Retirement

Features and Amenities to Look for in 55+ Communities With the average life expectancy being nearly 80 years of age, baby boomers have a lot of living to do. More often than not, baby boomers want to remain active until they can’t any longer. As a result of this, many baby boomers are interested in purchasing homes in 55 communities in Bryn Mawr. For people interested in living in a vibrant community, there are a few things they should make a priority. Seniors Should Look for Communities that…

Families that are financially strained, often times do not include disability insurance in their monthly budgets. The decision to allocate this insurance into their budget is pertinent, not only important to their future, but their families as well. It is highly recommend that individuals who are self-employed or have a hazardous occupation purchase disability insurance. Disability insurance policies provide an alternate income should you find yourself unable to work due to illness or injury.…

Abstract The purpose of this study is to identify whether there is a need to integrate aging focused curriculum in graduate social work programs. Research questions whether graduate social work students gain competency in aging through the social work required curriculum. The projected rise in population of people aged 65 and older raises questions about social and economic disparities faced by the older population. The participants of this study are graduate social work students from four…

Nowadays, the world's population has increased. therefore the proportion of age that the young age, the working age, and the old age are differed by countries. It is probably true to say that the mean government or office employee who are age 55 must are retired from work in some nation, nevertheless in other countries there are people to work until they are 60 or over. However, the persons' age who should allowed to do work and give salaries are differed in each countries. according to the…

What used to be an anomaly of aging is the norm in the 21st-century. In 1900, economists reported the United States’ (U.S.) population was 76 million of which 3 million (4%) attained age 65 and older (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1996). Whereas, in the year 2000, there were about 282 million of which 35 million (12%) were age 65 and older (U.S. Census Bureau, 2011). Economists explain the increased proportion of older adults living longer were due to decreases in infant and child mortality and…

In Paul Hyman’s article, “Baby Boomers: Every Silver Lining Has a Touch of Grey,” the author takes a look at how baby boomers will work longer than they expected before retiring. Although, some baby boomers are wealthy, there are many who cannot afford to retire at the most common age of sixty-five. In this article, he also explains how baby boomers want businesses to market towards their age group if the company plans on them buying from them. In fact, many companies that do not market towards…

UK pension triple lock costs extra £6bn a year, says report A hastily buried official report has estimated that the government is spending an extra £6bn a year protecting pensioners' incomes, deVere Group understands. The report also warns that the cost of doing so in future years could spiral further. The warning came in a report from the Government Actuary's Department, which was published last week on the government website but was removed a day later; an official said it had been…

A lack of job opportunities could also be due to the cultural shift of the large cohort born between 1946 and 1964, also known as ‘baby boomers’ who are working longer than previous generations. This is backed up by Mermin, Johnson and Murphy (2007), who concluded that “the mean self-reported probability of working full time past age 65 among workers aged 51 to 56 increased from 27% to 33%” (p. 293). Although job insecurity can be detrimental to one’s mental and emotional health, longer careers…

Social services should be cut regardless of the status of our national debt. Social services are a form of socialism, are inefficient, and are one of the many ways in which the government massively oversteps it's jurisdictions. Even if our debt was $0.00, government provided social services should be completely deleted, permanently. Although many try to deny the facts, some left-wing politicians have admitted that social services constitute a form of socialism, and are a stepping stone to…

Social insurance are programs that are funded by the payroll taxes. Public assistance programs are funded by the government and include anything that assists the health, public, and education. Both social insurance programs and public assistance programs are made to help the needy. One social insurance program would be Medicare, it is for people that are sixty-five and up who have not claimed their social security benefits. It is also for people who have kidney failure and people who have…