In 2014, the last group of Baby Boomers celebrated their 50th birthdays, while 2016 sets its own milestone with the first group of Boomers turning 70. Does that mean the original cool kid generation will begin to slow down their notoriously active lifestyles? Heck, NO! Baby Boomers are just getting started! Naturally, there will be [...]
America Walks just released an article, PopulationShifts and Implications for Walking in the United States by Peter Tuckel, which talks about the “walking revolution” in America by measuring three different demographic shifts: 1. Aging of the baby boomers; 2. Different transportation priorities of young people; 3. Decline of the outer suburbs. These demographic shifts are affected by the changes in [...]
Remember when you always seemed to be late to the office, picking up your kids after ballet lessons and finally getting home for bed? Now, as the children have moved away and work becomes more routine, it seems as if you are becoming more punctual. Fashionably late has morphed into fifteen minutes early. Racing to [...]
Old age isn't what it used to be. "Our expectations have changed from dying at 75 to living well into our 90s and even to 100," says Robin Robertson, a gym owner and trainer in Bellingham, Wash., who specializes in fitness for those 55 and older. "We could all use tips on how to make [...]
There’s been much ado about Millennials (born early 1980s through early 2000s) lately — and for good reason; as the largest generation in the U.S., tech-savvy Millennials have essentially driven the recent evolution of hospitality (think online presence, mobile apps, social media, and personalized experiences). However, in our warranted efforts to please the young’uns, we [...]
With unprecedented disposable income, free time and a powerful desire for new experiences, the baby-boomer generation represents a growing market segment. For the next 19 years, approximately 11,000 baby boomers born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1964 will retire every day. With unprecedented disposable income, free time and a powerful desire for new experiences, [...]
Thanks to the baby boomers, who began turning 65 in 2011, the population of older Americans is expanding. By 2030, one in five Americans will be a senior citizen, nearly double the 12 percent in 2000, according to “The State of Aging and Health in America,” a 2013 special report from the U.S. Centers for [...]
Women are Choosing to Age with the Support of Friends Some say the ‘60s hippies are going back to the commune. Others call the growing number of female Baby Boomers rooming together “‘The Golden Girls’ phenomenon.” Author Martha Nelson, who at 65 is on the leading edge of a tsunami of retiring Boomers, says it’s [...]
The Global Coalition on Aging (GCOA) and Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies (TCRS) recently released a report titled "Journey to Healthy Aging: Planning for Travel in Retirement." Their research demonstrates the disconnect between the number of Americans dreaming of travel during retirement and the number saving adequately to make their dreams a reality. According to [...]
The two generations having the greatest impact on U.S. economy are the Baby Boomers and the Echo Boomers, children of Boomers, also known as Millennials. It has been suggested that Baby Boomers might be the “greatest economic force in the history of the United States,” and they are targeted to be the largest purchasing demographic [...]