News tagged with retirement age

Retirement plans after the Great Recession

New research shows that 40 percent of older Americans postponed retirement in the wake of the Great Recession.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers link health-care debate to risk of dying in US and Europe

The current health care debate in the United States is complicated. Trade-offs between heath care expenditures, lifestyle choices and life expectancy have been suggested but seldom clearly demonstrated. The U.S. spends on ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 2

For older adults, participating in social service activities can improve brain functions

Volunteer service, such as tutoring children, can help older adults delay or reverse declining brain function, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Using functional ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study examines workplace risk of losing baby boomers' expertise

Many organizations are under prepared for the loss of valuable knowledge as the oldest members of the baby boomer generation near retirement.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Threat to employers and workforce productivity

(PhysOrg.com) -- A survey by King's College London and law firm Speechly Bircham reveals that employers are facing a sustained increase in workplace unrest as austerity measures, longer working hours, stress and a genuine ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

More young people are winding up in nursing homes

(AP) -- Adam Martin doesn't fit in here. No one else in this nursing home wears Air Jordans. No one else has stacks of music videos by 2Pac and Jay-Z. No one else is just 26.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 08, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

3 Questions: Joseph Coughlin on aging and driving

An aging population brings with it a new set of demands -- such as the need to ensure safety among older drivers. As the Baby-Boomer generation begins reaching retirement age, this seems likely to become a growing concern.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

To retire or not to retire?

Workers who agreed to take early retirement were likely to not have considered that option if it hadn't been for pressure at the workplace to do so. This has been revealed in a new study carried out at the University of Haifa ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 08, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Retirees in Mexico cut off, study says

Baby boomers retiring in Mexico may find it's cheaper to live there than in Canada or the U.S., however, a study suggests retirees are often isolated both from their families back home - and from the mainstream of Mexican ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Delayed retirement among Americans may bolster future of Social Security and Medicare, study finds

An unprecedented upturn in the number of older Americans who delay retirement is likely to continue and even accelerate over the next two decades, a trend that should help ease the financial challenges facing both Social ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 07, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Unsafe neighborhoods disable the elderly

Elderly people who live below the poverty line and perceive their neighborhoods to be dangerous are more likely to have a mobility disability. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health suggest that e ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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