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Let’s All Stop Trying to Be Young Forever
MARC AGRONIN: What is one element of growing older that has surprised me? The new normal. A friend once related to me that when his mother moved into an assisted-living facility, her first complaint...
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Seven Tips for Older People Looking for a Job
NATALIE CAINE: “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”—Anne Frank It is challenging to keep motivated when work seems unavailable. Here are a...
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How I Deal With the Stiffness of Aging
BUD HEBELER: OK, now I have to admit to growing older—but I’m still young at heart and ski over 70 days a year even though I am 81 and counting. I was well prepared for retirement and had a financial...
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Bob Kerrey: Make Social Security Payouts More Progressive
The scaffolding surrounding the U.S.Capitol Dome on Capitol Hill is pictured in Washington, D.C. in 2014. Reuters BOB KERREY: What one policy should Washington pass to benefit older Americans in 2015?...
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The Unexpected Joys of Aging
The author, with her husband, in Paris. Alicia Munnell ALICIA MUNNELL: When I was younger—looking at older people who had brown spots on their hands, wrinkles on their face, and gray in their hair—I...
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Why Older Job Seekers Must Have an Online Presence
MARC AGRONIN: What one tip would I give to older Americans who are currently out of work, but who would like to find full-time employment? Manage your digital footprint. I had a good laugh recently...
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A Crucial Résumé Tip for Seniors Looking for Work
WILLIAM REICHENSTEIN: What one tip would I give to older Americans who are currently out of work, but who would like to find full-time employment? Tailor your résumé for the job opening in question. I...
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Five Ways to Control the Aging Process
MADDY DYCHTWALD: What is one element of growing older that has surprised me? Control. You may think you don’t have much, but all of us have more control than we think in terms of our own aging...
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The Case for a National ‘Legacy Corps’
A man waves the American flag in January 2015. Associated Pres MARC FREEDMAN: What one policy should Washington pass to benefit older Americans in 2015? We should create a new Legacy Corps, a policy...
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A Game Plan for Seeking Work Later in Life
iStock BUD HEBELER: The first step for older Americans looking for full-time employment is to take drastic steps to cut spending. It’s too easy to buy things on credit, which only makes the problem...
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When Helping Retirees Hurts Everyone Else
WILLIAM BERNSTEIN: What one policy should Washington pass to benefit older Americans in 2015? In general, we’re already doing far too much for retired people, who are consuming so much public funding...
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What Social Security Needs: Dependability
WILLIAM REICHENSTEIN: Social Security benefits are the major source of retirement income for most Americans. Washington should reform Social Security in 2015, so that older Americans can know what...
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How People Misread Their Social Security Benefit Statements
Getty Images JIM BLANKENSHIP: For many, Social Security benefits will play a significant role in the retirement income scheme. The problem is that the Social Security system is hard to understand–it’s...
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Looking for a Second Career? Try Before You Buy.
MARC FREEDMAN: What one tip would I give to older Americans who are currently out of work, but who would like to find full-time employment? Embrace action. When determining how to move into new kinds...
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It’s Time to Give Family Caregivers a Break
MOLLY METTLER: As a gerontologist by affinity and training, I wish I owned a special “geri-magic wand.” With a tap and a wave, this device could be employed to put into a motion a whole host of...
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The Economic Argument for More Aid to the Elderly Poor
iStock KAREN LINCOLN: A rising tide lifts all boats. This idiom, typically referring to the economy, suggests that a good outcome will benefit all. There has been much debate about whether economic...
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A Humane Alternative to Physician-Assisted Suicide
iStock MARC AGRONIN: Since the inception of Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act in 1994, approximately 750 individuals having taken their own lives with the assistance of a physician, representing 60% to...
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Older and Out of Work? Here’s What to Do.
British actor Sir Michael Caine (R) and his wife Shakira Caine (L) arrive for the European premiere of ‘Interstellar’ in Leicester Square in London last year. European Pressphoto Agency PAUL IRVING:...
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Physician-Assisted Suicide? Every Case Is Different.
BUD HEBELER: What do I find to be the most compelling argument—either for or against—the expansion of physician-assisted suicide in the U.S.? Both a family and the attending physician must take into...
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How Congress Can Avoid Future Generational Warfare
MARTIN FROST: The greatest fear that many people who have just become seniors have is that Social Security and Medicare benefits will be reduced during their lifetimes, which they assume will span...
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