According to H and L Office Furniture, your body needs a break. Just like you would in a workout schedule at the gym, you need to mix things up and let the worked-out muscles rest.
Switch the hand you use for the mouse. This will take a little practice at first, but your other hand can learn to use the mouse with a little training, and the break will be appreciated by the hand and wrist accustomed to doing this work.
Set up hotkeys. Many computer programs will allow users to use hotkeys instead of using a number of keystrokes. Such as using Ctrl+P to print instead of having to go through 3-4 other steps to get to the same place.
Switch your position. Take a break from typing to do some filing, sorting, or any other activity. If you do not have any such activity to complete, just take a break for the sake of getting up and moving about.
Stretch. While you are up, and if you can take a brisk walk, even if it is just around the office. It is a way to get blood flowing throughout the body and to let some muscles that have been sitting still too long get moving, while giving a break to the ones you generally use at the desk.
Think of your days work like a workout. Your body does and needs the same kinds of breaks you would give it in the gym.
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Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Keeping Older Workers Engaged
Despite worker shortages throughout North America, a recent survey by international staffing firm Express Personnel Services shows employees today want to stay on the job long-term.
The firm surveyed a cross section of 788 business owners, managers, and employees in a variety of industries throughout the U.S. on their current employment situation. A total of 143 individuals answered the question, "How long do you plan on staying with your current employer?" Nearly half, or 48 percent, say they never plan to leave.
When analyzed by age groups, respondents ages 35 to 44 and 45 to 54 echo that mentality at 54 percent and 63 percent respectively, compared to respondents ages 25 to 34 (27 percent) and 55 to 64 (29 percent).
Maybe Baby Boomers are having more fun at work and will want to continue working.
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The firm surveyed a cross section of 788 business owners, managers, and employees in a variety of industries throughout the U.S. on their current employment situation. A total of 143 individuals answered the question, "How long do you plan on staying with your current employer?" Nearly half, or 48 percent, say they never plan to leave.
When analyzed by age groups, respondents ages 35 to 44 and 45 to 54 echo that mentality at 54 percent and 63 percent respectively, compared to respondents ages 25 to 34 (27 percent) and 55 to 64 (29 percent).
Maybe Baby Boomers are having more fun at work and will want to continue working.
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Keeping Boomers Engaged with a Great Place to Work
Your employees could be smiling--and producing--more, and it doesn't have anything to do with Six Sigma or Lean Management. According to San Francisco-based Great Place To Work Institute, Inc., the happiest workforces are also some of the most successful. Speaking at the Human Resources Forum, aboard The Norwegian Dawn last week, Jennifer Robin, Ph.D., consultant for the institute, and her colleague, business development manager Meghan Johle, offered "Great Workplace" pointers:
· The best workplaces are supported by: a strong commitment from the CEO and senior management to preserve the corporate culture; a genuine belief that workers are indispensable to the success of the business; active community forums between employees and managers; and the perception of a "special and unique culture."
· At these "Great Places," everybody knows his or her responsibility and acts on it.
· If greatness still eludes you, start by focusing on what you already do well for your employees, and do more of it. If your CEO needs to be convinced to be part of the effort, figure out what he or she most likes to do. If he or she is a people person who likes to interact, explain how the plan will include regular live forums with workers.
· Show your CEO how a great office links up with profit, customer experience, and adding to the bottom line, but also point out that the advantages of a happy work environment are incalculable. "Numbers are one thing, but they are not what moves people," Robin says of making your case to management. "It's the emotion of the fundamental belief in a better way."
If we're going to keep Baby Boomers employed we need to create great places to work.
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· The best workplaces are supported by: a strong commitment from the CEO and senior management to preserve the corporate culture; a genuine belief that workers are indispensable to the success of the business; active community forums between employees and managers; and the perception of a "special and unique culture."
· At these "Great Places," everybody knows his or her responsibility and acts on it.
