8 Ideas for How to Thrive as You Navigate the Murky Transition to Retirement
Heading into retirement can be a difficult in-between-time. Here are 15 ideas for how to thrive as you navigate the transition.
Category: Aging Well
New Movie Highlights Scam: Explore 9 Tips to Protect Yourself from Predatory Guardianship
“I Care a Lot” is a new, well-rated movie on Netflix. It is creepy but entertaining, and it also highlights the need for seniors to be aware of potential financial scams — in this case, scams of abusive guardianship. The film, part comedy, part horrifying thriller, follows what happens when a long-term con artist targets…
Rethinking Where and What You Want to Call Home for Retirement
Authors Amanda Lambert, a geriatric care manager and consultant, and Leslie Eckford, a licensed clinical social worker and RN with a focus in mental and geriatric health, have published Choose Your Place, Rethinking Home as You Age. The book is great for anyone who is thinking about retirement and is willing to consider where they…
Age-Related Financial Vulnerability: Why Making Financial Decisions Might Be More Difficult as You Get Older
All kinds of things happen to our brains and bodies as part of the normal aging process. And while we might prefer to ignore getting old, sometimes it is useful to know what might happen in the future so we can make better plans now. Researchers have discovered that as we get older, core financial…
3 Okinawan Secrets to a Long Life: 1) Ikigai 2) Moai 3) Hara Hachi Bu — Huh?
Some might believe that the hokey pokey really is what it is all about. Yoga and mindfulness mavens chant “om” as a long and happy life mantra. Others sing super cali fragilistic expealidocious and, “if said loud enough,” will at least sound precocious. However, the residents of the Japanese island of Okinawa have other words…
Climate Change and Your Retirement
When planning retirement, you need to somehow prepare for many different kinds of unpredictable possibilities — inflation rates, stock market fluctuations and the prospect of a long-term care need for example. Any of these could have a dramatic impact on your finances. However, have you considered how the possibility of climate change might impact your…
How to Retire Abroad: 12 Tips for Retirement Overseas
Are you wondering how to to retire overseas? If so, you’re in good company! Retiring Overseas Has Almost Doubled in Popularity Retiring abroad has become increasingly popular. According to the Social Security Administration, the number of retirees who draw Social Security outside the U.S. jumped 40%, to more than 413,000 between 2007 to 2017. And,…
Retire AFTER 65: It’s One of the Secrets to a Long Happy Life!
A study from a team of researchers at Oregon State University shows that the longer you wait to retire, the longer you will likely live. So if you are planning to put off retirement until after 65, get your retirement plan ready — you’ll want to make sure you have planned to afford the extra…
What You Might Have in Common with Retiring Olympic Athletes
A new documentary, The Weight of Gold, explores the many mental health challenges that retired Olympic athletes face. You might be surprised to learn that those challenges are similar to what happens at retirement to many people in far more mundane jobs. Retired Olympic athletes – and anyone who has retired from a job where…
20 Best New Retirement Books for Summer Reading 2020
The summer of 2020 hasn’t felt much like a summer since we’ve been working from home and not traveling since March. Whether you’re going on an all-American road trip in August, making s’mores in the backyard, or even if your vacation plans have been put on hold till 2021, these new and newly updated retirement…
Heart Health and Your Retirement Well Being
With retirement, most people worry about having enough money and funding healthcare, but did you know that your heart health should really be at the top of your list of retirement concerns? Humans often worry about the wrong things. (Learn about how 16 different cognitive biases can hurt your retirement.) And there is significant evidence…
Life Expectancy by County: WHERE You Live May Suggest HOW LONG You Live
Life expectancy has mostly been rising in the United States — overall. However, recent research has found that there are significant differences in life expectancy by county. In fact, in many counties, the average life expectancy is 20 years — TWENTY years — shorter than in other areas.The good news is that some areas of…
Secrets of Super Agers and Their Healthy Brains
