The Boomer Burden: Dealing with Your Parents\' Lifetime Accumulation of Stuff

A practical guide to advise Baby Boomers how to deal with the daunting task of facing a parents' eventual passing as it relates to residential contents, heirlooms, and the often difficult family interactions and feuds that accompany them. With fascinating stories and comprehensive checklists, professional estate liquidator Julie Hall walks Baby Boomers through the often painful challenge of dividing the wealth and property of their parents' lifetime accumulation of stuff. From preparation while


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In "Lost in the Crowd, Memoir of the First Baby Boomer" Ms. Haberland tells the story of being born into a large family in Norristown, Pennsylvania. She walks the reader through the joy of her childhood in the innocent 1950's, the disappointment of relationships during the early 1960's and her total rebellion in the late 1960's and 1970's. Her lonely descent into a life of alcohol, drugs, and insanity is a journey she takes by herself and shares in easy language.


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On the Cusp of 50 (or 200+ in Dog Years)

A humorous, semi-autobiographical look back over changes in society, women's roles, and technology in the home and workplace during the past 50 years. Whatever happened to the home delivery milkman? How did you function at work before computers, voicemail, or copy machines? How much trivia do you remember from your childhood? If you are 50 years or older, reading this book will cause you to smile and exclaim: "I remember that!" If you are younger than fifty, you'll be amazed that people could (a


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Will baby boomers work more years than their parents did?

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Age Power: How the 21st Century Will Be Ruled by the New Old

In this breakthrough book, Dychtwald explains how individuals, businesses, and governments can best prepare for a new era in which the priorities of our homes and nation will be set by the needs and desires of the elderly. He surveys how each of us must make individual decisions right now to "age-proof" our lives. "Old simply isn't what it used to be," writes gerontologist Ken Dychtwald, bestselling author of Age Wave. In the 20th century, the number of Americans ages 65 and older increased fr


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The Family, the Market or the State?: Intergenerational Support Under Pressure in Ageing Societies (International Studies in Population)

This book touches upon a few of the major challenges that all modern societies will have to face in the near future: how to set up a resilient pay-as-you-go pension system; whether the current balance between expenses and revenues in social expenditure is viable in the future, and, if not, what changes need to be introduced; whether the relative well-being of the current and future cohorts of the old will be preserved, and how their standards of living compare to those experienced by the old in


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Fitness and Exercise Fun for Baby Boomers and Seniors

A series of fun exercises for all of us folks entering the advancing years category. These exercises can be practiced anytime and most anywhere with absolutely no or very little equipment. Those that do, require only minimum cost items and then that is only a matter of choice. The author has compiled and written this book with this specifically in mind and to encourage people to carry out these exercises outdoors and in the fresh air where possible. In fact, the idea is not to go anywhere near a


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Road To Retirement For Baby Boomers

This book covers the essential things you have to do to prepare for an enjoyable retirement. But how can one plan retirement without “knowing where you are going”? This is why the book deals fi rst with determining the lifestyle you want to pursue, from the many discussed.
It then emphasizes the importance of taking any necessary steps to get your health in good condition to enjoy that lifestyle, including exercise and diet regimes. Following this, the book explains how to evaluate your


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