Researchers polling boomers who showed up at Thursday’s event say the group approaches aging much differently than their parents.

NEW YORK — Marshall Kahn attends a gym with yoga, tai chi and Pilates classes, weight training and treadmills. It also has a driving simulator, where members can keep their skills from deteriorating.

An aging baby boom generation that’s already seen Led Zeppelin’s “Rock and Roll” used to sell Cadillacs now finds itself being enticed into retirement communities by the Beatles.

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Britain’s second-biggest insurer, Prudential, is on the lookout for bolt-on acquisitions in the United States but prices for targets are too high, the head of its U.S. arm said on Thursday.

Unlike similar-looking Personal Emergency Response Systems that only place an anonymous call to 911, the ClearCall medical alarm button will activate the Alert One monitored medical alarm service and connect the user with a highly trained emergency operator 24/7/365. ClearCall users may then speak directly into the button they are wearing - without moving. ClearCall can be used to answer incoming …

Renaissance Mortgage Corporation of Salem, New Hampshire, will be sponsoring a seminar by Douglas R. Andrew, author of the best-selling “Missed Fortune 101″ and “The Last Chance Millionaire,” on Thursday, June 28. Andrew will be speaking at The Newton Marriott in Newton, Mass., from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (PRWeb Jun 21, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: …

Unlike similar-looking Personal Emergency Response Systems that only place an anonymous call to 911, the ClearCall medical alarm button will activate the Alert One monitored medical alarm service and connect the user with a highly trained emergency operator 24/7/365.

In sharp contrast to their US counterparts, Britain’s baby boomers are not yet ready to embrace positive ageing, it seems.

In sharp contrast to their US counterparts, Britain’s baby boomers are not yet ready to embrace positive ageing, it seems. Launched last May with investment of £5m, Heyday, a membership organisation aimed at the over-50s, was “a step too far too fast”, its parent and backer, Age Concern, admits.

In the U.S. alone nearly 78 million baby boomers will be hitting retirement in the coming years. Corporations are waking up to the fact that they will face a serious shortage of skilled labor as the next generation of workers is significantly smaller.

Overweight. Arthritic. Plagued by heart disease. As years of good living catch up with them, Britain’s middle-aged baby boomers are the first generation to be in worse health than their parents

If you were born between 1946 and 1964, cheer up — you’re eligible to receive a free T-shirt on Thursday.

As the eldest members of the nation’s largest generation move headlong toward retirement age, many baby boomers are changing jobs or starting their own businesses at an age at which their parents and grandparents were winding down - not ramping up.

For years, the wealthy have bought second homes to use as vacation retreats and benefit from the appreciation of the property. Increasingly, middle class families are looking more seriously at the second home market - especially baby boomers who want to line up a home now for retirement later.