Mature Market Experts Gem Of The Day: Becoming A Wellness Sherpa

Mature Market Experts: more news and stats you can use on boomers, seniors, and the mature market - Becoming A Wellness Sherpa - The International Council On Active Aging (ICAA) recently published an article I (Tom Mann of TR Mann Consulting) wrote on marketing for fitness centers and retirement communities. Here’s a link to a [...]

Mature Market Experts Stat of The Day: 5 GRANDparent Facts You Should Know

Mature Market Experts: more news and stats you can use on boomers, seniors, and the mature market -  5 GRANDparent Facts You Should Know - (1.) The average age of a first time grandparent is only 48. As baby boomers find themselves grandparents, they’re “thinking outside the rocking chair,” reports Linda Matchan of the Boston [...]

Mature Market Experts Gem of The Day: Online Age Ghettos

Mature Market Experts: stats and news you can use on boomers, seniors, and the mature market - Online Age Ghettos
Solitude: A good place to visit, but a poor place to stay.
-Josh Billings
Words of Wellness (1991)
Edited by Joseph Sutton

Much of the conversation this year at the 6th Annual What’s Next Boomer Business Summit in Las [...]

Mature Market Experts Stat of The Day: Mature Market Experts Hits 500 Members!

Mature Market Experts: stats and news you can use on boomers, seniors, and the mature market - Mature Market Experts LinkedIn Membership Leaps Hits 500! I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the growth of our LinkedIn networking group. We are the largest networking LinkedIn group for people serving the mature market. Our group connects investors, bankers, real [...]

Mature Market Experts Stat of The Day: 2/3rds Of The Mature Market Will Need Long-Term Care

Mature Market Experts: stats and news you can use on boomers, seniors, and the mature market - 2/3rds Of The Mature Market Will Need Long-Term Care -  Did you know? Two-thirds of seniors will need some form of long-term care at some point in their lives — according to Genworth Financial’s Cost of Long-term care report. This [...]

Mature Market Experts Stat of The Day: Suburbs To See Massive Growth In Mature Market Population

Mature Market Experts: more news and stats on boomers, seniors and the mature market more often - The next decade promises massive growth of the mature market population, especially in suburbs unaccustomed to housing older people. According to the Brookings Institute, “As the first wave of baby boomers reaches age 65 in less than two [...]

Mature Market Experts Stat of The Day: State To State Migration of Mature Market Has Slowed Considerably

Mature Market Experts: more mature market news and stats more often – State To State Migration of Mature Market Has Slowed Considerably – According to the Brookings Institute, “Migration across states and metro areas has slowed considerably in the past two years due to the housing crisis and looming recession. About 4.7 million people moved [...]

Mature Market Experts Quote of The Day: Exercise As A Pill

Mature Market Experts: more mature market news and stats more often – Exercise as a pill for the mature market - “If we had a pill that contained all the benefits of exercise, it would be the most widely prescribed pill in the world!”
The late Ronald M. Davis, MD, AMA President
That quote has stuck with [...]

Mature Market Experts Gem of The Day: GRANDPARENTS ARE PROVIDING $370.7 BILLION IN FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THEIR GRANDCHILDREN

Mature Market Experts: more mature market news and stats more often - Economic Downturn Has Spurred Grandparents’ Giving - The mature market continues to utilize their financial power to support their kids. Almost two-thirds of America’s grandparents have provided financial support to their grandchildren during the last five years, 40% for general purposes and 26% [...]

Mature Market Experts Gem of The Day: The Year I Saved My (downsized) Soul: A Boomer Woman’s Search For Meaning

Mature Market Experts: more mature market news and stats more often- The Year I Saved My (downsized) Soul: A Boomer Woman’s Search For Meaning - I haven’t read it yet, but I plan on doing so soon. A friend of mine, Boomer expert and author Carol Orsborn, Ph.D., has written a book -  The Year [...]