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Week of July 3, 2009

All Aboard!

Oceanic Retirement Communities of America (ORCA) has started taking reservations for a program that will allow seniors to own a condo on a private residential cruise ship that also provides both the Independent and Assisted Living accommodations typically found in land-based facilities. (more)

Ain't Retirement Grand?

Ain't retirement grand? That's the exact musical question Gil Perlroth is asking in his 23rd and latest musical production, which finished a run earlier this month at the Venue Theatre in Pinellas Park, Florida. (more)

Fraud Squad

Retirement Living TV (RLTV) has announced the acquisition of an innovative, gripping series called "Fraud Squad TV." (more)

Seven Do’s in Retirement 

Marshall Goldsmith, whose blog entry "Brett Favre and the Difficult Art of Retiring Successfully" appeared last August on the Harvard Business Review's Web site. Rather than sitting around doing nothing in retirement, Goldsmith said, would-be retirees should (more)

The Average Length of Retirement

An Age Index

John Shoven, economist and director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research contends: "We can't continue the practice that we've had in the 20th century, where all of your extra life expectancy is retirement." (more)

Losing Interest in Phased Retirement

About a year ago, almost half of the 140 midsize and large employers surveyed by consulting firm Hewitt Associates had some type of phased-retirement arrangement, and almost 40% of businesses were interested in establishing one. Since then, (more)

Home as a Castle of Wealth or Debt?

As today’s economic environment puts pressure on older homeowners to find new sources of retirement income and stretch their savings, growing numbers are starting to tap their housing wealth, using home-equity loans or reverse mortgages. However, with little guidance, (more)

Un-developing Excess Income

The Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) has adopted a new policy to clamp down on pension excesses, after state officials reprimanded the city agency for paying its employees salaries that violated legal limits on post-retirement income. (more)

Princeton’s Incentivized Retirement Program

Princeton University has announced a voluntary incentivized retirement program to offset current retirement disincentives in the economy.  (more)

Retirement Home Vacancies in Montreal

Montreal-area seniors' residences are struggling with high vacancy rates. (more)

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