Retirement plans
-Half of people 35 to 54 plan to retire between 60 and 69.-
USA Today 02/26
ELF News Archives
February 2003- Successful Aging: Retailer fills in gap for ‘boomers’ -
The MetLife Mature Market Institute recently published “An Updated Profile of American Baby Boomers.”
Daily Breeze 02/28
- Medicare Can't Be Reformed -
Medicare is a morally and fiscally bankrupt program.
Captialism Magazine 02/28
- Social Security’s Core Contradiction -
Social Security was a large, growing, and costly program, in a context of several programs.
Lew Rockwell 02/27
- Social Security miscue -
The administration is rushing — quietly — to give illegal aliens from Mexico Social Security benefits.
Washington Times 02/26
- Bush reworks Medicare plan -
The White House says it isn't backing away from its intention to seek major changes in Medicare, which serves 40 million elderly and disabled people.
USA Today 02/26
- Elderly patients' beds cost NHS £1m every day -
MORE than 4,000 elderly people are kept in acute hospitals in England every day because there is nowhere else for them to go.
London Times 02/24
- Longer life spans will strain health-care system -
The ranks of American senior citizens are expected to double to 71 million by 2030, going from 12 percent of the populace to 20 percent.
Daily Breeze 02/24
- Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Parkinson's Patients -
Among the new treatments for Parkinson's disease, one of the most talked-about is a high-tech device that triggers "deep brain stimulation."
New York Post 02/21
- Make those old bones stronger -
Osteoporosis can result in serious injury, and even death, in the elderly. Preventative treatment should start earlier.
London Times 02/20
Long-term nursing guidance 'shameful'
The Government's guidance on who should receive free long-term nursing is described as "shameful" by a woman who fought a landmark legal battle to secure NHS care. A report by the Health Service Ombudsman said the Government's guidance on the eligibility of patients for NHS-funded care places had been "misinterpreted and misapplied" by some health authorities. The result was that some elderly and disabled patients suffered "hardship and injustice" by wrongly being asked to pay for their care needs.
London Times 02/20
Personal Retirement Worries!
- Successful aging: Phased retirement -
I am 58 years old and have a full-time, satisfying career. The thought of abruptly retiring is unpleasant. Is there a way to make a move from full-time work to retirement easier?
Daily Breeze 02/20
- SENIOR MOMENTS: The Signs of Losing It -
Everyone jokes about "losing it," but behind the humor is a genuine fear of losing independence and control of our lives.
Benicia News 02/19
- Successful aging: the truth about aging -
We do not know definitively why we age. We do not know the causes of Alzheimer’s disease. And, unfortunately, we do not know of a politically workable public policy to address the rising costs of drugs for older adults or long-term-care issues. And there is much more.
Daily Breeze 02/13
- Congress Wary of Bush Medicare Drug Plan -
In his State of the Union address last month, Bush broached the idea of giving Medicare recipients an option for getting government help with their pharmacy bills, saying "seniors should have the choice of a health care plan that provides prescription drugs."
Las Vegas Sun 02/13
- Social Securities - - 96-year-old is last widow of a Civil War soldier - - Aging Milestone Surveillance Schemes - - Reasons Why Double Taxation Of Dividends Must Be Abolished - - Quit double-taxing seniors -
A typical male worker born in 1965 is projected to pay $195,800 in payroll taxes during his productive years, and receive only $139,600 back in Social Security benefits. Men have it bad under the present system, but women have it worse. Forty percent of unmarried women rely on Social Security for 90 percent of their retirement income, as opposed to just 29 percent of men—and the poverty rate among elderly women is twice that of men.
Nevada Journal 02/11
A friend of Alberta Martin's came calling the other day to give the 96-year-old widow news of a death.
Baltimore Sun 02/10
Surveillance from cradle to grave - ...countries in the European Union are assigning babies a unique, nine-digit medical ID number...hopefully, this won't happen to us.
Bruce Eberle - Millions of Americans 02/05
Seniors Are Disproportionately Invested in Dividends. Senior citizens own 15 percent of total income in this country, yet they own 50 percent of all dividend income. As the Congressional Budget Office notes, "senior citizens, are more likely to own stocks that pay out their income in the form of dividends." It is also important to note dividends make up a greater percentage of senior citizens income than capital gains, wages, and other income, especially for the lowest income senior citizens. Accordingly, eliminating the double taxation of dividends will significantly help seniors who depend on dividends for income during their retirement.
Americans For Tax Reform 02/05
When it comes to taxes, most of us believe that they should be as low as possible and as fair as we can make them.
Washington Times 02/04