Good day everyone!  I'm Jeff N Marquis at the business desk. 
How many of you are having difficulty keeping up with breaking news for seniors and aging baby boomers? 
How many of you are just dying to learn what the emerging trends are for this very potent market? 
Are you dying to know what types of services and products the seniors and aging baby boomer markets are seeking?
Then, take a look at our headlines for this week.  Here you will learn about what various companies and communities are doing in order to satisfy this very virile demand, and you will also learn why seniors and aging baby boomers are choosing certain services over others and what trends they are setting.
At the business desk, I'm Jeff N Marquis along with our team wishing our Canadian neighbors a happy Canada Day and an early July 04 holiday greeting to our American readers.
 
News for retirees, aging baby boomers, and seniors

 

  County proactive with aging population
  Rosemount Town Pages - Rosemount,MN,USA
  Tompkins said even though the targeted audience is the baby-boomer generation, the county initiative will benefit everyone. Although the results of the ...
For more detail check out:
http://www.rosemounttownpages.com/articles/index.cfm?id=19791&section=News&freebie_check&CFID=48344864&CFTOKEN=82669870&jsessionid=8830c114d77644266143

 

  Encore careers give 'retirees' another chance to do their dream jobs
  Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
  But a new national survey released Wednesday found that nearly 10% of baby boomers polled are currently pursuing "work that matters in the second half of ...
For more detail check out:
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-encore19-2008jun19,0,6838928.story

 

  Appetite for learning shapes seniors' life
  The Daily Yomiuri - Osaka,Japan
  Kasahara also said that today's fresh retirees, mainly baby boomers, couldn't sit down to study amid the student movements of the late 1960s and early '70s. ...
For more detail check out:
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/language/20080619TDY14001.htm

 

  A New Measure of Income Adequacy for Older Americans Reveals Many ...
  PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria
  Baby boomers are not necessarily going to cause a 'tsunami' when they retire by swamping social support systems. Rather, boomers can use the Index to plan ...
For more detail check out:
http://www.pr-inside.com/a-new-measure-of-income-adequacy-r654266.htm

 

  Father's Day
  The News - Salem,AR,USA
  ... care workers will increase by better than 50 percent over the next 20 years as the Baby Boomers move into retirement and the older population increases. ...
For more detail check out:
http://www.areawidenews.com/story/1438522.html

 

  Be smart: Get rid of that mortgage before retirement
  Cherry Hill Courier Post - Cherry Hill,NJ,USA
  Baby boomers, the survey revealed, are in no rush to pay off their mortgages. This attitude of keeping a mortgage years or even decades into one's ...
For more detail check out:
http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080619/BUSINESS01/806190352/1003/BUSINESS

 

  The dream factory
  By Renato Zane(Renato Zane)
  Television commercials offer multiple visions of what life could be like for aging baby boomers: an active and healthy lifestyle, weight loss, carefree travel, gratification and happiness. It's dream fulfillment that can be inspiring, ...
  Zanepost -
http://zanepost.blogspot.com/

 

  As the Roads Turn Gray, Ways to Make Driving Safer
  New York Times - United States
  By TANYA MOHN IT'S called the gray tsunami, the great wave of aging baby boomers nearing retirement, making older adults the fastest growing segment of the ...
For more detail check out:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/automobiles/22OLDER.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

 

  National Grid recruits much-needed workers through program at ...
  Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
  More companies are turning to Hudson Valley Community College as a key source of new, well-trained hires, especially as more "baby boomers" hit retirement ...
For more detail check out:
http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2008/06/23/story1.html?b=1214193600%5E1652804

 

  Adult Entertainment: Nursing homes undergo makeover, redefine ...
  Columbia Missourian - Columbia,MO,USA
  Improvement is vital, as baby boomers are now retiring in droves, quickly becoming our next generation of the elderly. And average US life expectancy has ...
For more detail check out:
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2008/06/20/adult-entertainment-nursing-homes-undergo-makeover/

 

  Big Promises Bump Into Budget Realities
  Washington Post - United States
  Meanwhile, the first baby boomers started receiving Social Security checks in January. Without major policy changes, Medicare and Medicaid are projected to ...
For more detail check out:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062002889.html

 

  FH Boom Daily Digest- June 20, 2008
  Overview: "A new national survey of baby boomers shows a growing need for better communication about driving issues among adult children and their aging parents, calls for additional restrictions on their parents' driving -- whether ...
  The Boomer Blog -
http://www.theboomerblog.com/

 

  We must not be retiring about our debt to society
  Chicago Tribune - United States
  Given their numbers and accompanying voting power, Baby Boomers are well positioned to push for more benefits to prop up their living standards once they ...
For more detail check out:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-old-retirement_thinkjun22,0,302914.story

 

  Canadian seniors and baby boomers still play like kids
  Sudbury Star - Sudbury,Ontario,Canada
  In fact, the Celebrex Bowling Classic recently rolled into major cities across Canada to show seniors living in various retirement centres that the bowling ...
For more detail check out:
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1083856

 

  Keeping a mortgage in retirement limits your financial options
  Indianapolis Star - United States
  That was the finding of the Affluent Boomers at 60 survey conducted by Bell Investment Advisors. Baby boomers, the survey revealed, are in no rush to pay ...
For more detail check out:
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080622/BUSINESS/806220332/1003/BUSINESS

 

  Seniors make service focus of 'encore careers'
  Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
  But in a recent national survey, nearly 10 percent of baby boomers polled said they are pursuing work that matters in the second half of life, ...
For more detail check out:
http://www.charlotte.com/business/story/679414.html

 

  The new idea in elder care: Membership
  Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
  ... as a new model of care, but also because its aging baby boomer executives want to offer clients the kind of care options they'd want as they get older. ...
For more detail check out:
http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/20611529.html?location_refer=Commentary

 

 Too expensive to retire
  Kerrville Daily Times - Kerrville,TX,USA
  Why do seniors and baby boomers want retirement jobs? • Money — The chance to earn supplemental income is one of the main reasons people want retirement ...
For more detail check out:
http://web.dailytimes.com/story.lasso?ewcd=aed7c5aeb7532498

 

  Traumatic Brain Injuries Can Result From Senior Falls
  Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK
  Arias also points out that as more baby boomers reach retirement age, these types of injuries will increase demands on the health care system unless action ...
For more detail check out:
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/traumatic-brain-injuries-can-result-from-senior-falls,443144.shtml