Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"
Baby boomers will spend golden years at work
Eve Tahmincioglu
MSNBC.com
August 8, 2007
Overview: “About 69 percent of baby boomers anticipate working past traditional retirement age, and money and health care are the top reasons.”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20075038/
The names we use for people over 50
Marilyn Gardner
Christian Science Monitor
August 8, 2007
Overview: Gardner writes, “As the first wave of the huge boomer generation marches toward retirement, a linguistic question looms large: What should we call those in their middle and later years? Baby boomers? Older people? Senior citizens? Elders? She goes on to say, “Their top choice for a neutral and flexible general term to describe those in later life is ‘older,’ used to modify people, adults, individuals, or Americans.”
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0808/p15s01-lign.html?page=1
The Generation That Founded the Fitness Craze Remains Active, Healthy and Fit, Survey Shows
PRNewswire
August 7, 2007
Overview: Press release announcing results from the Boomer Fitness Survey conducted by Eons. “Baby boomers who fueled the aerobics movement and who crowded running paths across the country are now reaping the dividends of their active lifestyles, with more than half saying they are in excellent or above-average condition, according to the survey.”
http://sev.prnewswire.com/health-care-hospitals/20070807/NETU01607082007-1.html