Silver Lining
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Wanted: Outstanding Older Workers from Across the Country
Know a centenarian who is still working and deserves recognition? Nominate him or her for America’s Outstanding Oldest Worker for 2009, an annual award given by Experience Works, the nation’s largest training and employment organization for older workers. -
The Greatest Generation and the Baby Boomers
We can thank Tom Brokaw for calling those of us born between 1923 and 1945 The Greatest Generation. -
Baby Boomers Will Drive Real Estate Growth
As a group, baby boomers comprise the largest population cohort in the history of the United States and Canada. The size of the group gives it vast influence over North American politics, popular culture, and, of course, real estate and international real estate.
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Love in the Golden Years
Does love grow stronger the longer a couple has been together, or is it often just the opposite? Does familiarity breed contempt, or do people deepen their bond as they mature together? -
Best Boomer Towns Selects Tucson, Arizona
Business Week examined locales across the country, factoring in cost of living, home prices, and proximity to health, recreation, culture, arts, natural environment, and other amenities. After the data were evaluated, the message was clear: Tucson was number one! -
Celebrating Grandparents Day
Marian McQuade, of Fayette County, West Virginia, founded the holiday in hopes that such an observance might persuade grandchildren to tap the wisdom and heritage of their grandparents. -
Baby Boomers Will Drive Real Estate Growth
As a group, baby boomers comprise the largest population cohort in the history of the United States and Canada. The size of the group gives it vast influence over North American politics, popular culture, and, of course, real estate and international real estate. -
Artists Awarded NEA’s Heritage Fellowships
Eleven winners have been selected for 2009, most of them older adults working in diverse traditional art forms such as zydeco, willow basketry, dance, and Yoruba sacred song and drumming. -
Age Has Its Glorious Rewards
What does it mean to get older? When is one considered “old”? “Everyone wants to live a very long time, but no one wants to get old,” said wise old Benjamin Franklin. -
Back in the Day . . .
Ah, the “old days”! How many of these do you remember? -
The Story Behind "Before You Go"
Dr. Sam had parted with his band members and was headed home from a cross-country gig. Upon retrieving his car, he bid good evening to the elderly parking lot attendant, who replied, “I took two bullets for this country, and look what I am doing now!" -
Silver Star Marion Downs
A chance decision on a course of study led Silver Star Marion Downs to an acclaimed career in audiology. Now the 94-year-old has written a book about living out your passions and getting the most out of a long life. -
Supercentenarians Are Defying the Odds
Those who live to 110 and beyond inspire researchers and photographers. There’s no shortage of these “supercentenarians” nowadays.
