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 The Living to 100 Life Expectancy Calculator uses the most current and carefully researched medical and scientific data in order to estimate how old you will live to be. Most people score in their late eighties... how about you?

The calculator asks you 40 quick questions related to your health and family history, and takes about 10 minutes to complete.

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Senior Exercise and Fitness Tips--5 Myths about Exercise and Older Adults

How to Gain Energy and Feel Stronger

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Thinking about how to begin a fitness routine? Good for you! As you grow older, leading an active lifestyle is more important than ever. Regular exercise helps seniors maintain health, boost energy, and improve

confidence.
The good news is—no matter your age, your health, or your fitness level—you can benefit from moving more. Whether you are generally healthy or are managing an illness, there are big and small ways to get more active and boost your fitness level. Read more

10 Signs of Alzheimer's

Memory loss that disrupts daily life is not a typical part of aging. It may be a symptom of Alzheimer's, a fatal brain disease that causes a slow decline in memory, thinking and reasoning skills. Every individual may experience one or more of these signs in different degrees. If you notice any of them, please see a doctor. Learn how Alzheimer's affects the brain and take the Brain Tour.

Senior Living: Sleep Sliding Away

by Maria LaPiana

Ann R. of Fairfied was just on the other side of 50 when she first became aware of her sleep. It happened while she was awake.
“I noticed I was dragging all day. I had no energy, and had to take a nap every single day,” she remembers. “It got so I didn’t want to run errands and I started avoiding people because I was too tired to talk to anyone. It got worse. I found I was eating all the wrong things just for the sugar boost.”
It wasn’t until Ann started snoring (“My husband told me it was getting louder but I didn’t believe it until I started waking myself up during the night”) that she put two and too-little sleep together.
She saw her primary care physician and was tested “for all kinds of things—anemia, low blood sugar, etc.” But when those tests all came back negative, they began to explore the possibility that she might have a sleep disorder. Consequently, she saw a specialist who performed a series of diagnostic tests, including overnight observation in a sleep “lab.”

 http://www.connecticutmag.com/Connecticut-Magazine/August-2011/Senior-Living-Sleep-Sliding-Away/

How retirees spend their days

Watching television is the second-most-popular activity -- after sleeping.

Many people dream about how they will spend the eight or more extra hours per day they will have once they no longer need to go to work. However, Americans between ages 65 and 74 spend only about 1.7 more hours per day on leisure activities than the population as a whole, according to the most recent American Time Use Survey, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics last week.

Instead, most older Americans spend their extra free time lingering slightly longer over everyday activities like meals and household chores, and they watch considerably more TV than the population as a whole. Here is how Americans spend their time in retirement:

http://money.msn.com/saving-money-tips/post.aspx?post=cd3ede34-5e49-45ef-992a-856a547fa87c

Growing Efforts to Address the State's Aging Population

Connecticut’s infrastructure isn’t the only thing that’s aging. According to the AARP Public Policy Institute, 19.6 percent of Connecticut’s population is between 50 and 64 years old. Those aged 65 to 84 comprise 11.8 percent of its population — slightly higher than the national average of 11 percent. And 2.6 percent of the state’s population is 85 and older, compared with 2 percent of the United States for the same age group.

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Thoughts on Retirement

There are many views about retirement. Here are some of them.
Edited by Peter J. O’Connell, Editorial & Research Associate

The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off. –Abe Lemons

When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his colleagues generally present him with a watch. –R.C. Sherriff

O, blest retirement! friend to life’s decline—
How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these.
A youth of labor with a life of ease!
--Oliver Goldsmith

The challenge of retirement is how to spend time without spending money. –Anonymous

Retirement is wonderful. It’s doing nothing without getting caught at it. –Gene Perret

Don’t simply retire from something; have something to retire to. –Harry Emerson Fosdick

There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want.—Bill Watterson

Retirement without the love of letters is a living burial. —Seneca

Retire from work, but not from life. –M.K. Soni

Retirement is like a long vacation in Las Vegas. The goal is to enjoy it to the fullest, but not so full that you run out of money. –Jonathan Clements

Retirement at 65 is ridiculous. When I was 65, I still had pimples. –George Burns
Retirement is the ugliest word in the language. –Ernest Hemingway

The best time to start thinking about your retirement is before the boss does. –Anonymous

The key to retirement is to find joy in the little things. –Susan Miller

Enjoy every retirement day as if it were your last, and one day you will be right about it. –Anonymous

Retirement, when every day is Saturday! –Anonymous

I’m not retiring from life, just a job. –Anonymous

Retirement: World’s longest coffee break. –Anonymous

Retirement is wonderful if you have two essentials—much to live on and much to live for. –Anonymous

Retirement: When you stop lying about your age and start lying about the house. –Anonymous

The worst thing about retirement is having to drink coffee on your own time. –Anonymous

When some people retire, it’s going to be mighty hard to tell the difference. --Anonymous

The question isn’t at what age I want to retire; it’s at what income. –George Foreman

One of the problems of retirement is that it gives more time to read about the problems of retirement. --Anonymous

There is a whole new kind of life ahead, full of experiences just waiting to happen. Some call it “retirement.” I call it “bliss.” –Betty Sullivan

An elegant sufficiency, content,
Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books,
Ease and alternate labour, useful life,
Progressive virtue and approving heaven!
--James Thomson

There’s one thing I always wanted to do before I quit—retire! –Groucho Marx

Retirement is a time to make the inner journey and come face to face with your flaws, failures, prejudices, and all the factors that generate thoughts of unhappiness. Retirement is not a time to sleep, but a time to awaken to the beauty of the world around you and the joy that comes when you cast out all the negative elements that cause confusion and turmoil in your mind and allow serenity to prevail. –Howard Salzman

As in all successful ventures, the foundation of a good retirement is planning. –Earl Nightingale

These are some views of retirement. What are yours?