Retirement

Over the years we’ve published regular posts on ways to keep your brain sharp and cognition strong through various types of stimulation, be they puzzles, college courses, or even just staying curious. What all of these have in common is not so much formal memorization of facts but rather, the…

It likely comes as no surprise to agebuzz readers: Paying for the costs of long term care- whether in your home, at an adult day care center, or at an assisted living facility or nursing home- can be enormously expensive, in fact, out of reach for many if not most….

For so many of us, as retirement-age approaches, we wonder what’s next: How will we fill our days? What fulfilling pursuits can we find? Will there be an income stream to help support retirement?    Mike Everly, Founder of Bees and Trees, a company that produces and imports Manuka Honey…

For many of us, our college years were some of the best days of our lives: Spending hours engaged in deep and serious conversation, studying subjects about which we felt passionate, engaging with excited and curious peers and faculty, and enjoying opportunities to experience new social and cultural events. If…

If you’re thinking of retiring or find yourself suddenly “retired,” there’s a lot to worry about right now. There’s inflation (lowering your spending power) and the instability of the stock market.There’s debate around the country, and even around the world, about appropriate ages for retirement payments to kick in (see…

As we previously posted about the idea of “aging in place,” a majority of older adults seem ready and willing to live out their days in the communities in which they have lived rather than move out of the area or enter a long-term care community. Real estate data seems…