Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"
Tom Brokaw didn't retire, he shifted gears
Matea Gold
Los Angeles Times
March 3, 2010
Overview: “The newsman's latest documentary, "BOOMER$!," examines the economic challenges facing the aging baby boomer generation.”
http://tinyurl.com/yln4ttz
A different kind of senior prom is making a scene
Diana Moskovitz
Miami Herald
March 4, 2010
Overview: “Welcome to Senior Prom, a television pilot one local production company hopes will become a regular program. The goal is to craft a mix of dating game show and comedy skit geared, as the name implies, to the over 55 crowd.”
http://tinyurl.com/yztopvt
Silver Tsunami: Boomers Could Face Long-Term Care Crisis
Paul Menchaca
Financial-Planning.com
March 3, 2010
Overview: “A new study by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College points to a potential crisis as Americans struggle to meet health care costs. In over 300,000 simulations conducted by the Center for Retirement Research, the average lifetime health care expenditure for a typical married couple at the age of 65 is $197,000.”
http://tinyurl.com/yf57vnb
Will Boomers Be Any Different?
Paula Span
New York Times
March 4, 2010
Overview: Examines how boomers will cope with their senior years, particularly how the demographic might differ from previous generations.
http://tinyurl.com/yhxfz46