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New Aging |
What is your idea of human aging? At the beginning of the twentieth century, the senior experience consisted of working until you died or became too sick to work and then your family took care of you. Social security entered the picture and the idea of rocking on the front porch watching the world go by became the image of aging.
The last half of the twentieth century presented a picture of carefree seniors spending endless days isolated in retirement homes communities in Florida and Arizona playing golf and shuffleboard. Aging through the Ages illustrates the changes that have occurred.
A new image is starting to emerge as the boomer generation approaches retirement and a new aging theory. Retirement Life Matters is leading the conversation about New Aging. The Opportunity of a New Third Age and The Sciences of Happiness explore senior research to expand your vision for your life.
Whether retirement is many years away or you recently received your gold watch, the center senior experience is explained in The Five Phases of Retirement.
With our expanded lives, a new world for the living senior is unfolding. Welcome to the Third Age shows you how this isn't your parents retirement.
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The Five Phases of Retirement
Retirement is not an event, but a process that starts many years before the actual date. Whether you have set money aside and actively planned for your retirement, or merely thought of it as a vague image in the future, you have moved through v ... |
Lifestyle Changes and Well Being
By Martin F. Kaplan, Ph.D., Director, Osher Lifelong Learning InstituteAs we age, things change - careers, family and friends, financial status, and more. Changes can impact our lifestyle, and more fundamentally, our self-identity. We should be proac ... |
The Science of Happiness
By Cathy Severson, MSPsychology has spent much of its history researching and understanding mental illness, but there are only a handful of individuals who have contributed to the understanding of mental health and happiness. Psychologist and w ... |
Aging through the Ages
By Cathy Severson, MS For people in ancient times, elders were respected and important people in the community. They carried the stories, traditions and knowledge necessary to survive.When the Tsunami swept through Southeast Asia in December 20 ... |
The Opportunity of a New Third Age
By Cathy Severson, MS Scientists have been tracking the social, psychological, mental, sexual and moral development of human beings for over a century. As society and the human condition are altered, aging theory is adapted to accommodate the c ... |
Welcome to the Third Age
By Cathy Severson, MSIn 1990, the lifespan of the average person was 47 years old. Most people lived and worked on farms, although a migration was started towards cities and factory jobs. At the turn of the twentieth century, you were con ... |
Keep a Gratitude Journal
By Karen MeadI began to keep a gratitude journal several years ago - Oprah said I should. And she, as she often is, was right. In my own life, it seemed to be more automatic to go to the problem, work on a solution, - to just do something ... |
7 Months Into Retirement
By Tom OsbornThere’s something really (really) peaceful about lolling about in a very gentle swell at a beautiful beach and, for the benefit of most Retirement Life Matters readers, I should add “during our wonderful Australian summer”. Lakes are bas ... |
Getting Better as We Grow Older
For Kids 59.99 and Over By Carol StanelyAs millions of baby boomers reach the big 6-0, many are wondering if there is life after sixty. Author Carol Stanley confirms our hopes that there IS life after 60, and plenty of it! In fact, one can be a ... |
The Black Dog
By Christa KingI’d like to talk about death, grief and loss. We don’t usually do that, do we? Too uncomfortable, awkward, messy…scary. Last Sunday, NPR’s To the Best of Our Knowledge featured an interview with Meghan O’Rourke, author of the ess ... |
Top Senior Websites for Whatever You Need
By Maria Norton Millions of senior websites are available through a simple search. In this article, some of the most popular sites on the internet for seniors are reviewed. Plus, you’ll find links to dozens and dozens more. Senior websites number in ... |
Retirement Humor and Jokes about Getting Older
By Maria Norton Retirement humor, retirement jokes about getting older and senior citizen jokes are certainly nothing new. But some of these jokes will be new to you. You might be getting older, but your retirement jokes don’t have to. You could even ... |
Old Actor Provides Tips for Successful Aging
Paul Newman was an old actor when he died in 2008. He lived a big life until the end. You may not be a wealthy celebrity, but he showed us how aging and living seniorhood to the fullest can be for anyone.While old enough to be the parent ... |
Boomer Generation Faces Retirement Age
As the boomer generation reaches retirement age, they are quickly learning getting older is a totally different experience.When I was a youngster, I couldn’t wait until I was older. My elementary school was divided into sections with the fifth ... |
Boomer Generation Faces The New Retirement
From the very beginning, the boomer generation was set up to fail at the retirement game. Our shear numbers made it difficult for institutions, social security and employers to put enough away for us to retire. We bought into the retirement myt ... |
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