefer to maintain part-time jobs that don’t conflict with their benefits or retirement plans, many others are uncertain about what to do with all the time suddenly thrust in their lap. While many older adults dream about the day they can hang up their 9-to-5 workdays and long commutes, they may not know pre

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Assisted Living or Aging in Place? How to Choose

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Aug 27, 2019
3 min

Assisted Living or Aging in Place? How to Choose

Our thanks to Caroline James of elderaction.org, for this contribution to our blog. Where to live when you’re elderly is the type of decision you want to make before life forces you to do so. If you don’t, you may discover you have fewer options than you’d hoped. Seniors who have a disability are sometimes unable to return home, and without time to spare, they have no choice but to move into whichever care facility has space. Unfortunately, it’s also exactly the type of decis

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lori6684

Jul 11, 2018
4 min

Making Your Mental Health a Priority After the Loss of Your Spouse

Our thanks to Elmer George, Elderville.org, for this contribution to our blog: A few months ago, my husband’s mom passed away. She had cancer and spent her final days in hospice. I must admit watching my father-in-law deal with the loss has been truly eye-opening. My mother-in-law not only did most of their cooking and cleaning, but managed their finances as well. We’ve been helping my father-in-law work through his grief, while also helping him learn to live on his own. I’v

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Destination Singapore: Restoring the Joy of Eating

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Oct 22, 2016
4 min

Destination Singapore: Restoring the Joy of Eating

By Ani Grigorian, with Jeff Rosenfeld In a single century, we have extended human lifespan by 35+ years. At the same time, technology has evolved to the point where we can now communicate instantaneously across oceans, benefit from software which coordinates care and manages health. We have even created robots which sense emotion and even lead group exercises. Not only are we living longer. We are living better! It’s no wonder that technology and innovations that serve our

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lori6684

Jul 19, 2016
3 min

Four Ways You Are Wrong About Boomers

I am very proud to have received this great review from the National Association of Realtors for my book, The Grandparent Economy: How Boomers Are Bridging the Generation Gap. Following is the blog: It seems everywhere you turn these days there’s some new diatribe against the generational focus of commentaries on society. It’s boomers attacking millennials attacking boomers… Heck, we even played an April Fool’s joke based on the trend a couple of weeks ago. As someone who’s a

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What is Retirement in the 21st Century – Does It Include Work?

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Feb 22, 2016
3 min

What is Retirement in the 21st Century – Does It Include Work?

By Gregg M. Lunceford, Doctoral Student – Case Western Reserve University In 2011 America’s Baby Boomer’s began turning age 65 a rate of approximately 10,000 people per day[i]. Historically age 65 has been the milestone at which many people retire. Dictionary.com defines retirement as “the act of leaving one’s job, career, or occupation permanently, usually because of age”. This classic definition was more appropriate when retirement systems were created in the early 20th cen

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13th ANNUAL WHAT’S NEXT BOOMER SUMMIT COMES TO THE NATION’S CAPITAL , MARCH 23, 2016

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Dec 21, 2015
3 min

13th ANNUAL WHAT’S NEXT BOOMER SUMMIT COMES TO THE NATION’S CAPITAL , MARCH 23, 2016

Washington, D.C. plays host to the 2016 What’s Next Boomer Business Summit, the nation’s leading annual conference for the boomer and senior markets. Taking place on Wednesday, March 23rd at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, the upcoming summit shines a spotlight on “Seizing the Opportunity of the Longevity Economy” and includes a prestigious lineup of speakers, sessions, and exhibitors. Now in its 13th year, the What’s Next Boomer Business Summit, is the leading conference for compan

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Q & A with Lori Bitter now live at seniorhousingnet.com

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Jan 21, 2015
4 min

Q & A with Lori Bitter now live at seniorhousingnet.com

Baby boomers are changing the definition of aging in America. Lori Bitter, a consultant who specializes in engaging with mature consumers at The Business of Aging, delves into the changes in American households and their broader social effect in her new book, “The Grandparent Economy.” She answered some questions for SeniorHousingNet.com on grandparenting, the golden years and deciding where to live. Q: What is the ‘grandparent economy’? A: The “grandparent economy” refers to

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Nov 16, 2011
1 min

Lori Bitter Featured in Forbes Magazine

In A Brutal Economy, Boomers Rewrite The Next Chapter Two years ago, on her 50th birthday, Lori Bitter got fired from her job at JWT, a subsidiary of WPP, the world’s largest ad agency. Nothing personal, mind you, but JWT had decided to eliminate JWT Boom, the unit she ran focused on marketing to mature consumers. She spent that weekend with her husband, on a long-planned birthday jaunt to Sedona, Ariz. “I hung out in the red rocks and pondered my existence,” she says. The po

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Sep 30, 2011
1 min

October IMMN Webinar: Retirement in Hard Times

Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (Central Time) Speaker: Mark Miller, retirement journalist and author of The Hard Times Guide to Retirement Security: Practical Strategies for Money, Work and Living. Registration: click here Cost: free for members; $50 for non-members Fee waived for this webinar! About the webinar: The huge American baby boom generation is entering retirement just as the economy has pivoted in a direction most didn’t anticipate. Th

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Creativity in Old Age and theDeath of Gene Cohen

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Nov 17, 2009
2 min

Creativity in Old Age and theDeath of Gene Cohen

When I started managing the Boomer Summit for JWT BOOM, one of my first aging heroes was Dr. Gene Cohen. I read The Mature Mind and his bio. He was a thought leader in the aging of the brain. I don’t know what I expected when I met him the first time as he was keynoting our event. Perhaps an Ivy League scientist; a quasi politician / aging activist; an author selling a book. At any rate, he was not who I expected. He was so much more. With all due respect he was a cross betwe

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lori6684

Oct 7, 2009
2 min

Exploritas Is the New Program Name for Elderhostel!

Exploritas is the new name chosen for the very successful Elderhostel program. The program offers nearly 8,000 educational tours in every state and over 90 countries. The Elderhostel program has been the not-for-profit leader in educational travel since 1975, and has effectively targeted seniors who value in-depth, engaging travel experiences. Read more from President James Moses. We have learned over many years of experience that naming is a tricky business. First, it is ha

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Sep 10, 2009
1 min

From Parenthood to Grandparenthood: Baby Boomers

Just read this great article about Baby Boomers and retirement from the Examiner. It has some eye-opening data and information as Baby Boomers continue to gray: As Baby Boomers age and become grandparents themselves, Grandparents Day is taking on a whole new symbolic meaning of how we age, how we parent and, ultimately, how we grandparent. According to data from Grandparents.com, 54 percent of today’s grandparents are Baby Boomers. Almost 38 million grandparents are younger t

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