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A publication created to meet the needs of our county's mature citizens, is now in your hands. Inside you'll find information covering a wide variety of topics. Articles on communal living, personal legacies, unconventional retirement destinations and more. Also included are listings of county programs and groups that have a senior focus. Keep this guide handy — it's an invaluable resource to help you make informed decisions and determine the best options for making your senior years more reassuring and enjoyable. Senior Living is published by The Sheboygan Press. Contents of the section are for Sheboygan Press. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior consent of The Sheboygan Press. For information, contact Robin Lisowe at 920-453-5155 or email rlisowe@sheboygan.gannett.com. General Manager Lowell Johnson
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The Senior Centers in Sheboygan County are open to all people age 55 and older. Senior Centers provide opportunities for education, social events, recreation, volunteering, counseling, mentoring, and resource and referral. Educational Opportunities Workshops on ceramics and other crafts, library services-including large print books and books on tape or CD, tax preparation, financial planning, volunteer opportunities, and guest speakers on various issues of importance, including benefits, financial planning, health, and governmental issues. Recreational Activities Card playing and lessons, dart ball, bingo, tatting,
movies, intergenerational activities, dominos, billiards, table tennis, computers, and TV series production. Health and Wellness Programs Exercise classes, walking programs, yoga, blood pressure screenings, flu vaccinations, foot care, hearing aid services, swimming, water exercise, Sittercise, Body Recall, line dancing, Health Hikers, and Tai Chi. Please contact the local senior center for more specific information about programs and services available. The Senior Activity Center of Sheboygan is located at 428 Wisconsin Ave., Sheboygan. For more information about the center, please call 920.459.3290. The Plymouth Senior Center is located at 1500 Douglas Drive, Plymouth and can be reached at 920.892.4821 for additional information.
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● Alzheimer's and Other Related Dementias: Aging and Disability Resource Center, 821 N. 8th St., Sheboygan, 920-459-3095. ● Depression Support Group (Health & Hope): Mental Health America, 2020 Erie Ave., Sheboygan, 920-458-3951. Website: www.mhasheboygan.org ● Grief Partners (Bereavement Support Group): Vince Lombardi Cancer Center, 1222 N. 23rd St., Sheboygan, 920-457-6800. ● Living with Cancer (Cancer Support Group): Vince Lombardi Cancer Center, 1222 N. 23rd St., Sheboygan, 920-457-6800. ● Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Support Group: Vince Lombardi Cancer Center, 1222 N. 23rd St., Sheboygan, 920-458-4977. (Third Monday of each month at 6 p.m.).
● Parkinson's Support Group: Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center, 2629 North 7th St., Sheboygan, 1-800-972-5455 (Education and support for persons with Parkinson's, caregivers and friends). ● People Caring for People (Stroke support group): St. Nicholas Hospital, 3100 Superior Ave., Sheboygan, 920-459-4636. ● Prostate Support Group (Man to Man): St. Nicholas Hospital, 3100 Superior Ave., Sheboygan, 920-459-4745. ● Sheboygan Association of Severely Handicapped Adults: RCS Empowers, Inc., 1305 St. Clair Ave., Sheboygan, 920-458-8261. New groups continue to form, for an up-to-date list, contact the Aging and Disability Resource Center at 1-920-459-3095.
