By: Jocelyn Schwalm Retiring at the age of 30 seems like a luxury limited to young heirs who’ve managed to inherit millions of dollars from their wealthy parents. However, for this particular blogger, inheritance wasn’t a necessity for success. In…
Forget the senior citizen center – grandmas are spending retirement at the casino
BY: Victoria Heath The year I turned 21, my dad took me to the Hollywood Casino & Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. I had actually been to a casino before during a family vacation to Las Vegas a few years…
This retirement home is giving students free rent in exchange for their company
BY: ALEX BROWN There is a largely untapped symbiotic relationship that can exist between youth and the elderly—most fail to see across the cultural and social chasm that separates the two worlds by means of a few decades. Yet research…
Sex, alcohol and golf carts: the hedonistic Disneyland for old folks
BY: JESSICA BEUKER There is a gated community in Florida where 100,000 residents roam freely in an area the size of Manhattan. There are no cars or trucks – instead everyone cruises around in golf carts, many of which have…