Due to a severe loss of housing wealth from 2007 to 2016, a new report from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College suggests that Hispanic households … more New Report Suggests Hispanic Households Face Difficult Retirements
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Resources for Reporters and Interested Professionals
The National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association has compiled statistics and research on aging and retirement topics to assist with your article on reverse mortgages. You can also find … more Resources for Reporters and Interested Professionals
Harvard: Over Half of U.S. Households Now Headed by Someone 50+
More than half of American households are now headed by someone 50 or over and the living arrangements, financial resources, health, and functional abilities of those households will … more Harvard: Over Half of U.S. Households Now Headed by Someone 50+
Census Bureau Publishes New Data on 65+ Population
Using 2016 American Community Survey one-year data, the U.S. Census Bureau published a new report – The Population 65 Years and Older in the United States – and … more Census Bureau Publishes New Data on 65+ Population
Tough Retirement Realities for Baby Boomers
According to a new report from the Stanford Center for Longevity, titled Seeing Our Way to Financial Security in the Age of Longevity, Baby Boomers have accrued less … more Tough Retirement Realities for Baby Boomers
Important Social Security and Medicare Information
This is the time of year when seniors get some key numbers that will affect their pocketbooks in 2019: Social Security announces its cost-of-living adjustment, and Medicare releases … more Important Social Security and Medicare Information
Health of Medicare Better, But Challenges Persist
The headline from the 2018 Medicare Trustees Report was that the program’s Hospital Insurance trust fund will run out of money in 2026, three years earlier than was estimated last … more Health of Medicare Better, But Challenges Persist
AP: Working Past 65? It’s Easier to Do If You Graduated College
Close to one in five Americans who are 65 and older are still working, the highest percentage in more than half a century. However, people who did not … more AP: Working Past 65? It’s Easier to Do If You Graduated College
Transamerica: Retirement Security Has Improved Since Pre-Recession Levels
While many American workers and employers are still recovering from the Great Recession, a new report from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies, A Retirement Security Retrospective: 2007 … more Transamerica: Retirement Security Has Improved Since Pre-Recession Levels
Modernizing Social Security: Widow Benefits
In the third of a series of reports on modernizing Social Security, the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College published an Issue in Brief that advocates for … more Modernizing Social Security: Widow Benefits