Over 76 million people between the ages of 65 and 70 years old are making the decision to continue to work or retire. The factors that contribute to professional women's employability after age 65 who continue to work are important to understand. Many women as they approach age 65 may want to know this information as once you retire, it may be…

As a concept in gerontology, gender appears as lists of traits learned through socialization when theorized at all. I argue for a framework that theorizes the intersections of relations of gender inequality with those of age. This framework holds that men and women gain resources and bear responsibilities, in relation to one another, by virtue of…

The oldest of the baby boomers (boomers) were age 63 in 2009 and on the verge of retirement. This cohort has had a history of making societal changes throughout its life cycle, and it is unlikely that retirement, as we know it, will remain unscathed. This article highlights two events--the Stonewall Inn riots and two prominent professional…

Voluntary and nonvoluntary retirees were compared to determine individual factors that led to a voluntary or nonvoluntary decision to retire and impact of that decision on retirement attitudes and satisfaction. Health status and preretirement feelings about retirement were more significant predictors of retirement attitudes and satisfaction than…

The authors estimate a retirement equation with multiple outcome categories to show, first, that self-reported partial retirement is relatively common among White males aged 58 to 69. Second, results from retirement equations specified with dichotomous dependent variables are shown to be sensitive to whether the partially retired are categorized…

Reviews the writings of a Roman aristocrat named Pliny the Younger to look at aging and the aged during the Roman Empire. Attitudes about the aged, the aging process, multigenerational upbringing, and retirement, among other topics, are discussed and illustrated. (Author/JAC)

Thirty-two sources in gerontology, located at the University of Rhode Island Library, are listed in this annotated bibliography as well as some interdisciplinary sources. This bibliography contains material published as recently as 1996 and includes annotations of an "Older Americans Almanac," bibliographies, a biographical dictionary,…

Examines three theoretical perspectives relative to prediction of life satisfaction following retirement. Hypotheses derived from crisis, continuity, and consistency theories were examined with regard to pre- and post-retirement satisfaction scores of 114 male respondents. In general, expectational disconfirmations relative to retirement did not…

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine racial/ethnic differences in the relationship between functional disability and the use of health care services in a nationally representative sample of older adults by using the Andersen behavioral model of health services utilization. Design and Methods: The study used 12 years of longitudinal…

This article discusses the responsibilities of health educators to the elderly and to community understanding of the aging process. (JS)

This document presents a report on the Nisei Retirement Planning Conference. First, a history of the organization of the conference is provided. Then, a series of working papers on the Nisei and retirement are given. These papers address issues such as the following: 1) retirement as a national concern, 2) general retirement issues (physical…

Examines the relationship between the preretirement life-style of adult men, and both the degree of planning for the retirement years and the decision to retire early. Socioeconomic status, health, involvement in expressive-type organizations, job satisfaction, and degree of leisure orientation were associated with preretirement attitudes. (Author)

Persons facing retirement quite often do not know how to use their leisure time; their interests and abilities are so diversified that it is difficult to form community programs for them and more research and thought is needed to help them in coping with this problem. (JD)

Variation in temporal experience among the aged has been found to be a function of a number of variables. The sociological and phenomenological literature suggest two as being of crucial importance: work and retirement, and health and illness. These were investigated in this study. (Author)