· If greatness still eludes you, start by focusing on what you already do well for your employees, and do more of it. If your CEO needs to be convinced to be part of the effort, figure out what he or she most likes to do. If he or she is a people person who likes to interact, explain how the plan will include regular live forums with workers.
· Show your CEO how a great office links up with profit, customer experience, and adding to the bottom line, but also point out that the advantages of a happy work environment are incalculable. "Numbers are one thing, but they are not what moves people," Robin says of making your case to management. "It's the emotion of the fundamental belief in a better way."
If we're going to keep Baby Boomers employed we need to create great places to work.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Training for Baby Boomers in Senior Management
Senior management is the least likely, of all corporate staff levels, to receive training and development, according to a survey of 2,000 human resources and training and development executives by Boston-based Novations Group. Ninety percent of first-line managers will receive training this year, but only 59 percent of senior executives will.
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Helping Companies Transition to Employee Retirement
Findings released last week by The Ken Blanchard Companies annual Corporate Issues Survey cite increased competition and escalating challenges in attracting and retaining talent as the leading organizational concern in 2007. Top employee development challenges for the year include developing managerial and supervisory skills, building customer relationship skills, and executive development.
As Baby Boomers are retiring they may want to help train new managers for their jobs.
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As Baby Boomers are retiring they may want to help train new managers for their jobs.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Older Workers Are the Next Retention Challenge
In five years, nearly 20 percent of the total US work force will be age 55 or older, up from just under 13 percent in 2000, according to forecasts from AARP.
Many older people, some already retired, want to go back into the labor pool and do jobs that are different from what they did in their earlier careers. The AARP survey found that 69 percent of people between the ages of 45 and 74 who are either working or looking for work plan to work in some capacity during their retirement. Also, 68 percent of workers between the ages of 50 and 70 who have not yet retired reported that they plan to work in some capacity into their retirement years or never retire.
Finding our true passion and pursuing it sounds like it may be possible in retirement.
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Many older people, some already retired, want to go back into the labor pool and do jobs that are different from what they did in their earlier careers. The AARP survey found that 69 percent of people between the ages of 45 and 74 who are either working or looking for work plan to work in some capacity during their retirement. Also, 68 percent of workers between the ages of 50 and 70 who have not yet retired reported that they plan to work in some capacity into their retirement years or never retire.
Finding our true passion and pursuing it sounds like it may be possible in retirement.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Do Americans Work Too Much?
Today, Americans are logging longer hours on the job than ever--more than medieval peasants. We are working ourselves to death, said the co-author of "Affluenza" and national coordinator of the "Take Back Your Time" movement.
"It's not good for our health, for our families and communities, or for our environment," said de Graaf. "We don't have to make work (the center of) our entire lives."
But many of us do. The average American works nine weeks more each year than their European counterparts, according to de Graaf's book, "Take Back Your Time."
We also have the shortest paid vacations in the industrialized world--an average of two weeks compared to the four or five weeks of paid leave many Europeans get by law. Twenty-six percent of workers take no vacation at all.
"That's pretty shocking when you understand that for vacation to do its work, to improve our health, our productivity and mental health, (studies show) you usually need at least two weeks," he said.
The toll is tangible: An annual vacation can cut a man's risk of heart attack by 30 percent and a woman's by 50 percent, he said, citing research studies. Europeans over age 55 are only half as likely to have the kinds of chronic diseases from which many Americans suffer, including heart disease and hypertension.
"We are by far the least healthy nation (among industrialized nations) and we spend twice as much on health care," he said.
Our children are paying a price, too. Unstructured, outdoor playtime is largely a thing of the past. And the number of American families eating dinner together at least four times a week is falling, from 83 percent in 1997 to 75 percent in 2004. That's crucial since researchers say the nightly ritual can help prevent teens from smoking cigarettes or marijuana, drinking alcohol, getting lower grades, suffering depression or attempting suicide.
What will happen when we retire and don't have the job to go to? We had better learn how to do something other than work now. There's no time like the present to have some fun!
