Your Retirement Living Connection

By Marc Freedman
Published by Public Affairs Book
Review by Stephen Winbaum
Communications Coordinator - RetirementHomes.com

Encore, by Marc Freedman, is a work in progress.  Following the Baby Boomer generation into its approaching retirement years, it posits a return to an earlier attraction with social justice as second careers. 

Baby Boomers are an experimental generation compared to the relatively no-nonsense parents who engendered them; parents who observed and lived through the Great Depression and the Second World War. This earlier generation grew to value the calm of the 50s and then to nurture the largest generation in American history.

From -- I DRIVE SAFELY 

In over half the United States, there are state laws mandating insurance discounts for citizens over a certain age. Are you eligible to receive an insurance premium discount? That depends on a lot of things, including:

• Your insurance company. By far, the most important variable is the company that insures you. Every rule is set by these companies, ultimately, and they have some flexibility in how they offer their discounts.

By Kelly Malick

Many people mistakenly believe that hearing aids will solve all of their woes and make everything around them sound perfectly clear. The truth is that hearing devices make it easier for one to communicate with one's friends and family, but they are corrective devices like eyeglasses and cannot completely cure hearing loss. What they can do, however, is help maximize one's hearing ability and improve one's quality of life greatly. It is simply important to know what to realistically expect to get the most out of your hearing aids.