Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"
Single boomers face cash-flow woe
Haley Mick
Globe and Mail
September 15, 2008
Overview: “When their parents retired, most were still married to their original spouses. No one expected to survive on a single pension, or on RRSPs cobbled together after a mid-life divorce and years of raising children on one income. But in a new era of divorce, approximately 25 per cent of Canadians born between 1946 and 1964 are single - and on the cusp of entering retirement alone.”
Sleepy Economy Keeping Boomers Stirring at Night
PRNewswire
September 15, 2008
Overview: “Nearly three-fourths of American baby boomers are not getting a full eight hours of sleep each night, blaming sleepless nights on economic, financial and family woes. In fact, one in six of the eighty-two million strong generation report chronic sleep problems -- difficulty falling asleep every night of the week -- according to a recent sleep survey of U.S. boomers (44-62 year olds) conducted by the Better Sleep Council (BSC).”