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"It's not good for our health, for our families and communities, or for our environment," said de Graaf. "We don't have to make work (the center of) our entire lives."
But many of us do. The average American works nine weeks more each year than their European counterparts, according to de Graaf's book, "Take Back Your Time."
We also have the shortest paid vacations in the industrialized world--an average of two weeks compared to the four or five weeks of paid leave many Europeans get by law. Twenty-six percent of workers take no vacation at all.
"That's pretty shocking when you understand that for vacation to do its work, to improve our health, our productivity and mental health, (studies show) you usually need at least two weeks," he said.
The toll is tangible: An annual vacation can cut a man's risk of heart attack by 30 percent and a woman's by 50 percent, he said, citing research studies. Europeans over age 55 are only half as likely to have the kinds of chronic diseases from which many Americans suffer, including heart disease and hypertension.
"We are by far the least healthy nation (among industrialized nations) and we spend twice as much on health care," he said.
Our children are paying a price, too. Unstructured, outdoor playtime is largely a thing of the past. And the number of American families eating dinner together at least four times a week is falling, from 83 percent in 1997 to 75 percent in 2004. That's crucial since researchers say the nightly ritual can help prevent teens from smoking cigarettes or marijuana, drinking alcohol, getting lower grades, suffering depression or attempting suicide.
What will happen when we retire and don't have the job to go to? We had better learn how to do something other than work now. There's no time like the present to have some fun!
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Friday, April 20, 2007
The Corporate Leash
More than a quarter of us report begin so attached to our cell phones and laptops that we leave them alone only when we're asleep, according to a recent survey by career Web site Yahoo! HotJobs.
The survey also reports that 26 percent of respondents feel wireless devices keep them on a permanent corporate leash.
Some advice: set guidelines so these devices don't consume too much of your personal time, screen calls and don't check voice or e-mail on vacation. And most of all don't use wireless devices while exercising. You'll create stress instead of burning it off.
And be sure to take advantage of the good things about them and use the devices to schedule some fun and relaxation.
Although the technology will still be there when we retire, it may have less significance so we'd better find other ways to entertain ourselves.
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The survey also reports that 26 percent of respondents feel wireless devices keep them on a permanent corporate leash.
Some advice: set guidelines so these devices don't consume too much of your personal time, screen calls and don't check voice or e-mail on vacation. And most of all don't use wireless devices while exercising. You'll create stress instead of burning it off.
And be sure to take advantage of the good things about them and use the devices to schedule some fun and relaxation.
Although the technology will still be there when we retire, it may have less significance so we'd better find other ways to entertain ourselves.
Read the complete article: http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/jobseeker/tools/ept/careerArticlesPost.html?post=88
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Flexible Work Hours Lure Baby Boomers
Half-day Fridays are part of the official year-round work schedule at Chaparral Energy Inc. Employees pushed for that years ago, following a summer schedule of 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 8 a.m. to noon Friday.
Such creative work schedules are setting trends in the workplace, business futurists say. Competition to attract and retain top talent is so fierce these days that companies are considering any way they can to gain an advantage.
Netflix Inc., a Silicon Valley-based online movie rental service, doesn't even track the hours of its 350 salaried employees. Workers can vacation whenever they want.
Meanwhile, Blockbuster Inc. gives its 1,200 salaried employees at its Dallas corporate headquarters the flexibility to get in their 40 hours a week any way they choose, around the core hours of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
At Netflix Inc., "face time is irrelevant," said Steve Swasey, director of corporate communications. "Nine to five, Monday through Friday is not our culture. The thought is if employees are able to produce great quality work, who cares where they sit?"
This would certainly make a Baby Boomer want to stay employed and have fun while getting it done!
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Such creative work schedules are setting trends in the workplace, business futurists say. Competition to attract and retain top talent is so fierce these days that companies are considering any way they can to gain an advantage.
Netflix Inc., a Silicon Valley-based online movie rental service, doesn't even track the hours of its 350 salaried employees. Workers can vacation whenever they want.
