Posted by Rosie on January 18, 2010
Ok, this baby boomer now has a serious goal, live long life and keep going strong. Of course this is rather unusual so yes, I am glad to live what ever life God grants me and live it to the fullest.
I just read this story about a woman who is 107 years old in Newark, NJ. She is from Georgia, just like my mom. So, of course before I posted this I spoke to my 82 year old mom and shared the highlights. We all need encouraging.
I also hope that her senior housing complex has a full time social worker. They have been missing on a full time basis in Newark Housing complexes for a while now. Caregiving families need the advice and support when trying to keep their loved one OUT OF a nursing home for as long as they can.
This woman does have good support with her grandchildren. And it is a good reminder to us all to talk with our families to share in the support needed in caregiving. Of course I read it wishing I had had children to help me in providing support for my mom. But God has been good and when I have strength and a great homemaker life can rock.
Read this encouraging story about a 107 year old woman living in Newark, NJ. Tell me what you think. I was encouraged. Also, encourage families to sacrifice some time to visit when they can. Remember baby boomers our time is coming. Ha!
Posted by Rosie on December 12, 2008
Health is one of the main concerns of baby boomers. We are concerned about the health of our children, parents and finally ourselves. I feel that our concern for ourselves is critical if we are to help others. As a long time Community Health Educator I was excited about compiling this list. And as a caregiver and baby boomer I know that it is important to have resources that speak directly to the needs of baby boomers.
Of course not all the blogs in blog world are listed in this little list. This is just a way of “priming the pump.” (Getting the water to flow) The list is limited to baby boomer authors or sites directed to baby boomers. Note also, that all the blogs in this list are by real people. Many sites were omitted from my list although they were directed to baby boomers because they did not have an ABOUT page or information about the authors.
If any sites are included without an ABOUT page it is because I knew the author to be a live person not a robot or sales machine.
Please tell me about other blogs that are by or written for baby boomers. I hope the resources are helpful to you.
Thanks so much.
A blog on brain health by Suzanna B. Stinnett who states:
I focus on brain fitness and the power of our imagination because these are the things I relate to the most. After all, how can we innovate if our brains quit working? This is my way of keeping my community fit and engaged for the promising world I believe is now unfolding.
The author,Gregory Anne Cox was one of the early female graduates of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY. She spent 20+ years in the hospitality industry, and cooked privately for many of the country’s rich and famous. Reviews of her culinary efforts have appeared in The New York Times, Gourmet, and The San Diego Union Tribune among others. While in San Diego, Gregory helped develop and expand the first heart healthy, fresh, quick food restaurant called Daily’s Fit & Fresh.
The tag line of her site says: All a Woman Needs to Stay ,Fit, Healthy, Sassy and Sane.
Archer Pam says: My intent and purpose of this page is to share health and fitness information with you in a real and personal way. I have been a fitness professional, personal trainer, and instructor for nearly two decades. I draw from my own experence and research to write a column for our local newspaper on health and fitness.
Personal Note: She inspired me to take Zumba classes from her writings and interview I had with her which is listed on this site.
Peace with PTSD” is authored by baby boomerLady Spirit Moon Cerelli, Author, Speaker and Workshop Presenter, to assist those with PTSD, and other stress-related behavior disorders, find a comfortable place to inquire about the information available on PTSD.
The blog is authored by journalist, author and talks show host, Beverly Mahone. She is also the founder of Boomer Diva Nation.
A blog authored by baby boomer, Debbie Mormino. She promotes and shares the message of good breast health.
are both authored by baby boomer Claudia L. Meydrech, CN .She states: “I have been helping people find health through nutrition for over 22 years. After attending college, and a few years learning and teaching others about medicinal herbs, I continued my education and received my CN designation (Certified Nutritionist)…”
“… educating my patients is what I do – it’s a guiding principal to my practice. After all, it’s not my body, but yours. It’s up to each of us to take the advice we are given,
evaluate it and make the best choice for ourselves.
Our providers are merely our guides.”
Barbara C. Phillips, MN, NP
Family & Geriatric Nurse Practitioner
This is just one of a series of sites by Bob DeMarco. Be sure to visit all the sites he has providing information to any baby boomer currently providing care to their parents or other relatives.
Providing Midlife Men a Place to Breathe
Trisha provides patient empowerment, advocacy, medical consumerism and tools to navigate the dysfunction of American health care.
Just looking at the catergories tell the rest of the story. They include:
# Exercise Guidance
# Nutrition Basics
# Flat Belly Recipes
# Fat Loss Tips
# Healthy Habits
# Inspiratio
Posted by Rosie on November 22, 2008
Get ready for another cutting edge article by an inspirational baby boomer expert,James O. Armstrong.
Companies are beginning to make adjustments for older workers. This is strictly a supply and demand issue. In the United States, for example, we have approximately 78 million baby boomers, who are now in their early 40s to 62 years old; but, there are dramatically fewer Generation Xers coming up behind us.
