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Welcome
to Our "Aging Workforce" & Boomers Page
With 78M Boomers in the US alone headed toward home-based
self-employment and other forms of career redirection and "active
retirement" (or no retirement at all), the impact on myriad fronts will
be enormous -- and not always certain.
Herewith some hand-picked resources to help you stay on course for a
comfortable, confident future.
Rebelliously Yours,
Chris
& Mike
Related
Sites
AARP
- "AARP is a nonprofit
membership organization of persons 50 and older dedicated to addressing
their needs and interests."
ThirdAge -
"ThirdAge Inc. is an
online media and direct marketing company focused exclusively on
serving the needs of midlife adults -- generally those in their 40s,
50s and 60s -- and those who want to build a genuine relationship with
them."
Eons - "Boom, Boom,
Boom — Have you
heard it? It’s the beat of our generation of Boomers and
Seniors - many
of us at Eons included - who want to live the biggest life possible.
Collectively, we intend to do, see, learn, and be more on the way to
the reachable goal of living to 100."
Microsoft:
Aging &
Accessible Technology - "Having trouble seeing things on your
computer screen? Around age 45 many people find their eyes start to
lose the ability to adjust their focus to see objects that are near. By
the time we reach our fifties, two-thirds of us have vision, hearing,
or dexterity impairments that will impact our use of the computer."
Aging Workforce News
- "Aging
Workforce News is an enhanced news site and blog tracking developments,
tools, and resources for managing older workers and boomers in the
workplace."
Aging
Workforce Conference - "The nation's two largest professional
associations in aging -- The American Society on Aging (ASA) and the
National Council on Aging (NCOA) -- are collaborating again to offer
the most dynamic educational conference and networking opportunity in
North America for professionals in the field of aging."
American Society on Aging
- "The
largest organization of professionals in the field of aging. Our
resources, publications, and educational opportunities are geared to
enhance the knowledge and skills of people working with older adults
and their families."
National Council on Aging
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"Founded in 1950, the National Council on Aging (NCOA) is a charitable
organization with a national network of more than 14,000 organizations
and leaders. Our members include senior centers, area agencies on
aging, adult day service centers, faith-based service organizations,
senior housing facilities, employment services, consumer groups, and
leaders from academia, business, and labor."
The
Aging Workforce Summit - "The Aging Workforce
Summit is a
two-day global conference designed to educate and motivate senior
corporate executives about the bottom-line impact of the financial and
healthcare shortfalls exacerbated by an aging workforce."
Boomers TV
- "Boomers!
Redefining Life After Fifty! is a production of Boomer Media
Properties, Inc. and is hosted by a Boomer couple, former NBC
correspondent Nancy Fernandez Mills, and her husband, Mark Mills, a
seasoned broadcast financial journalist."
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- Gordon F.
Shea and Adolf
Haasen