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BoomerOpinions survey results released this month revealed some fascinating findings about retirement prospects for my generation. Sixty percent of the nearly 400 Baby Boomers interviewed thought it was realistic they could retire within the next ten years. A quarter of those surveyed, however, expressed doubts about their immanent retirement prospects. In a recent New York Times article...

WMKV 89.3 FM ON AIR WMKVFM.ORG ON THE INTERNET “LIFE AFTER 50” COL FOR 6-27-11 ON AIR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HELLO AGAIN. THIS IS ALICE HORNBAKER FOR WMKV 89.3 FM BRINGING YOU ANOTHER “LIFE AFTER 50” COLUMN THAT IS HEARD, EXCLUSIVELY, ON WMKV 89.3 FM AND WMKVFM.ORG AROUND THE WORLD ON THE INTERNET,...

The Alice Hornbaker Show wmkvfm.org on Internet WMKV 89.3 FM Cincinnati “Life After 50” column on air 9/26/11 ajhornbaker@yahoo.com Someone recently wrote to me that when mature adults in retirement stop taking risks, they die. A bit dramatic but the point is well taken. All of our lives from young to old, we should incorporate some risks into our lifestyles. Every mature...

Medical care costs continue to rise. This fact has implications for all of us, but especially for persons of retirement age.Financial experts at Fidelity Investments advise retirees to set aside nearly $250,000 to cover medical expenses during their senior years. According to Fidelity’s analysis, projected medical costs have risen 50 percent over the past seven years. Equally troubling is the...

For some reason, I can't see a person retiring one day going into a business that demands more time and energy than what they just left. I thought the purpose of retirement is to obtain the freedoms to do what you want when you want it without having to answer to anyone (except your spouse of course!) Many of us dream of getting the boat out every day and driving to the lake to fish and dream...

WMKV 89.3 FM ON AIR WMKVFM.ORG ON THE INTERNET “LIFE AFTER 50” COL FOR 8-8-11 on AIR --------------------------------------------------------------------------- HELLO AGAIN. THIS IS ALICE HORNBAKER FOR WMKV 89.3 FM BRINGING YOU ANOTHER “LIFE AFTER 50” COLUMN THAT IS HEARD, EXCLUSIVELY, ON WMKV 89.3 FM AND WMKVFM.ORG AROUND THE WORLD ON THE INTERNET, MONDAYS AND...

ALICE HORNBAKER “Life After 50” column ON AIR wmkvfm.org and WMKVFM. 89.3 FM/Cincinnati 4-2-12 Hello again. This is Alice Hornbaker for wmkv 89.3 fm and wmkvfm.org streaming around the world in the Internet Mondays and Thursdays at 2:20 p.m. and Fridays at 8:50 a.m. and as a blog on growingbolder.com under blogs/life after 50/ajhornbaker and on Twitter, Facebook and...

ALICE HORNBAKER “Life After 50” column ON AIR wmkvfm.org and WMKVFM. 89.3 FM/Cincinnati 10-3-11 Hello again. This is Alice Hornbaker for WMKV 89.3 FM and wmkvfm.org streaming around the world in the Internet Mondays and Thursdays at 2:20 p.m. and Fridays at 8:50 a.m. and as a blog on growingbolder.com under blogs/life after 50/ajhornbaker. It is also on Twitter,...