So, here is the issue: How do we as a society encourage older men and women to stay in the workforce longer? The way a company needs to operate is to show more flexibility.
In this way, even someone after age 65, who is beginning to receive Social Security benefits, might choose to work two or three days each week, as a supplement to his Social Security benefits and/or his pension or 401(k) income.
The shortage of workers in many categories
There are many opportunities for my fellow baby boomers in our society. For example, the United States is looking at an 800,000 shortage of registered nurses in the coming years. Together with LPNs, this shortage will exceed a million nurses just in the United States. Of course, as baby boomers begin to retire, they will increasingly require more medical care.
There’s also a shortage of government workers. Plus, our society doesn’t have enough engineers or scientists. In addition, there’s a shortage of truck drivers, warehouse workers and certain types of manufacturing employees. Further, we don’t have enough technology workers in our society either.
Of course, many of these jobs require more education and/or training. Overall, we also need to be flexible in terms of the jobs we’re willing to consider and do. We also need to understand that a retail job pays 30% less than the national average. On the other hand, men and women need to know that manufacturing jobs and especially advanced manufacturing pays 30% more than the national average. So if you consider manufacturing dirty, for example, you need to rework your thinking because these are great jobs that pay well and provide excellent fringe benefits.
Our economy is basically sound
While these are challenging times, oftentimes the national media overstates the challenges we actually face. For example, some members of the national press corps have been anticipating a recession in the U.S. and Canada for the last seven years, which has not yet materialized.
Our economy in recent years in the U.S. has been a good one. In fact, the economy in the first and second quarter of 2008 has actually grown vs. contracting. Therefore, the classic definition of a recession, which equals two consecutive quarters of negative growth, has not materialized.
But, most men and women watching the major television networks or reading big city daily newspapers think exactly the opposite. These media outlets like to sensationalize a story on the negative side of the ledger, where they tend to focus on large companies which have laid off 2,000 or 3,000 people at a time. Of course, the real story relates to the hundreds of thousands of companies, which are constantly adding jobs every day to their payrolls at the rate of two or three men/women as the need presents itself.
That’s the real story in the economy, which comes from small and midsize companies adding jobs. It’s not the giant companies that might have had a downsizing or reorganization effort recently. Our society in the United States needs to get beyond this kindergarten level of economic coverage, which we so often receive from the major TV networks and the big city daily newspapers.
Also, nearly 70% of the economy in the U.S. comes from consumer purchases. We as consumers buy things because we’re confident. On the other hand, when we’re not as optimistic, we don’t buy things. Even regarding the subprime crisis in the United States, our nation is in the process of righting that excess.
People say to me, “What caused the subprime crisis in the United States?” What caused it was people that got into homes and condominiums that shouldn’t have gotten into them. That’s what caused it. You simply can’t have people moving into homes with no down payments and/or no credit checks. Now, since we’re beginning to bottom out in residential housing in many markets in the United States, this is a great time to buy a house or a condominium.
At this moment, the United States is not yet in a recession. We have experienced a devaluation of housing in many markets because this sector in our economy has been overheated. But this fact is just a part of the normal up and down cycle that takes place, whether it’s the stock market, housing or the financial community as a whole.
The NowWhatJobs.net website has resources for you
On our website, we believe that accurate information begins to take the place of our fears. NowWhatJobs.net <a href=”http://www.nowwhatjobs.net“>http://www.nowwhatjobs.net</a> targets men and women, who are baby boomers and working seniors. But, my website is especially designed to speak hope to my generation of fellow baby boomers and younger seniors, who are still actively engaged in the workforce. In fact, your best days may be yet to come.
Specifically, what I really wanted to share with our website visitors and readers was the professional insider information of a labor shortage in the U.S. and Canada and especially a skills shortage in both countries going forward vs. a labor surplus.
In other words, if we begin to think differently, then our behavior pattern will change.
I would urge people to check out the website, because there are so many different avenues that men and women can explore. The website can help people explore options in logistics, manufacturing or healthcare careers. With over 1,400 posted articles now on my website, men and women can check out information in 30 different categories.
Finally, on the NowWhatJobs.net website, we have been fortunate to have excellent cooperation from approximately 200 other websites, which run the gamut from fellow baby boomers, active seniors and other interested individuals who have collectively chosen to help us accomplish our mission at our website. In summary, there has been a mutual rowing of oars in the same direction because all of us are especially trying to help our fellow baby boomers in one way or another.
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James O. Armstrong, President of NowWhatJobs.net, Inc., <a href=”http://www.nowwhatjobs.net“>http://www.nowwhatjobs.net</a>, also serves as the Editor of NowWhatJobs.net. NowWhatJobs.net is the resource for job and career transitions for workers 40 years old and over, Baby Boomers and Active Seniors. Read NowWhatJobs.net for skills training, relocation options, job opportunities and much more. In addition, James is the author of “Now What? Discovering Your New Life and Career After 50″ and the President of James Armstrong & Associates, Inc., a media representation firm based in Suburban Chicago.
