OTHER RESOURCES
FOR THE BONUS YEARS
American Society on Aging -- The American Society on Aging is an association of diverse individuals bound by a common goal: to support the commitment and enhance the knowledge and skills of those who seek to improve the quality of life of older adults and their families.
Area Agency on Aging -- The Area Agency on Aging, Region One strives to secure, promote and provide essential services to enhance the quality of life in a diverse and changing society. We meet this challenge through advocacy, coordination, building alliances, and promoting public awareness, guided by integrity, vision, and sustained commitment.
Civic Ventures -- Civic Ventures is a think tank and an incubator, generating ideas and inventing programs to help society achieve the greatest return on experience.
Lifelong Access Libraries -- Lifelong Access Libraries is a national initiative of Americans for Libraries Council aimed at causing fundamental change in how public libraries define, create, and deliver their services to active older adults, a segment of the population that is growing rapidly across the nation.
National Council on Aging -- The National Council on Aging (NCOA) is dedicated to improving the health and independence of older persons and increasing their continuing contributions to communities, society, and future generations.
North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement -- The North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement (NCCCR) has the threefold purpose of promoting lifelong learning, leadership, and community service opportunities for retirement-aged individuals
OASIS -- OASIS is a national nonprofit educational organization designed to enhance the quality of life for mature adults. Offering challenging programs in the arts, humanities, wellness, technology and volunteer service, OASIS creates opportunities for older adults to continue their personal growth and provide meaningful service to the community.
RESOURCES FROM
BONUS YEARS SPEAKERS
Claire Berman (March 30, 2006) -- Author of Caring for Yourself While Caring for Your Aging Parents. The book is based on interviews with geriatricians, psychologists, nurses, lawyers, social workers, home aides, nursing home directors and personnel. Claire spoke to other caregivers, who shared their coping mechanisms with her. The second edition contains new information on nursing homes, with updated statistics and resources throughout.
Ellen Freudenheim (March 2, 2006) -- Ellen Freudenheim is a researcher and writer from Brooklyn, New York. Her most recent publication is Looking Forward: An Optimist’s Guide to Retirement, is a 350-page non-financial lifestyle guidebook for baby boomers and their older siblings.
Pamela Hamilton (May 11, 2006) -- Pamela Hamilton successfully made the transition from “career” to “post-career employment” and found what to do with her “Bonus Years” along the way. She shares her passionate interest in local foods and authentic ingredients via her role as publisher of Edible Phoenix. She has enjoyed living, food shopping and dining around the world. Currently a resident of Arizona, she will publish the Phoenix Food Fanatic Handbook in the summer of 2006.
Dr. Ruth Heidrich (March 2, 2006) -- Dr. Heidrich, author of Senior Fitness, is a six-time Ironman Triathlon finisher, holder of more than 900 gold medals from every distance from 100 meter dashes to 5K road races to ultramarathons and triathlons. She has completed more than 60 marathons all over the world, including Boston, New York, Moscow, and has held 3 world fitness records in her age group at the famed Cooper Clinic in Dallas, Texas.
Eleanor R. Nelson (October 12, 2006) – Retirement Is A Game: Insider Tips on How to Play is a quick-read with tips on how to make your leisure life fun. Eleanor R. Nelson, a retired Chicago Tribune reporter and an Arizona Republic columnist, writes from personal experience – more than ten years of retirement living. She shares some great suggestions and a lighter look at what it feels like to be retired.
Howard Stone (January 27, 2006) Too Young to Retire -- Welcome to 2young2retire and get ready to rock the boat instead of the rocking chair. We're turning conventional retirement planning upside down, because today while people may retire from a career, they certainly don't retire from life. The website, 2young2retire.com, Too Young to Retire (the book), and 2y2r courses will help you design a future at least as interesting as your past, possibly more so. Call it retirement if you insist -- although renaissance or renewal are more accurate, as we see it.
Linda S. Thompson (September 15, 2006) – Linda S. Thompson is president of Life Path Solutions and author of Planning for Tomorrow, a practical guidebook to getting your life in order. From organizing your paperwork to estate planning, Linda explains how and why to get it done now. In her book and through her workshops and seminars, Linda shares what she has learned as caregiver and why it is so important to take care of the business of life.
Updated: 05/22/2006
