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Baby Boomers
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Baby Boomers' Retirement Prospects: An Overview 
 This November 2003 report looks at retirement preparedness and prospects "of the baby-boom generation (people born from 1946 to 1964)." It discusses Social Security, Medicare, private pensions, retirement saving rates, savings needed for retirement, and more. A table provides summaries of retirement preparedness studies from the 1990s through 2003. From the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=4863&type=0 Topics: Communities & Groups, Finance, Jobs & Work, Seniors Last updated Feb 24, 2009 Civic Ventures
"Civic Ventures is leading the call to engage millions of baby boomers as a vital workforce for change. Through an inventive program portfolio, original research, strategic alliances, and the power of people's own life stories, Civic Ventures demonstrates the value of experience in solving serious social problems." Site features list of programs (including the Purpose Prize and Experience Corps), publications, life stories, and more. http://www.civicventures.org/ Topics: Activism, Communities & Groups Last updated Jan 20, 2009 Congressional Budget Office: Social Security and Pensions
This collection of documents from the federal budget office provides analysis, projections, and outlook on the U.S. Social Security system and other government pension topics. Features congressional testimony and papers such as "The Retirement Prospects of the Baby Boomers" and "Retirement Age and the Need for Saving." Includes documents back to 1978. http://www.cbo.gov/publications/bysubject.cfm?cat=11 Topics: Communities & Groups, Disabilities, Federal (U.S.) Government, Finance, Investing, Jobs & Work, Seniors Last updated Aug 21, 2007 It Seems Like Yesterday
An online quarterly magazine that "explores the reverberations of the post World War II population explosion in North America." Focused on the Boomers, categories are: Baby Boom Generation, the Atomic Age, the Youth Quake, and the Disco Years. There are also games, factoids, related Web links, and more. Choose the era you wish to explore, then the table of contents. Based on the PBS documentary show of the same name. http://www.itseemslikeyesterday.com/ Topics: Communities & Groups, Society & Social Science, United States History Last updated Jun 28, 2000 Reinventing Aging: Baby Boomers and Civic Engagement
This 162-page report examines volunteering, community-based efforts, and other civic engagement opportunities for the baby boom generation (people born in the United States during the later 1940s through the early 1960s). "The main message of the Report is that there is an opportunity to help boomers create a social legacy of profound importance." Opens directly into a PDF file. From the Harvard School of Public Health-MetLife Foundation Initiative on Retirement and Civic Engagement. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/chc/reinventingaging/Report.pdf Topics: Activism, Charity & Nonprofit Resources, Communities & Groups, Jobs & Work, Seniors Last updated Dec 13, 2005 SeniorJournal: Daily News for Active Senior Citizens
A searchable Web site for seniors, covering breaking news daily and featuring articles on entertainment, finances, grandparenting, healthcare, hobbies, nutrition, retirement, and travel, among other subjects. Links-Senior provides an annotated list of Web sites for senior citizens and baby boomers on aging, investing, government programs, politics, and other issues. http://www.seniorjournal.com/ Topics: Communities & Groups, Senior Health Last updated May 3, 2004 Society and Culture: Cultures and Groups (Yahoo)
Meta-Index to 20 to 50-somethings, baby boomers, cowboys, expatriates, gangs, geeks, generation x, hip hop, left-handers, naturists and nudists, rave, seniors, skinheads, slackers, tall people, and lots more. http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Cultures_and_Groups/ Topics: Communities & Groups, Musical Genres Last updated Nov 17, 2004 ThirdAge
"Third Age" refers to the "period of life following young adulthood, yet preceding 'seniorhood' and retirement, ... characterized by vital living, freedom, personal growth and enrichment." The site covers health and nutrition, relationships, financial planning, career issues, and more. Features several discussion forums. Searchable. http://www.thirdage.com/ Topics: Communities & Groups, Senior Health Last updated Jan 3, 2005 Transforming Life After 50 Institute
Website for a California "statewide initiative to inspire library innovation in redefining, engaging, creating and delivering services to our state's growing population of baby boomers." Some of the presentation and handout topics include aging, understanding the baby boom generation, lifelong learning, and innovative library programs aimed at baby boomers. Provides assessment tools, bibliography and links, and other background material. From the California State Library. http://transforminglifeafter50.org/ Topics: Communities & Groups, Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Jul 29, 2009 U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Features Special Edition: Oldest Baby Boomers Turn 60!
Facts and statistics about aging baby boomers. "In 2006, the oldest of the baby boomers, the generation born between 1946 and 1964, will turn 60 years old." Includes demographics of the Boomers, geographic distribution, the most popular baby names in 1946, social behavior of Boomers, and more. From the U.S. Census Bureau. http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006105.html Topics: Communities & Groups, Social Science, Statistics Last updated Dec 14, 2005 |
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