Word: boomerism
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Knowledge-based programs such as Medicare Rights are drawing new enlistees with that boomer mantra of achieving personal growth. Retired elementary school teacher Linda Sicher, 58, of New York City, for example, pieced together several volunteer turns to combat her greatest postwork fear: "that my brain will die." Not a chance. Each activity has taught her something new, and she has been able to connect the dots between them. Once every month she's on call at the Mt. Sinai Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention (SAVI) program, ready to speed to the side of a rape or abuse victim before...
...Indeed, the more Japan ages as a society, the more the country needs its seniors to remain active?and not just as entries in the Guinness World Records. With the country's low fertility rate (1.28 births per woman) and its 5.2 million baby-boomer workers due to reach retirement age beginning in 2007, there won't be enough young people to replace retirees in the labor force, let alone support armies of idle pensioners. Salarymen who reached mandatory retirement age used to be dismissed as "industrial waste," but aging Japan will find itself increasingly dependent on its elderly...
...reminded of an article from last week’s Fifteen Minutes entitled “Not Unpacked?” in which the authors argued that college is the last time when “rocking a new Boomer Esiason throwback and some boxfresh Air Force 1s can still be considered a power move...
...you’re 40, player. For seniors, this might be the last time in our lives when the words “Back To School” will really mean anything. Depending on your career aspirations, this may be the last year when rocking a new Boomer Esiason throwback and some boxfresh Air Force 1s can still be considered a power move.[2] And if that doesn’t scare you, it should...
...real estate bubble will eventually burst, says Cary Silvers, vice president of New York City--based GfK NOP, a market-research company that in 2004 gathered information on boomers' attitudes toward refinancing. He predicts that there will be a great boomer sell-off in about 15 years and that the market will be glutted. If you need cash from your house for your golden years, it's better to sell now and downsize, applying the appreciation toward boosting your nest...