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A Guide to Life in Retirement

Information and Advice for Retirement Planning, Retirement Activity, Leisure Activity, Jobs for Seniors, Health Care Jobs, Retirement and Real Estate Purchases, Managing Money and Investment for Retirees, Health, Sports, Residential Care, Home Care, Long Term Care, Caregivers, Companionship and Dating, Spirituality and much more.

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How the Retirement Population has changed over the last 20 years

Retirement today is a whole new phase in Life. It brings with it new and different needs and changes in lifestyles. Prior to the mid-1980s, older American men have been a constantly declining percentage of the total labor force. This reflected Americans' increased wealth which many male members of the labor force chose to "spend" on earlier retirement. In 1950, 72 percent of men aged 65 were still in the labor force while by 1985, this had dropped to 30 percent.

In the mid-1980s these long-term trends have stopped, and partially reversed themselves. Between 1985 and 2004, the active labor participation rates for men increased by 10 percent among 62 year-olds, 24 percent among 65 year-olds and by nearly 50 percent among 70 year-olds.

For older women, the story is similar. Between the mid-1960s and the mid-1980s, their workforce participation rates were flat. But since the mid-1980s, active labor participation rates for older women have increased dramatically and continue to rise today. Many more older men and women are working today than trends prior to 1985 would have predicted.

Retirement changes your Expectations and Demand on Life

You can write to us, if you have any ideas about things to do with retirement that we should include in these pages. We will start a blog shortly. That will provide an additional opportunity for you, to tell us about your retirement experience. For now, have a look at the pages and see what is useful for you!

An Aging Population results in New Career Opportunities in Health Care Jobs

The rapidly expanding retirement population, produces new demands on health care professionals. Because of the general shortage of nurses and also in order to keep costs at reasonable levels, many jobs that used to be performed by LPN's are now open to Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA's). A short certification program of 6 to 12 weeks trains them to supports the nurses, and perform basic care services such as bathing, grooming and feeding patients. They also assist nurses with medical equipment, and checking patient vital signs. CNAs improve the quality of life of retired people needing care, by giving them important social and emotional support, as well as providing vital information on the retirees conditions to nurses. If you are interested in a growing and exciting career opportunity and want to care for others, you can find information here out about CNA training, working conditions and CNA salaries.

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Books about Retirement

We have selected some books that might be of interest. They are all about retirement! Maybe you have read enough about retirement by now and you want to read about something else. Well amazon.com will have, what you want! Just click on the graphic below and it will get you to their store. Look for the second hand version, if your funds are limited. It has worked for us every time!