From finding and starting a new job or career to financial planning during retirement, older Americans face a unique set of challenges when it comes to financial security, jobs, and opportunity. In partnership with Next Avenue, public media’s first and only national journalism service for America’s booming older population, find stories here about older Americans, jobs, poverty, and economic opportunity.
By Kerry Hannon Entrepreneurship and Personal Finance Expert (Read all of Next Avenue’s COVID-19 coverage geared toward keeping older generations informed, safe and prepared.) The coronavirus outbreak, we know, is a health crisis and a national economic crisis. It’s also, for many Americans, a…
By Christina N. Harrington Assistant Professor, Encore Public Voices Fellow (Read all of Next Avenue’s COVID-19 coverage geared toward keeping older generations informed, safe and prepared.) Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick recently said that he and other older Americans would be willing to…
By Rosie Wolf Williams (Read all of Next Avenue’s COVID-19 coverage geared toward keeping older generations informed, safe and prepared.) Millions of Americans have been instructed by their employers to work from home due to the coronavirus pandemic. But what if your boss…
By Chris Farrell Unretirement Expert (Read all of Next Avenue’s COVID-19 coverage geared toward keeping older generations informed, safe and prepared.) Tired of 60- to 70-hour work weeks, Dr. Debra Caroli planned on retiring April 1, 2020. She recently decided to embrace…
By Nancy Collamer Work & Purpose Blogger (Read all of Next Avenue’s COVID-19 coverage geared toward keeping older generations informed, safe and prepared.) As the coronavirus crisis escalates, layoffs are sadly mounting. Last week, 3.28 million Americans filed for unemployment, the highest number of initial…
By Ashton Applewhite 2016 Influencer of the Year (Read all of Next Avenue’s COVID-19 coverage geared toward keeping older generations informed, safe and prepared.) Across caregiving and community, business and intergenerational attitudes, the pandemic and how we respond to it could change us…
By Richard Eisenberg Money & Work Editor (Read all of Next Avenue’s COVID-19 coverage geared toward keeping older generations informed, safe and prepared.) Millions of Americans were wound tighter than a rubber band due to work stress before the coronavirus crisis.…
By Richard Eisenberg Money & Work Editor Part of the THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW SPECIAL REPORT With the coronavirus spread, I’ve seen a rush of companies telling employees to work from home, including Microsoft, Facebook, and Amazon. Long…
By Richard Eisenberg There’s bad news and so-so news about the retirement insecurity of American female workers in the new Aegon Retirement Readiness Survey 2019. But the good news is that if employers, the U.S. government, financial advisers and those workers…
By Richard Eisenberg Sixty percent of Americans have at least one chronic disease, such as heart disease or diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Chronic diseases are even more common among older, low-income adults and minorities. But…
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