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An elderly Filipino man walks at Rizal Park, in Manila, Philippines. Much of the world is not prepared to support the ballooning population of elderly people, including many of the fastest-aging countries, according to a global study by the United Nations and an elder rights group. AP Photo/Aaron Favila 6
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World not ready for aging population KRISTEN GELINEAU | Associated Press
The world is aging so fast that most countries are not prepared to support their swelling numbers of elderly people, according to a global study by the United Nations and an elder rights group. The report ranks the social and economic well-being of elders in 91 countries, with Sweden coming out on top and Afghanistan at the bottom. It reflects what advocates for the old have been warning, with increasing urgency, for years: Nations are simply not working quickly enough to cope with a population graying faster than ever before. By the year 2050, for the first time in history, seniors over the age of 60 will outnumber children under the age of 15. Truong Tien Thao, who runs a small tea shop on the sidewalk near his home in Hanoi, Vietnam, is 65 and acutely aware that
he, like millions of others, is plunging into old age without a safety net. He wishes he could retire, but he and his 61-yearold wife depend on the $50 a month they earn from the tea shop. And so every day, Thao rises early to open the stall at 6 a.m. and works until 2 p.m., when his wife takes over until closing. “People at my age should have a rest, but I still have to work to make our ends meet,” he says, while waiting for customers at the shop, which sells green tea, cigarettes and chewing gum. “My wife and I have no pension, no health insurance. I’m scared of thinking of being sick — I don’t know how I can pay for the medical care.” Thao’s story reflects a key point in the report, which was continued on page 8
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An elderly man listens to a speaker at a political rally in New Delhi. AP Photo/Altaf Qadri
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released early to The Associated Press: Aging is an issue across the world. Perhaps surprisingly, the report shows that the fastest aging countries are developing ones, such as Jordan, Laos, Mongolia, Nicaragua and Vietnam, where the number of older people will more than triple by 2050. All ranked in the bottom half of the index. The Global AgeWatch Index (www.globalagewatch.org) was created by elder advocacy group HelpAge International and the U.N. Population Fund in part to address a lack of international data on the extent and impact of global aging. The index, released on the U.N.’s International Day of Older Persons, compiles data from the U.N., World Health Organization, World Bank and other global agencies, and analyzes income, health, education, employment and agefriendly environment in each country. The index was welcomed by elder rights advocates, who have long complained that a lack of data has thwarted their attempts to raise the issue on government agendas. “Unless you measure something, it doesn’t really exist in the minds of decision-makers,” said John Beard, Director of Ageing and Life Course for the World Health Organization. “One of
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I go to lectures and museums and the theater and those kinds of things, but I probably have to stop that soon because it gets terribly expensive. If you want to be active like me, it is hard. But to sit home and stare at the walls doesn’t cost anything." — Marianne Blomberg, 80-year-old Stockholm resident
the challenges for population aging is that we don’t even collect the data, let alone start to analyze it. ... For example, we’ve been talking about how people are living longer, but I can’t tell you people are living longer and sicker, or longer in good health.” The report fits into an increasingly complex picture of aging and what it means to the world. On the one hand, the fact that people are living longer is a testament to advances in continued on page 12
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KƵƌ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ ŽĨ DĂŶĂŐĞĚ ĂƌĞ ŝŶĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƚĞƐ Ă Team ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ ŝŶǀŽůǀŝŶŐ ĂƌĞ DĂŶĂŐĞƌƐ͕ ZE͛Ɛ͕ ĂŶĚ ,ŽŵĞ ,ĞĂůƚŚ ŝĚĞƐ͘ ^ŽůƵƟŽŶ ďĂƐĞĚ care structured around your personal needs. dŚŝƐ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ƐƚĂƌƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶͲŚŽŵĞ ĂƐƐĞƐƐŵĞŶƚ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǁĞ ůŝƐƚĞŶ͕ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐ LJŽƵƌ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶƐ͘
DĂŶĂŐĞĚ ĂƌĞ ŐŽĞƐ ďĞLJŽŶĚ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůŝŶŐ ďLJ ƉƵƫŶŐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ Ă ƉůĂŶ ŽĨ ĐĂƌĞ ŝŶ ƐĞƫŶŐ ŽƵƌ ĐĂƌĞ ƚĞĂŵ ƵƉ ĨŽƌ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ŝŶ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ LJŽƵƌ ŶĞĞĚƐ͘ dĞĂŵ ĚƌŝǀĞŶ ƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ ďĂƐĞĚ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ LJŽƵ ŝŶ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ LJŽƵƌ independence at home.
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tĞ ƉůĂŶ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŽƌĚŝŶĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌĞ ŽĨ ƐĞŶŝŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚĂůůLJ ĚŝƐĂďůĞĚ ƚŽ improve their quality of life ĂŶĚ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶĐĞ ĨŽƌ ĂƐ ůŽŶŐ ĂƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͘ tĞ ĂƌĞ ĂŶ ĂĚǀŽĐĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉĂƐƐŝŽŶĂƚĞ ŐƵĂƌĚŝĂŶ͕ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ ĂŶĚ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞĚ͕ ŽŌĞŶ ĂĐƟŶŐ ĂƐ Ă ůŝĂŝƐŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŝůLJ͘ tĞ ĐĂŶ ĂůƐŽ ŚĞůƉ ĐŽŽƌĚŝŶĂƚĞ ƌĞŝŵďƵƌƐĞŵĞŶƚ ŽƉƟŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ /ŶƐƵƌĂŶĐĞ WƌŽǀŝĚĞƌƐ͕ ^ƚĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ &ĞĚĞƌĂů ŐĞŶĐŝĞƐ͘
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WƌŽǀŝĚĞƌ ŽĨ ĐĂƌĞ ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ͕ ŝŶͲŚŽŵĞ ĐĂƌĞ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŽďŝůŝƚLJ ƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ƐĞŶŝŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚĂůůLJ ĚŝƐĂďůĞĚ͘
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ĞĚŝĐĂƟŽŶ ƐƚĂƌƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ Caregivers ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ĞŵƉůŽLJĞĞƐ part of a team͕ ŶŽƚ ƐƵďĐŽŶƚƌĂĐƚŽƌƐ͘ ĂƌĞŐŝǀĞƌƐ ǁŚŽ ŐŽ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ Ă ƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞƐ ĐŽŵƉƌĞŚĞŶƐŝǀĞ ƐĐƌĞĞŶŝŶŐ͕ ĂƐƐĞƐƐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁŝŶŐ͘ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ƚŽ ĂƐƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƵƉ ŽƵƌ ƚĞĂŵ͕ ĐĂƌŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ LJŽƵƌ ůŽǀĞĚ ŽŶĞ ĂƌĞ trustworthy, deƉĞŶĚĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ĂƫƚƵĚĞ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƚLJ ƐŬŝůůƐ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ “care that comes from the heart.”
