Encore-related Resources
Books
New book by economics commentator and columnist for PBS website Next Avenue, Chris Farrell, gives us insight on how people are navigating the second half of life.
How to Live Forever by Encore.org CEO and President Marc Freedman tops the Wall St. Journal’s list of “Best Books of 2018 on Aging Well.” Check out one of the essays from the book published in the Wall Street Journal here!
Lively, funny, and deeply researched, This Chair Rocks traces Ashton Applewhite’s journey from apprehensive boomer to pro-aging radical, and in the process debunks myth after myth about late life. Watch her TED Talk here!
With her recent book, Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers: A retirement and aging roadmap for single and childless adults, Sara Zeff Geber brought the term “solo agers” into the national vocabulary. Find Geber's article on solo aging in Forbes Magazine here!
The Second Mountain, written by New York Times and PBS NewsHour commentator David Brooks, tells a compelling and ultimately hopeful story about the power of connection -- not just to improve our own lives, but to heal what ails us as a society. Find Marc Freedman's Washington Post review here!
June Book Recommendation!
Elderhood by Louise Aronson, MD is
"A wise and beautiful book, to be cherished by anyone who hopes to keep on growing, aging, and learning." Perri Klass, MD
Videos
These short videos provide some background on the encore movement across the United States - check regularly for updates!
All Videos
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Marc Freedman Discusses Encore Careers
How to Add Life to Longer Lives
AARP's Jane Pauley on Encore Careers
Articles
A sampling of the great articles (on health, money, work & purpose, living, caregiving, and technology) from Next Avenue, "where grown-ups keep growing," a nonprofit journalism website produced by Twin Cities PBS:
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6 Tips for Decorating the Empty Nest by Theresa Gish, August 2019
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When Retirement is a Bad Fit by Richard Eisenberg, October 2018
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You can Reinvent Yourself, No Matter Your Age by Tami Kamin Meyer, January 2019
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The New Retirement: Purpose and a Paycheck by Chris Farrell, January 2019
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The Perception vs. Reality of ‘Old’ by Connie Zweig, February 2019
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8 Policy Changes to Let Older Workers Work Longer by Chris Farrell, March 2019
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Second Acts to Profit From the Longevity Economy by Nancy Collamer, March 2019
Recent articles from a variety of sources:
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Finding Purpose in the Encore Years by Becki Cohn-Vargas, Sixty & Me, May 2019. NEW ADDITION!
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The New 50's: Far From Retirement by Marci Alboher, The New York Times, December 2018. NEW ADDITION!
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Perennials, not Millennials, will Trigger the Next Wave of Talent Retention Efforts by Corinne Purtill, Quartz at Work, December, 2018.
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Baby Boomers Led the Cult of Youth. Now We Should Heed the Wisdom of Age by Yvonne Roberts, The Guardian, December 2018.
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Uber Has Changed the World. Now it's Changing Aging, Too by Joseph F. Coughlin, PhD (Director, MIT AgeLab) for Hartford Funds, October 2018.
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The Suddenly Hot Job Market for Workers over 50 by Julie Halpert, CNBC, March 2018.
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How A Life Jolt Can Lead To Transformation by Mark Miller, Forbes, February 2018.
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Is it Time to Put Retirement Out to Pasture? by Elizabeth Mahler & John Thompson, Careering, Fall 2017.
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How Retirement Is Changing in America by Richard W. Johnson & Karen E. Smith, The Urban Institute, February 2016.
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Self-Empowered Aging by Paul Irving, Generations, Journal of the American Society on Aging, May 2015.
The following short essays on The Future of Aging published by The Milken Institute cover a variety of topics:
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Jo Ann Jenkins, CEO, AARP on Aging's Four Freedoms
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Ken Dychtwald, President & CEO, Age Wave on Five Course Corrections for a Better Future of Aging
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Linda Fried, Senior Vice President, Columbia University Medical Center on Three New Decades to Do Good
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Michael Hodin, CEO, Global Coalition on Aging on How to Make Longer Work Lives Work
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Philip Rizzo, Founding Director, Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute on Higher Education and Life Transitions: Exploration and Experimentation