Don’t stop creating choices for yourself Leaving work can often be a difficult decision to make. This is especially true when you have been within a certain sector for a number of years and retirement is just around the corner. For many public sector workers who are stressed and unhappy in their current role, the thought that they cannot leave because of how this will affect their retirement compounds these feelings even further. There are also those people, predominantly women, who...
Increasing life expectancy and rising retirement ages have serious implications.If you’re reading this, maybe you’re in your forties or fifties, wondering how come the career that you longed for and worked so hard for, just doesn’t light you up each morning when you think about what the day holds. Something’s holding you back. You know it’s not a lack of skills and you’ve got experience. But there’s a feeling in the pit of your stomach and it’s...
Retirement, like any other transition, has unexpected issues that coaching helps you to get through. It is a new one for many career focused people - executives, business people, middle management, professions such as police, fire, health roles where they are 'full on', pressured and demanding of time, energy and a focussed mind. How different will it be to have: (a) No pressures from outside of yourself?(b) Less demands and structure to your days and evenings?(c) Three meals a day instead of...
"May your heart always be joyful. May your song always be sung. And may you stay forever young." - Bob DylanNo matter our age in years, we can still remain young at heart. Equally, unless we are careful we can easily become old before our time. Whether or not we continue to have a youthful, enthusiastic attitude, doesn't really have much to do with the number of years we have lived. If you'd like to remain young at heart for as long as possible here are three important things to...
Official figures have revealed that whilst the majority of middle class retirees can enjoy around 13 healthy post work years – those living in deprived areas have seen the opposite trend.
Analysts from the Office for National Statistics have revealed that whilst those living in affluent areas of the country have seen a gradual increase in the length of time they can experience a normal and healthy lifestyle - those living in areas considered ‘deprived’ have seen a decline.
According to...
Whilst retirement villages may not conjure up images of glamorous or homely living, what they could offer is an ideal solution to a social care system that is currently in crisis.
Willicombe Park is a retirement village in Tunbridge Wells and is home to a number of elderly residents including Leslie and Joanne Wolfendale, both 89.
Whilst the couple may not have been thrilled to sell their family home and move to the village in the first instance, they now describe it as the best move they...
A recent survey commissioned by bank HSBC has revealed that parents are less likely to plan for their retirement than individuals without children.
The study - The Future Of Retirement: Why Family Matters - hoped to gain a better understanding of attitudes towards retirement.
The study itself involved around 17,000 participants from 17 different countries around the globe, and revealed the following notable findings:
Only 3% of Brits would like to move in with their children when...
A pioneering new scheme which helps to improve the lives of the nations older generation is to be rolled out across the country.
Southwark circle started in the London borough of Southwark back in 2009, with a primary aim of bringing older people together to do things they enjoy as well as providing them with practical support.
Membership is open to anyone over fifty and those who join will have to pay an annual fee of £20, which allows them to attend a range of social events including...
Isolated elderly individuals could find solace in a new service which helps them to utilise the world wide web.
In today's society a huge number of us could not imagine a day going by without access to the internet. From working online to staying in touch with friends and internet shopping, the world wide web makes what could be time consuming and difficult tasks easy and accessible to almost everyone.
However, despite the increasingly important role of the internet, for the elderly...
The Department for Work and Pensions has recently released figures suggesting that over a quarter of under 16's will live to see their 100th birthday.
The same statistics also revealed that approximately 11 million individuals who are alive now will eventually live to be centenarians. These 11 million are made up of the following:
-3.3 million are 16 and under.
-5.4 million are between 17 and 50.
-1.4 million are between 51 and 65.
-90,000 are over 65.
These figures have...
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