KƵƌ DŝƐƐŝŽŶ ŝƐ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ŽƵƌ ĐůŝĞŶƚƐ dignity, respect ĂŶĚ ĐĂƌĞ ŽƉƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚĞƐƚ quality of life at home͘ DĂŬŝŶŐ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ Ăůů ĂďŽƵƚ͘ ŶƌŝĐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůŝǀĞƐ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ĐůŝĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ ŝŶĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ values of Flexibility, Compassion, dƌƵƐƚ͕ ĞƉĞŶĚĂďŝůŝƚLJ͕ dƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ /ŶŶŽǀĂƟŽŶ͘ ƌŽƵŶĚͲƚŚĞͲĐůŽĐŬ ĐĂƌĞ Žƌ ũƵƐƚ Ă ĨĞǁ ŚŽƵƌƐ ŶŽǁ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ͕ dĞŶĚĞƌ ,ĞĂƌƚƐ ĐĂŶ ĐŽŽƌĚŝŶĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ŵŽŶŝƚŽƌ Ă ĨƵůů ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝnjĞĚ ƚĞĂŵ ďĂƐĞĚ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ƚŽ ŵĞĞƚ LJŽƵƌ ŶĞĞĚƐ͘
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health care and nutrition, and advocates emphasize that the elderly should be seen not as a burden but as a resource. On the other, many countries still lack a basic social protection floor that provides income, health care and housing for their senior citizens. Afghanistan, for example, offers no pension to those not in the government. Life expectancy is 59 years for men and 61 for women, compared to a global average of 68 for men and 72 for women, according to U.N. data. That leaves Abdul Wasay struggling to survive. At 75, the former cook and blacksmith spends most of his day trying to sell toothbrushes and toothpaste on a busy street corner in Kabul’s main market. The job nets him just $6 a day — barely enough to support his wife. He can only afford to buy
meat twice a month; the family relies mainly on potatoes and curried vegetables. “It’s difficult because my knees are weak and I can’t really stand for a long time,” he says. “But what can I do? It’s even harder in winter, but I can’t afford treatment.” Although government hospitals are free, Wasay complains that they provide little treatment and hardly any medicine. He wants to stop working in three years, but is not sure his children can support him. He says many older people cannot find work because they are not strong enough to do day labor, and some resort to begging. “You have to keep working no matter how old you are — no one is rich enough to stop,” he says. “Life is very difficult.” continued on page 13
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Many governments have resisted tackling the issue partly because it is viewed as hugely complicated, negative and costly — which is not necessarily true, says Silvia Stefanoni, chief executive of HelpAge International. Japan and Germany, she says, have among the highest proportions of elders in the world, but also boast steady economies. “There’s no evidence that an aging population is a population that is economically damaged,” she says. Prosperity in itself does not guarantee protection for the old. The world’s rising economic powers — the so-called BRICS nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — rank lower in the index than some poorer countries such as Uruguay and Panama. However, the report found, wealthy nations are in general better prepared for aging than poorer ones. Sweden, where the pension system is now 100 years old, makes the top of the list because of its social support, education and health coverage, followed by Norway, Germany, the Netherlands and Canada. The United States comes in eighth. Sweden’s health system earns praise from Marianne Blomberg, an 80-year-old Stockholm resident.
