Boomer Life

The next set of data from the 2011 census shouldn't hold many surprises for anyone in Canada — but it no doubt will. On Tuesday, Canadians will discover how old their society has grown. It will be apparent in black and white how fast the baby boomers are ...  

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Entrepreneurs with startups or business plans serving the baby boomer market are invited to apply to the 9th annual Silicon Valley Boomer Venture Summit and Business Plan Competition at SCU June 20.  

Alzheimer's is an insidious disease. It can cause dementia, depression, delusions, confusion and many other mental health issues. It can be passed down by from parent to child. It's important to do whatever you can to prevent that from happening.Contributor: Carol RuckerPublished: May 27, 2012  

As we age staying mentally 'with it' becomes more and more important. With Alzheimer's in my family I am probably more aware of mental fitness than most. Here are a few ways I exercise my brain.Contributor: R.B. McNEILPublished: May 25, 2012  

Live a longer and healthier life just by taking a few simple suggestions. It doesn't have to be like work, particularly when you're at an age where budget and health is a deal breaker.Contributor: Jeanette Flint-ZalfiniPublished: May 24, 2012  

The drop in labor force participation rate stems more from economic weakness than an increase in baby boomer retirements, as some have claimed, according to a new study from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. The labor participation ...  

The first challenge is to face a new way of living to accept your own disability and learn to cope with it so you can move on with your life. Because until you do, others will not!Contributor: Joe TuzaraPublished: May 24, 2012  

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Adorama will host its second annual Street Fair to benefit the Boomer Esiason Foundation on Sunday, June 10 from 10:00 a.m. -- 4:00 p.m. FREE admission. Meet Boomer & Carton and NY Giants Players.  

If you are a Baby Boomer with a good idea for a business start-up - but don’t have ... One is Entrepreneur.com to learn about starting an online business, if that’s the direction you want to go. Another is an SBA self-assessment to ...  

Staying mentally fit is critical to the many facets of my life, especially as a small business owner. I learned that routine makes my brain lazy. Now I rouse my brain with music, history, and socializing.Contributor: Cathy A MontvillePublished: May 23, 2012  

As our bodies age, our minds do, too. What can we do to retain our memory and mental cognition? My approach is to remain physically and mentally active and to challenge both my mind and my body.Contributor: Willow Creek NancyPublished: May 22, 2012  

MY first encounter with Heidi Murkoff is a real icebreaker. She is practically starkers, in a pair of bright purple lace pants and black bra, bent over, with her pert little tattooed bottom in the air ("Erik", it reads, a tribute to her adored husband of 30 years).  

Many have lost their jobs at relatively advanced ages during the recession just around the time that they were ... Frankly, neither can afford to live up to the contracts they made in the 80s, 90s and into the new millennium. This, of course, is a tragedy ...  

Someone, somewhere may have given you the impression that arriving at retirement age meant the dawning of "The Golden Age" — a time when all the striving, stressing, trying to get ahead and make your mark would be over. You could "retire" and languish in luxury while on a perennial vacation. This was to be the time in life when all the work, including the raising of children, would be done and it would come back to you — the payoff for a life...  

(Newser) – An epidemic of hepatitis C is afflicting the baby boomer generation, and federal authorities will roll out a campaign this year urging everyone born between 1945 and 1965 to get tested, reports the Los Angeles Times. Roughly 75% of ...