The lifestyle concept of Personal Major Events is proposed as a measure to predict reactions to retirement. Findings suggest a negative relationship between the work proportion of personal major events and adjustment to retirement. A positive relationship between the family proportion and enjoyment of and prior attitudes toward retirement…

This paper describes a retirement planning program designed by four educational institutions in Calgary, Alberta and presents the program workshops that offered participants the basics of finance, health, and lifestyle, along with living arrangements, relationship changes, the aging process, community resources, and consumer affairs. Teaching…

This volume contains 19 papers that were presented at a conference addressing critical issues related to employment options for older persons. They are arranged in four sections that cover early retirement policies and their implications; older workers of Asia and the Pacific; the impact of technological change on the employment prospects of older…