Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"
For Boomers, will retirement be a relic of yesteryear?
Kay Severinson
Chicago Sun-Times
July 1, 2010
Overview: “Only in recent decades has it been common for elderly people to live alone, or in retirement communities. Many Baby Boomers have not prepared themselves financially for retirement, and may end up living with their children.”
http://tinyurl.com/22v98rt
Most Baby Boomers Plan to Delay Retirement
Emily Brandon
U.S. News & World Report
June 30, 2010
Overview: “American workers are increasingly planning to delay retirement. Among employed adults ages 50 to 61, 60 percent say they may have to delay their retirement because of the recession, according to a Pew Research Center telephone survey of 2,967 adults released today. And 35 percent of those age 62 and older say they’ve already pushed back their retirement date.”
http://tinyurl.com/2a8vxts
Baby Boomer Death Wish
Mark Goulston
Psychology Today
June 30, 2010
Overview: “Is there a solution so that baby boomers might go "gently into that good night" instead of taxing their patience challenged adult children?”
http://tinyurl.com/2ezvpf3