Am I Old? July 2010

July 01, 2010 By Susan Hoskins
Our culture is extremely anti-aging.  Whole industries thrive on removing wrinkles and folds. Elderhostel changed its name to Exploritas to get “elder” out of the image.  People won’t come to a program at PSRC because it is a “senior center”, which conjures images of old people sitting around waiting for lunch (clearly they have not visited PSRC).   Boomers are especially prone to age-denial.   Most have no plan to retire at all and 25 million have saved less than $1000. They do everything they can to avoid anything related to aging.  Read more...