Not all of us age at the same rate. Some people are stronger than others that are the same age. And some people have brains that function much better than others at the same age. Individuals who are over 80, but have the cognitive functioning of someone much younger than them–perhaps 50 or 60 years…
Pursue Dental Care Before You Retire
Your pre-retirement checklist probably includes tasks such as signing up for Medicare, creating a budget, and planning an exit from your career. But there’s one important task that you may be forgetting: pursuing dental care before you retire. Dental Care Is Not Usually Covered by Medicare Medicare doesn’t cover most dental care, dental procedures, or…
Keeping Up with Technology Can Keep the Mind Young: Amie Clark of TheSeniorList.com
The world of technology is constantly changing. Each year, phones, televisions, and computers grow smarter. Social media sites and web application developers give us something new to figure out. At a certain point, it can be easier to give up on new trends and resign yourself to what you already know. But could that actually…
Focus on Health Not Wealth for a Happy Retirement
For many of today’s retirees, health is the most important ingredient for a happy retirement. You might say that they value good health over financial security. This sentiment also rings true for baby boomers–Americans born between 1946 and 1964–who are either recently retired or are preparing for retirement. Baby boomers are taking charge of their…
3 Biggest Retirement Fears and How to Beat Them
Spiders. Snakes. The dark. Clowns. It’s likely that you have at least one of these fears. However, if you are near retirement age, then what scares you most is perhaps more menacing and real than any of those things. Transamerica recently published a new survey that lists the greatest retirement fears. Wouldn’t it be nice…
What Is Your Medicaid Eligibility?
As we plan our retirement, most of us are concerned about whether or not we will be able to fund out-of-pocket healthcare costs. Medicaid is one option for people who have very little income and assets. Millions of low-income Americans have access to health or nursing coverage through Medicaid, including elderly adults. But some retirees…
Loneliness Is as Dangerous as Smoking and Stress
Research shows that feeling lonely is a big risk factor for heart attack, clogged arteries, and stroke. In fact, the dangers of loneliness are on par with obesity, light smoking, and anxiety. A study published in the British medical research journal BMJ found that feeling lonely, or being socially isolated, increases your risk by 29%…
12 Surprising Ways to Save on Retirement Health Care Costs
Knowing you are eligible for Medicare at age 65 may give you some peace of mind about retirement health care costs, but you may be surprised to find out that you’ll still be paying a lot out of pocket. While Medicare premiums are fairly predictable, tests and procedures that aren’t covered, unexpected health crises, and…
65 Funny Quotes About Getting Older and Quotes About Aging
These funny quotes about getting older and quotes about aging should serve as inspiration for enjoying this remarkable time of life. Funny Quotes About Getting Older “Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.” Kitty O’Neill Collins “You can live to be a hundred if you give up all things…
The American Heart Association Recommends 10,000 Steps a Day or About Five Miles of Walking
Walking is relatively easy and it is key to your good health. The American Heart Association recommends 10,000 steps a day (about five miles of walking). Does that sound like a lot? It might actually not be necessary to walk that far. The American Heart Association Recommendations Heart health is important. The American Heart Association…
Live Each Day: 4 Tips From the Science of Happiness
Jim McCarthy is a successful Silicon Valley executive who worked for Yahoo! as employee number 258 and grew up with the industry. In 2013 he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He decided right then to live each day with purpose. In the process, he wrote a best-selling book with lessons for people in all stages…
Retirement in the Time of Coronavirus: 18 Tips for How to Plan Your Future Amid this Health Crisis
Here are 18 tips for planning your retirement future amid this health crisis. From evaluating your finances to staying sane and healthy, this is the guide.
Podcast: Doc G — Financial Independence’s Impact on Health
Episode 37 of the NewRetirement podcast is an interview with Doc G — a financially independent physician, podcaster and author — around the topics of financial independence, the transition to retirement, purpose and health. Listen Now: Don’t miss out on future episodes: subscribe on iTunes subscribe on Stitcher And, join our private Facebook Group to…