Successful aging: Eight secrets of aging well
February 22, 2012 By 1 Comment
The key to successful aging is to be fully engaged in living right now—not pining for the past or fretting over the future. If you spend your day toggling between those two poles you may not notice that there is actually nothing at either one: the past doesn’t exist and neither does the future. You [...]
Can’t afford to move to a retirement community? Here’s help.
January 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Many seniors would rather stay in their own homes than move to a retirement community— a preference often motivated by fear of change or the fact that the senior is so frail that a move would be too distressing. But many seniors won’t make the move because they just can’t afford to live in a [...]
How to find a retirement community for your parents
January 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Is it time for your mom or dad to move to a retirement community? Were you thinking about it over the holidays? Did you talk to them about it? Figuring out where to look and what to look for can be a bit overwhelming. And then there are all those other questions. Are mom and [...]
Boomers Reject Ageist Ads
October 6, 2011 By 1 Comment
Getting old will be the hardest thing that most boomers ever do. They can’t imagine themselves as slow, frail, or incapacitated. They’re in denial but how can you blame them? They’ve lived their whole lives with the energy, engagement and full-on passion of kids. They love life as they know it and have no intention [...]
Emotionally needy parents
September 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The phone rings, your mom’s number shows up and you are filled with dread. You say hello and she gleefully announces that she’s got a new phone card with 100 minutes! You know she’s going to share 99 minutes with you right now—even though you told her you’ve got to make dinner, help your son [...]
Are today’s seniors the entitlement generation?
September 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Two years ago my friend told me he’d reached the breaking point with his elderly parents—but two years later he soldiers on. Knowing him, even though he vocalized his feelings back then, the real moment of truth likely came much earlier. So, he’s probably three or four years past the breaking point. Sam is an [...]
University and the cast-off parent
September 16, 2011 By 1 Comment
Ah, the sights and sounds of back-to-school for the sandwich generation— Moms sobbing into their coffee at the Guelph University Second Cup on move-in day Parents “checking in” via Skype only to be greeted by a “Do not disturb” sign Moms awkwardly straddling the old role of parent and the new role of roommate as [...]
“Second Careers”: How to Make Yours a Success
September 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The financial outlook for many cash-strapped boomers’ retirement years is murky at best with the worry of making money last over a longer life spans, higher medical costs as time goes on, fewer company pensions and the challenge of finding new work after retiring or being laid off. But if you’re a practical optimist, the [...]
Nine ways to make money for retirement
September 1, 2011 By 2 Comments
Worried about how you’ll manage once you stop working? Worried that you can’t afford to stop working? If your financial picture is a bit overwhelming that’s understandable given all the hits your bottom line has taken over the past few years. But you’ve got to come up with a plan while you’re shelling out money [...]
