Archive for the ‘Retirement Living’ Category

Monday, November 21st, 2011

Retiring Boomers Staying Put Instead of Moving South

The steady stream of retirees down to the Sun Belt has been drying up, USA Today reports. People are staying put in this economy, including boomers. The newspaper reports: The number of Americans ages 55 to 64 who moved to Sun Belt states since...

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Monday, November 14th, 2011

Tip for Living With Aging Parents: Give Each Other Space–and TV Time

Thinking about having an aging parent move in with you but not sure about privacy issues? One family in Lincoln, NE, is making it work, and they share some of their secrets in an article at the news site JournalStar.com. DeLoris McGinnis lives...

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Monday, February 7th, 2011

3 New Ways to Live in Retirement

By Catey Hill for Smart Money They helped change the political landscape and American culture, and it's clear Baby Boomers will change what life in retirement will look like. And with their sheer numbers - 78 million - they may also shift the...

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Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

7 Tips for Baby Boomers Turning 65 in 2011

By Emily Brandon for U.S.News & World Report The oldest baby boomers have begun to turn 65 this year. High on their agenda should be signing up for Medicare. Boomers also have important Social Security and career choices to make. Here are seven...

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Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

Medicare Makes Way for Baby Boomers

By Amanda Gardner for Health Day It's been a long, strange trip from Woodstock to the nursing home, but baby boomers are getting there -- and soon. The first boomers turn 65 this year and can start enrolling in Medicare this month, setting a...

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Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

Seniors Scam Seniors

By Jason Zweig and Mary Pilon for The Wall Street Journal A grim category of crime is on the rise: senior-on-senior financial fraud. According to regulators and prosecutors, there has been a significant increase recently in the number of cases...

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Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

Some Retirees Opting for Campus Life

By Abigail Jones for The New York Times In 2007, Murry and Jerry Perlmutter left their Woodridge, Ill., home for a retirement community at Duke University in Durham, N.C. Their friends were baffled: the Perlmutters had no ties to the school, and...

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Monday, October 25th, 2010

Best Places to Retire: Charleston

By Kelly Greene for The Wall Street Journal Suzanne Hardie found herself drawn to Charleston, S.C., and its pedestrian-friendly, antebellum waterfront after wrapping up her chemical-engineering career with Procter & Gamble Co. She had been living...

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Thursday, October 21st, 2010

The Cost Of Golf In Retirement

By Peter Finch for Golf Digest Like "big-headed driver" and "affordable green fee," the term "golf retirement" doesn't mean what it used to. As baby boomers move into their post-career years, they're stretching the concept in all-new directions....

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