The definition of "retirement" is changing with the boomers, just like everything else that generation has done. Call it a new version of outsourcing. For an early career business administrator or an understaffed business office, there are jobs--often projects--that simply do not get done. The projects require time and expertise that…

The concluding year of a lengthy career in school administration carries its share of emotional highs and lows. For those leaving the superintendency, it's also an opportunity to reflect on professional accomplishments, the chance to recount one's tangible impact on the lives of hundreds of fellow educators and thousands of school-age children…

Older people with a lifelong disability, such as intellectual disability, face significant barriers to enjoying "active ageing" as they transition into retirement. Active ageing involves enhancement of quality of life through optimising the health, participation, and security of individuals and populations (World Health Organization [WHO], 2002).…

Presents some myths and assumptions about aging and older adults. Describes the content of current preretirement education programs. (Canadian Home Economics Association, 151 Slater Street, Suite 805, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5H3.) (SK)

Discusses why education for older persons needs to be given much higher priority than it now has. (JOW)

Suggests five steps to help plan for retirement: (1) start planning for a retirement home; (2) launch a retirement business now; (3) maximize 401(k) contributions; (4) be informed about 401(k); and (5) create an "event" timeline for college, weddings, and other expensive items. (JOW)

Notes the growth of preretirement programs as an employment benefit and describes a variety of programs provided by different types of companies. (SK)

Points out that retirement planning seminars often are designed to impart the economic and pragmatic aspects while neglecting feelings that accompany this and other major life transitions. Indicates that consideration must be given to the social and psychological implications of retirement. (JOW)

The author discusses the difficulties in developing retirement planning programs for farmers. Topics include farmers' attitudes toward work, and the unexpected retirees. The author gives suggestions to extension personnel for dealing with this issue. (CT)

Companies offering 401(k) plans should provide education so that employees are able to make informed investment decisions. Companies that do not may be held liable. They must also be careful to provide information, not financial advice. (SK)

Interviews conducted in 1994 with policy experts and researchers and from focus groups of adults aged 40-48 regarding the future work and retirement needs of baby boomers found that many adults are anxious but unable to plan for a financially secure future. (Author/JOW)

Studies on retirement reporting that, compared to people not retired, recent retirees exhibited less income, more physical and mental illness, lower self-esteem, and less life satisfaction have been challenged and new findings have been revealed by longitudinal studies using data from large samples. It appears that perhaps the way individuals…

The author outlines the dimensions of the retirement boom in Australia and the cost implications of the changing population structure. He also discusses preretirement education (PRE) in Australia and the centralized information and planning of PRE. Finally, he uses American data to provide market background for a discussion of new activities. (CT)

Preretirement planning is examined from several different points of view: a representative from the American Association of Retired Persons, an employee services supervisor with a utility company, a manager of employee training, a vice-president of a bank, and a personal planning strategist. (CT)

One important area of activities for which retiring workers could be prepared is undoubtedly that which lies in the field of social services in which trade unions everywhere are increasingly engaged. (SSH)