“The health care system, for me, has worked extraordinarily well,” she says. “I suffer from atrial fibrillation and from the minute I call emergency until I am discharged, it is absolutely amazing. I can’t complain about anything ‹ even the food is good.” Still, even in an elder-friendly country like Sweden, aging is not without its challenges. The Swedish government has suggested people continue working beyond 65, a prospect Blomberg cautiously welcomes but warns should not be a requirement. Blomberg also criticized the nation’s finance minister, Anders Borg, for cutting taxes sharply for working Swedes but only marginally for retirees. “I go to lectures and museums and the theater and those kinds of things, but I probably have to stop that soon because it gets terribly expensive,” she says. “If you want to be active like me, it is hard. But to sit home and stare at the walls doesn’t cost anything.” Associated Press writers Malin Rising in Stockholm, Tran Van Minh in Hanoi, Vietnam, and Amir Shah in Kabul contributed to this report.
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Bill Logan doesn't know what it means to slow down. An avid cyclist and runner, Logan has been a dedicated participant in athletic competitions since his high-school days. But high school has long since passed for the 71-year-old Perry County resident who in August won the gold medal in his age group at the 2013 Duathlon World Championships in Ottawa, Canada. “What I enjoy most is seeing how far I can push my body,” Logan said. “I've made a pact with the good Lord that if he continues to bless me with good health, I'll keep training.” Pushing one's body is the central characteristic of the duathlon, which consist of a 10-kilometer run, a 25-mile bike ride, continued on page 15
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then a 5-kilometer run. The grueling event is similar a triathlon although no swimming is involved. “A biathlon is run-ride-run,” Logan said, “not swim-ride-run. For me, the hardest part is that last 5K run. My legs feel like jelly.” Originally from Lebanon, Ind., Logan said his interest in athleticism and physical fitness can be traced to his football and track-running days in high school. After Logan enrolled at Indiana University to attend college, he developed a love for cycling that has remained strong throughout the years. “I competed for four years with my fraternity team in IU's Little 500, a 50-mile bike-racing event,” he said. “It's a big deal at Indiana. We raced in front of crowds of almost 30,000 people.” After graduating from Indiana with a master's degree in health education, Logan participated in bike racing in Racine, Wis., where he was teaching junior high physical education. He also joined the United States Cycling Association and competed in about 25 races per year in the U.S. and Canada. “My wife and I would leave every Friday to go to a race,” he said. “Every weekend we were traveling somewhere.” Logan said that his most successful year in cycling came in
1971, when he tied for the best all-around rider in the U.S. “The key was to always try to finish in the top five,” Logan said. “You have to finish in the top five or it becomes really difficult to contend for best all-around.” Logan moved in 1980 to Cape Girardeau, where he began a 20-year career at Saint Francis Medical Center as a respiratory therapist and a nurse. And if his continued passion for cycling wasn't enough, Logan also became interested in running, and in 1990 he started competing in duathlons and marathons, the 26-plus mile road races. “I was about 50 when I started doing that,” he said. “For a single event like the marathon, things are kind of simple; you just run. But for a duathlon, you have to blend things together. For instance, you have to be careful about the transition time when you change from your running shoes into bike shoes and helmet, and then back into your running shoes after the bike ride.” Logan retired in 2007 after serving as fitness director at HealthPoint in Cape Girardeau, but he didn't retire from participating in duathlons around the world in countries continued on page 16
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including Spain and Switzerland. Before his triumph in the 2013 Duathlon World Championships, Logan also finished second in the 2012 world championships in Nancy, France, after he won his age group in the U.S. duathlon nationals in Tucson, Ariz. “I wasn't surprised that he continued to compete,” said Amy Sutherlin, fitness manager at HealthPoint Cape Girardeau. “He's a pretty amazing guy, and I don't see any signs of him slowing down.” Sutherlin said that in his role of fitness director at HealthPoint Cape Girardeau, Logan was always lending advice to others about duathlons and cycling. “He would do it whether it was about competitions or just one person asking questions,” she said. “He has a passion for helping others become the best they can be.” Ever busy, Logan currently is coaching a team of cyclists from St. Louis and often travels with them to their competitions. He will continue his training regimen of running and cycling five days a week, but isn't sure if he will participate in the 2014 duathlon world championships in Pontevedra, Spain. “I just don't know,” he said. “We'll have to wait and see.” ✦
