Baby Boomers

Less than two weeks ago the British Medical Journal published the Whitehall II study results that indicate memory and thinking skills actually begin to decline around age 40 rather than age 60 as had been thought.

Most of the Baby Boomers that I know are either continuing in their jobs because their retirement funds are not quite there yet, or starting new businesses, or taking care of grandkids or elderly parents. This can lead to a lot of STRESS!

Generations are powerful influences in elections and can provide the boost politicians need to overcome their opponents during their campaigns. This new generation that will soon be powerful enough to shape the direction of our country is no pushover.

Retooling your job skills and areas of experience can make the difference in the worker over 50 finding a new career.

As baby boomers reach retirement age with less money to show for their working efforts, stocks and other investments will likely slow for all.

Debt is a constant in the lives of many Australians, but do you want it to be a fixture in your retirement too?

An article in the Washington Post suggests that the recent unrest among worldwide youth is the result of baby boomers hogging all of the jobs and pensions. I say baby boomers have babied their children too much.

Countless books and articles have been written about these two generations, and they are still difficult to understand. This article will explain the difference in their value systems.

For those that will still be in the work force in the next ten-twenty years this is for you

Boomers, who are classified as being born from 1946 to 1964, and millennial, the children of baby boomers who came of age in the new millennium, eventually will want the same things: access to shopping, green space, more choice from the car.

There is a major increase in hip, knee surgeries and it is not from obesity.

From the Silent Generation's excellent work ethic and the Baby Boomer's need for recognition to Gen-X creativity, older generations bring different flavors to the workplace. How I learned to manage older employees.

Is it just coincidence that more and more Baby Boomers are not getting hired, or even interviewed in this economy?

Baby boomers are starting to retire at appalling rates each year. Discover the reasons why baby boomers should prepare for long term care.

If a baby boomer or retiree is struggling with credit card debts, medical debt, or, as in Rep. Honojosa's case, a substantial judgment against them, bankruptcy may be an answer because of the assets it protects.

Most baby boomers don't realize that within the past 50 years that things have changed tremendously.

The oldest members of the age that has been known as the '˜Baby Boomers' will begin to turn 65 years of age this year. What will happen now? How will they redefine the idea of retirement and change the world of marketing?

According to the Congressional Budget Office in Washington DC, between 1946 and 1964 seventy-eight million babies were born in the US. The oldest of those will turn 65 years old in 2011.

"The Baby Boomer's Guide to Getting it Right the Second Time Around" offers sage advice to people of any age.

The most recent survey conducted by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) shows that only 16% of baby boomers feel secure about having enough resources to make it financially upon retirement.

Baby Boomers improve health and enhance body performance. Every day activities including bodywork and massage allow you to decrease dangerous health risks that follow with sedentary lifestyles.

Baby boomers: our once flower children hippies of the 1960's and 1970's, who once held protests begging for love not war are now entering the age of retirement and are committing suicide at unparalleled numbers.

The Baby Boomers can be expected to live longer than any previous generation, and thus have greater retirement expenses. Many Baby Boomers are not in as good a position as they would like to handle these probable expenses.

Mad Men appeals to all age groups, but the baby boomers can go back home for an hour every Sunday night. Back to the time when stress was fleeting and the world was safer.

Baby Boomers now have retirement choices to make - let's review them: Should I retire at 65 and live off beanie weenies forever or stagger into work until I am 75 and die of a heart attack at my desk?