Meanwhile, Blockbuster Inc. gives its 1,200 salaried employees at its Dallas corporate headquarters the flexibility to get in their 40 hours a week any way they choose, around the core hours of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
At Netflix Inc., "face time is irrelevant," said Steve Swasey, director of corporate communications. "Nine to five, Monday through Friday is not our culture. The thought is if employees are able to produce great quality work, who cares where they sit?"
This would certainly make a Baby Boomer want to stay employed and have fun while getting it done!
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Training Your Brain
Will health-minded seniors focus on keeping their minds as fit as their bodies in the years ahead? Experts are convinced that this is an up-and-coming priority for aging Baby Boomers as well as people already in their 60s, 70s and 80s.
"Over the next few years, we will see these (brain health) programs burst into the mainstream with great force," predicted Dr. Elkonon Goldberg, a clinical professor of neurology at New York University School of Medicine and co-founder of Sharp Brains, a company that evaluates and helps markets brain-fitness programs.
A growing body of scientific studies supports the trend.
The newest research comes from a large, well-designed study known as Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (known as ACTIVE), published in December in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Unlike previous studies, this one has a relatively long-term horizon. More than 2,000 healthy seniors in Baltimore; Birmingham, Ala.; Boston; Detroit; Indianapolis; and State College, Pa., were evaluated multiple times over five years.
Participants were divided into four groups. Three received special training in specific mental functions (memory, reasoning and speed of processing) and one group, with no training, served as a control.
The major finding was stunning: Relatively short training regimens - 10 sessions of 1 to 1.5 hours each over five or six weeks_improved mental functioning as long as five years later. Booster sessions helped advance these gains, and some people found it easier to perform everyday tasks, such as managing finances, after mental workouts.
"I think what this shows, conclusively, is that when healthy older people put effort into learning new things, they can improve their mental fitness," said Michael Marsiske, a member of the research team and an associate professor at the University of Florida at Gainesville. "And even if structured learning is relatively brief, you should be able to see the benefits of that learning for some time to come."
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"Over the next few years, we will see these (brain health) programs burst into the mainstream with great force," predicted Dr. Elkonon Goldberg, a clinical professor of neurology at New York University School of Medicine and co-founder of Sharp Brains, a company that evaluates and helps markets brain-fitness programs.
A growing body of scientific studies supports the trend.
The newest research comes from a large, well-designed study known as Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (known as ACTIVE), published in December in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Unlike previous studies, this one has a relatively long-term horizon. More than 2,000 healthy seniors in Baltimore; Birmingham, Ala.; Boston; Detroit; Indianapolis; and State College, Pa., were evaluated multiple times over five years.
Participants were divided into four groups. Three received special training in specific mental functions (memory, reasoning and speed of processing) and one group, with no training, served as a control.
The major finding was stunning: Relatively short training regimens - 10 sessions of 1 to 1.5 hours each over five or six weeks_improved mental functioning as long as five years later. Booster sessions helped advance these gains, and some people found it easier to perform everyday tasks, such as managing finances, after mental workouts.
"I think what this shows, conclusively, is that when healthy older people put effort into learning new things, they can improve their mental fitness," said Michael Marsiske, a member of the research team and an associate professor at the University of Florida at Gainesville. "And even if structured learning is relatively brief, you should be able to see the benefits of that learning for some time to come."
Read the complete article:
http://www.positscience.com/newsroom/news/news/020707.php
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Exercise Keeps You Cancer Free
Modern miracle drugs like tamoxifen and raloxifene routinely cut risk for breast cancer in women whose medical histories or genes make them especially vulnerable to it.
But reams of research also suggest that exercise—an activity as old as the human race—substantially reduces the odds of ever getting the disease, lengthens survival and considerably enhances quality of life for women with breast cancer.
