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How to Find Your Passion in Retirement

Now that you’ve retired, how do you figure out what you actually want to do with the rest of your life?
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What Should Couples Do When Downsizing in Retirement?

A move to a small space later in life can be rife with baggage—both literal and emotional. So we asked The Experts: What advice would you give to couples who are downsizing?

'Caregiving' it all: When taking care of mom and dad impacts work-life balance

Lynette Whiteman never gets a break. The 57-year-old spends her days helping her elderly neighbors continue to live in dignity in their own homes. In the evening, she takes care of her own 87-year-old mother Mildred, who lives with Whiteman and her husband.

Health Outcomes, Planning, and Education for Alzheimer's Act

It's almost like a Hollywood dystopian future: Half the population gets an incurable disease that destroys their brains while the other half watches and waits, caring for their loved ones and wondering if it will happen to them.
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Retirement Money Tips for 30-Year-Olds

It's never too early to start planning for retirement. With this in mind, we asked The Experts: What retirement money tip do you wish you'd given yourself when you were 30?

Exceptional Exceptions: The Trailblazers of Our Future

I’ve got three new heroes. Thefirst one is smart, spunky, andstylish. That she’s also slightly deaf and a little wobbly on her feetdidn’t stop her from suing the government of the United States.

Choose to Make Growing Older the Best of Times

It’s the best of times. It’s the worst of times. No, I’m not talking about the French Revolution as envisioned by Charles Dickens. I’m talking about getting older.

Fashion Week Uncovers More Than Just Clothes

Last week was Fashion Week in New YorkCity, filled with excitement, glamour, and, of course, gorgeous models wearing the latest trends in fashion.

The Scourge of Our Times Should Frighten You...Especially If You Are a Woman

I’ve been studying aging trends for the past 25 years. The topic, for the most part, has been exhilarating; as Baby Boomers help reinvent traditional notions of retirement, I have to confess that I’m actually excited to see how my own life, and the lives of my colleagues and friends, evolve–something I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have expected 25 years ago.