Sloan Center: "Engaged as We Age: The End of Retirement as We Know It?"

The Sloan Center on Aging & Work at Boston College has published an issue brief by Jacquelyn B. James, Elyssa Besen, Christina Matz-Costa & Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes titled "Engaged as We Age: The End of Retirement as We Know it?"  From the introduction:

"In this issue brief, we explore:

What are some of the old assumptions and expectations about aging?

• To what extent are these assumptions and expectations the reality

for older adults?

What are some of the new views of aging (Successful Aging and

Productive Aging)?

• What are the critiques of these views?

What are the benefits of a revised conceptual model:

Engaged as We Age?

• Are we witnessing the end of retirement "as we know it"?"