Scientists don't completely understand why exercise is so important, but they're actively looking for answers. Roughly two thirds of all breast cancers are considered estrogen-positive; that means that the hormone estrogen fuels their growth. The rest are estrogen-negative. Many experts believe regular exercise lowers the amount of estrogen circulating through the body in the bloodstream. So for certain types of breast cancer, less estrogen equals less fuel. Exercise also pares off hormonally active fat tissue. Fat manufactures a substance called aromatase that converts hormones known as androgens to estrogen. After menopause, when the ovaries stop cranking out high levels of estrogen, this hormonal cascade becomes the major source of estrogen in a woman's body.
Recently two large, carefully designed studies suggested exercise may work through more than just hormonal mechanisms linked to estrogen. In a study published last month in the Archives of Internal Medicine, researchers speculated that exercise might affect tumor aggressiveness. The researchers found that long-term moderate or strenuous activity over a lifetime cut risk for developing estrogen-negative invasive breast cancers (though not estrogen-positive cancers). Since fewer therapies are effective against estrogen-negative cancers, that's heartening news. Some earlier research on exercise suggests it lowers risk for estrogen-positive cancers, too. Scientists are also looking beyond estrogen at the effects exercise has on insulin, leptin and certain growth factors.
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But reams of research also suggest that exercise—an activity as old as the human race—substantially reduces the odds of ever getting the disease, lengthens survival and considerably enhances quality of life for women with breast cancer.
Scientists don't completely understand why exercise is so important, but they're actively looking for answers. Roughly two thirds of all breast cancers are considered estrogen-positive; that means that the hormone estrogen fuels their growth. The rest are estrogen-negative. Many experts believe regular exercise lowers the amount of estrogen circulating through the body in the bloodstream. So for certain types of breast cancer, less estrogen equals less fuel. Exercise also pares off hormonally active fat tissue. Fat manufactures a substance called aromatase that converts hormones known as androgens to estrogen. After menopause, when the ovaries stop cranking out high levels of estrogen, this hormonal cascade becomes the major source of estrogen in a woman's body.
Recently two large, carefully designed studies suggested exercise may work through more than just hormonal mechanisms linked to estrogen. In a study published last month in the Archives of Internal Medicine, researchers speculated that exercise might affect tumor aggressiveness. The researchers found that long-term moderate or strenuous activity over a lifetime cut risk for developing estrogen-negative invasive breast cancers (though not estrogen-positive cancers). Since fewer therapies are effective against estrogen-negative cancers, that's heartening news. Some earlier research on exercise suggests it lowers risk for estrogen-positive cancers, too. Scientists are also looking beyond estrogen at the effects exercise has on insulin, leptin and certain growth factors.
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Thursday, March 22, 2007
Exercise boosts brainpower
Last week, in a landmark paper, researchers announced that they had coaxed the human brain into growing new nerve cells, a process that for decades had been thought impossible, simply by putting subjects on a three-month aerobic-workout regimen. Other scientists have found that vigorous exercise can cause older nerve cells to form dense, interconnected webs that make the brain run faster and more efficiently. And there are clues that physical activity can stave off the beginnings of Alzheimer's disease, ADHD and other cognitive disorders. No matter your age, it seems, a strong, active body is crucial for building a strong, active mind.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Making Weekends Count
Sixty-four percent of working-age Americans responding to a leisure-time survey say that, on Sunday night, they usually ask themselves "Where did the weekend go?" rather than feeling relaxed, rested, and ready for another week, as 33% do. This may be part of a general personal-time crunch. While 60% of working-age adults are satisfied with their leisure time, this number reflects a drop of 15% from 1963.
These are among the major findings of the sixth edition of The Shell Poll, an opinion survey conducted for Shell Oil Company by Peter D. Hart Research Associates. More than 1,000 American adults were polled on a wide range of time-related issues including favorite leisure activities vacation dreams and habits, the weekend, and satisfaction with work and leisure time.
Viewing television is ninth on the list of people's favorite activities, yet is fourth on the list of what people spend a lot of their time doing.
