Tag: retirement
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Preparing for the Final Exam of Life
Recently, I was taken aback by being asked to deliver the memorial eulogy for our departed classmates at our upcoming 50th year High School Reunion. Why me, I asked? Isn’t there a Priest or Rabbi in our class who is used to doing something like this? That question not only did not seem to matter…
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Public pensions need to evolve
The Ontario Teachers Pension Plan recently released a new documentary on the sustainability of pension plans titled “Pension Plan (ev e looSHen).” It presents interviews with practitioners and experts from Canada, the United States, and The Netherlands. The tone and conclusions of the film really resonated with me. The theme of the documentary is that…
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Are You Still Working?
Though a newcomer to the blogosphere, Over 65 has already attracted media attention. A few weeks ago, a network news staffer contacted The Hastings Center trying to find a woman over 65 who is still working for an interview the following day. Susan Gilbert, Hastings public affairs and communications manager, contacted me that night and…
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After Retirement: One Path
After a 40-year career as a clinical psychologist, I retired from active practice in 2006. I had been cutting back gradually but my decision to do so completely wasn’t easy.
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Retiring and Rechilding
“You’re not a psychiatrist anymore,” my wife has told me over and over since I retired from clinical practice on June 30, 2012, our 44th wedding anniversary. For a while, I kept protesting that conclusion. Wasn’t I writing as a psychiatrist more and more? Still presenting papers? Still serving on professional boards? Surely, not seeing…
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Do Boomers Threaten Young Workers’ Jobs?
As life expectancy increases and the retirement income system contracts, households face an enormous challenge in ensuring a secure retirement. Working longer is the best way to increase retirement incomes. But some suggest that more work by older persons reduces the job opportunities for younger persons.