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Stung by a recession that sapped investments and home values, but expressing widespread job satisfaction, older Americans appear to have accepted the reality of a retirement that comes later in life and no longer represents a complete exit from the workforce. Some 82 percent of working Americans over 50 say it is at least somewhat likely they will work for pay in retirement, according to a poll released Monday by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The survey found 47 percent of working survey respondents now expect to retire later than they previously thought and, on average, plan to call it quits at about 66, or nearly three years later than their estimate when they were 40. Men, racial minorities, parents of minor children, those earning less than $50,000 a year and those without health insurance were more likely to put off their plans. “Many people had experienced a big downward movement in their 401(k) plans, so they’re trying to make up for that period of time when they lost money,” said Olivia Mitchell, a retirement expert who teaches at the University of Pennsylvania. About three-quarters of working respondents said they have given their retirement years some or a great deal of thought. When considering factors that are very or extremely important in their retirement decisions, 78 percent cited financial needs, 75 percent said health, 68 percent their ability to do their job OCTOBER 25, 2013
and 67 percent said their need for employer benefits such as health insurance. Graphic designer Tom Sadowski, 65, of Sterling, Va., had expected to retire this year, but the recession caused his business to fail and his savings to take a hit. With four teenage daughters, he knew he had to put retirement off. “At this age, my dad had already been retired 10 years and moved to Florida,” he said. “Times are different now for most people.” Sadowski now plans to retire in about five years, but even then, he expects to do some work for pay. He notes that some of his friends without children have begun to retire, but he tries not to dwell on his shifted plans. “For a moment, maybe, I have a twinge of, ‘I wish that were me,’“ he said. “But you can’t live that way.” The shift in retirement expectations coincides with a growing trend of later-life work. Labor force participation of seniors fell for a half-century after the advent of Social Security, but began picking up in the late 1990s. Older adults are now the fastestgrowing segment of the American workforce; people 55 and up are forecast to make up one-fourth of the civilian labor force by 2020. That growth has paralleled a rising interest in retirements that are far more active than the old stereotype of moving to Florida, continued on page 18
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Though Marion’s finances are primarily what keep her working, she says she enjoys her work, in line with other survey respondents reporting exceptional job satisfaction. Nine out of 10 workers in the study said they are very or somewhat satisfied with their job. Increased lifespans and a renewed idea of when old age begins are also fueling more work among older adults. Six in 10 people said they feel younger than their age; only 6 percent said they feel older. Respondents said the average person is old at about 72. One in 5 said it depends on the person. Even so, one-third of retired survey respondents said they did not stop working by choice. The figures were higher within certain demographic groups: racial minorities, those with less formal education or lower household incomes were more likely to feel they had no option but to retire. Eight percent say they were forced from a job because of their age. In interviews, survey respondents cited health as well as layoffs followed by unsuccessful job searches. David Sandersfeld, 62, of Dayville, Ore., was laid off from his park ranger job two years ago. He had hoped to stay on the job
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until he was 70, but his search for a new job was fruitless. So almost a decade sooner than expected, he retired. “It came sooner than I was hoping,” he said. “The economy doesn’t need me, so I guess I’ll just retire.” The AP-NORC Center survey was conducted Aug. 8 through Sept. 10 by NORC at the University of Chicago, with funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which makes grants to support original research and whose Working Longer program seeks to expand understanding of work patterns of aging Americans. It involved landline and cellphone interviews in English and Spanish with 1,024 people aged 50 and older nationwide. Results from the full survey have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4.1 percentage points. Though a roughly equal share of survey participants reported feeling secure about retirement savings as feeling anxious, a significant minority gave signs of financial stress: One in 6 reported having less than $1,000 in retirement savings and 1 in 4 working respondents aren’t saving for retirement outside of Social Security. Some 12 percent of unretired people reported borrowing from a 401(k) or other retirement plan in the past
year. Though 29 percent reported at least $100,000 in savings, some find even that’s not enough. “All too often, people have a lump-sum illusion. They think, ‘I have $100,000 in my 401k,’ and they think, ‘I’m rich,’“ said Mitchell. “But it doesn’t add up to much. It certainly is not going to keep them in champagne and truffles.” Dolores Gonzalez, 57, of Coalinga, Calif., expects no luxuries in retirement. She’ll be happy if she can simply afford her $2,200 monthly mortgage payment. She used to think she would retire from teaching at 65; now she says she’ll never stop working. She had been strained by helping to support her parents. Now she has less than $200 in savings and she worries about sustaining herself in retirement when all she’ll have is a Social Security check. “A lot of people don’t save because the cost of living is so high,” she said. “Retirement is not going to be comfortable. It’s going to be hard.” Associated Press Director of Polling Jennifer Agiesta and News Survey Specialist Dennis Junius contributed to this report.
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