The one area in which what people want to do and what they have to do matches up is spending time with family and friends. In fact, talking or visiting with loved ones is their number-one choice of favorite activities, and it comes in second (after household chores) in the list of things they actually spend a lot of time doing on weekends.
If we don't make the weekends count when we are still working by having fun and doing what we enjoy, what will happen when we retire? We need to develop fun activities in our leisure time now!
These are among the major findings of the sixth edition of The Shell Poll, an opinion survey conducted for Shell Oil Company by Peter D. Hart Research Associates. More than 1,000 American adults were polled on a wide range of time-related issues including favorite leisure activities vacation dreams and habits, the weekend, and satisfaction with work and leisure time.
Viewing television is ninth on the list of people's favorite activities, yet is fourth on the list of what people spend a lot of their time doing.
The one area in which what people want to do and what they have to do matches up is spending time with family and friends. In fact, talking or visiting with loved ones is their number-one choice of favorite activities, and it comes in second (after household chores) in the list of things they actually spend a lot of time doing on weekends.
If we don't make the weekends count when we are still working by having fun and doing what we enjoy, what will happen when we retire? We need to develop fun activities in our leisure time now!
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Study links sense of humor, survival
By Marilyn Elias, USA TODAY
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Laugh and the world laughs with you. Even better, you might live longer, a Norwegian researcher reports.
Adults who have a sense of humor outlive those who don't find life funny, and the survival edge is particularly large for people with cancer, says Sven Svebak of the medical school at Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He released his study of about 54,000 Norwegians, tracked for seven years, at the American Psychosomatic Society meeting here.
At the start, patients filled out questionnaires on how easily they found humor in real-life situations and how important a humorous perspective was. The greater a role humor played in their lives, the greater their chances of surviving the seven years, Svebak says. Adults who scored in the top one-quarter for humor appreciation were 35% more likely to be alive than those in the bottom quarter, he says.
In a subgroup of 2,015 who had a cancer diagnosis at the start, a great sense of humor cut someone's chances of death by about 70% compared with adults with a poor sense of humor, Svebak says.
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BUDAPEST, Hungary — Laugh and the world laughs with you. Even better, you might live longer, a Norwegian researcher reports.
Adults who have a sense of humor outlive those who don't find life funny, and the survival edge is particularly large for people with cancer, says Sven Svebak of the medical school at Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He released his study of about 54,000 Norwegians, tracked for seven years, at the American Psychosomatic Society meeting here.
At the start, patients filled out questionnaires on how easily they found humor in real-life situations and how important a humorous perspective was. The greater a role humor played in their lives, the greater their chances of surviving the seven years, Svebak says. Adults who scored in the top one-quarter for humor appreciation were 35% more likely to be alive than those in the bottom quarter, he says.
In a subgroup of 2,015 who had a cancer diagnosis at the start, a great sense of humor cut someone's chances of death by about 70% compared with adults with a poor sense of humor, Svebak says.
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-03-11-health-laughter_N.htm?csp=34&POE=click-refer
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Saturday, March 10, 2007
Could Baby Boomers Be Approaching Retirement in Worse Shape Than Their Predecessors?
Americans in their early to mid-50s today report poorer health, more pain and more trouble doing everyday physical tasks than their older peers reported at the same age in years past, a recent analysis has shown. The research, published in print and online this week by the nonprofit National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), was supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), a component of the National Institutes of Health.
This new analysis provides some initial data raising the question of whether today’s pre-retirees could reach retirement age in worse shape than their predecessors, with individuals potentially in poorer health than current retirees and possibly increasing health care costs for society.
What I notice from this report is it's time to be more proactive with our leisure activities . . . get up and get moving!
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This new analysis provides some initial data raising the question of whether today’s pre-retirees could reach retirement age in worse shape than their predecessors, with individuals potentially in poorer health than current retirees and possibly increasing health care costs for society.
What I notice from this report is it's time to be more proactive with our leisure activities . . . get up and get moving!
speaker@robinthompson.com
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