The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced the release of $597 million in funds to continue support for 74 state, territory and national grantees of the Senior Community Service Employment Program for program year 2010 that enable income and training support for 61,900 individuals ages 55 and older, who have low incomes or are unemployed. [...]

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The perceptions about retirement for all Europeans are shifting with the economic times and are beginning to look more like attitudes about retirement in America.  According to a recent survey by Aon Consulting, more than half (55%) of Europeans believe they will have to delay their retirement because of the current economic climate.  French and [...]

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Will a Consumer Protection Finance Agency provide greater protection for seniors that could be victims of fraud?  Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are in conference to help reduce the odds of that happening this week.  According to a recent survey, more than 7.3 million older Americans – one out of every five citizens over the age [...]

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Are seniors opening their pocket books more this year?  According to a recent Gallup poll, seniors in the 65+ category increased their average daily spending from $44 dollars to per day in 2009 to $64 dollars per day in 2010.  That’s a big jump when compared to the 50-64 demographic that increased its spending in [...]

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Who’s right, Betty White or the newest AARP Social Media Survey for the 50+ Crowd?  AARP’s study prompted the group to redesign its website to increase its focus on social networking and refine its look and feel (good excuse).  The survey shows that social networking is becoming more and more of everyday life of Americans [...]

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Is budgeting social security into the retirement incomes for seniors and their decisions on senior housing critical?  You Betcha. According to a new study by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), it represents almost half of the income for those 65 and older.  The study, based on data from 2008, shows the nearly all individuals [...]

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Everyone else is raising the retirement age, why isn’t America doing it yet?  Greece is raising its retirement age as it copes with its financial mess, Germany and Denmark are at 67, the U.K. is raising theirs to 68 and now it seems France is going to be raising theirs as well based upon pension [...]

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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE: ELS), owner and operator of a portfolio of resort communities in the United States, announced that its Meadowbrook community has been awarded the “Community of the Year (West)” award by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). Meadowbrook, a 40 acre, age restricted community, is situated on 40 acres in Santee, CA, [...]

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The iPad is everywhere…everywhere you turn, newspaper, television and websites and the official announcement of iPhone 4 is expected this week as well.   Spending a lot of time in airports and seeing the recent increase in road warriors toting the iPad for personal use, I’ve been searching for a senior user that is carrying one [...]

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The U.S. Census Bureau is reporting that the dependency ratio, or the number of people 65 and older to every 100 people of traditional working ages, is projected to climb rapidly from 22 in 2010 to 35 in 2030.  After 2030, however, the ratio of the aging population to the working-age population (ages 20 to [...]

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Are Carrie Bradshaw, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte eligible to be AARP members yet?  Maybe Sex and the City 3 should be more focused on sex than fashion based upon the latest AARP Sex Survey of Americans over 45 (and the tepid reviews of SATC2).  The study shows that overall sexual frequency and sexual satisfaction with [...]

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Baby Boomer women, like others in the 55+ age group, aren’t looking to leave their current homes anytime soon.  Almost 1/3 of the women respondents of a recent survey by VibrantNation.com stated that they are planning to remain in their current home over the next ten years with a similar number planning to move and [...]

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