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Rheumatology Experts in Indiana Address Growing Osteoporosis Concerns as Baby Boomers Age
Fractures, pain, spinal deformities and even death can be prevented with detection and treatment; Medical Specialists rheumatology providers in Northwest Indiana offer advice to patients.
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5 Second Careers for Baby Boomers
The generation that once declared it would never grow up is now refusing to conform to the stereotype of grandma and grandpa spending their retirement years in rocking chairs.
According to research from the AARP, 40% of baby boomers feel they will not have enough money to maintain their standard of living for retirement, and even if they do feel they will have sufficient funds for retirement, an AARP poll shows that 50% of boomers want to continue working or even start businesses.
It’s more important than ever for boomers to plan for a second career that matches their skills and lifestyle. Jobs in animal care will be in high demandathrough 2018.
According to research conducted at Boston College for the Census Bureau, the average age for retirement is rising. Since the 1990s, the average retirement age for men has risenato 64afrom 62 andato 62afrom 60 for women. That is only expected to rise, as the AARP poll shows that the 50% of boomers who want to continue working plan on doing it well into their 70s and beyond.
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Baby Boomers, Head to Your Local ‘Occupy’ Protest Now
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Baby boomers, you should be mad as hell.
Wall Street has betrayed your very existence with pie charts that lie, questions that deceive you, and a system that led you down a path of investment performance over function.
For the millions of Americans retiring in the next few years, checking your 401(k) statement can cause outrage.
After the government put a gun to your head with 401(k) plans, Wall Street simply gave tools (which, at the start, were useful) for the masses to invest funds in the equity markets. How was this a bad thing, fees excluded, to help diversify small and growing pools of retirement assets during the great bull run of the 20th century?
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