Baby Boomers Resources

Baby Boomers "Becoming the Butterfly" Bibliography

Books at Chelmsford

• Double your retirement income: three key strategies for building your retirement portfolio by Peter Mazonas. 2005.
• Healthy aging : a lifelong guide to your physical and spiritual well-being by Andrew Weil. 2005.
• How to care for aging parents by Virginia Morris. 2004.
• How to retire happy, wild, and free: retirement wisdom that you won't get from your financial advisor by Ernie J. Zelinski. 2004.
• IRAs, 401(k)s & other retirement plans: taking your money out by Twila Slesnick, John C. Suttle and Amy DelPo. 2002.
• Live it up without outliving your money!: 10 steps to a perfect retirement portfolio by Paul A. Merriman. 2005.
• Looking forward: an optimist's guide to retirement by Ellen Freudenheim. 2004.
• The mature mind: the positive power of the aging brain by Gene D. Cohen. 2005.
• The new retirement: the ultimate guide to the rest of your life by Jan Cullinane and Cathy Fitzgerald. 2006.
• The new rules of retirement: strategies for a secure future by Robert C. Carlson. 2005.
• The number: a completely different way to think about the rest of your life by Lee Eisenberg. 2006.
• Retire early?: make the smart choices by Steven Silbiger. 2005.
• Retire on less than you think: the New York times guide to planning your financial future by Fred Brock. 2004.
• Retire smart retire happy: finding your true path in life by Nancy K. Schlossberg. 2004.
• Retire worry-free: money-smart ways to build the nest egg you'll need by Kiplinger's personal finance magazine. 2005.
• Retirement countdown: take action now to get the life you want by David Shapiro. 2004.
• Retirement for two by Maryanne Vandervelde. 2004.
• Retiring as a career making the most of your retirement by Betsy Kyte Newman. 2003.

Books in the MVLC

• The battle for social security : from FDR's vision to Bush's gamble by Nancy Altman. 2005.
• The coming generational storm: what you need to know about America's economic future by Laurence J. Kotlikoff and Scott Burns. 2004.
• Defying age : how to think, act & stay young by Miriam Stoppard. 2004.
• Encyclopedia of aging by David J. Ekerdt. 2001.
• How to care for your parents' money while caring for your parents : the complete guide to managing your parents' financesby Sharon Burns and Raymond E. Forgue. 2003.
• How to find a job after 50: from part-time to full-time, from career moves to new careers by Betsy Cummings. 2005.
• Live long & prosper!: invest in your happiness, health, and wealth for retirement and beyond by Steven G. Vernon. 2005.
• Live longer, live better: taking care of your health after 50 by Peter Gott. 2004.
• Living well in retirement by Cynthia Yates. 2005.
• The older worker advantage: making the most of our aging workforce by Gordon F. Shea and Adolf Haasen. 2006.
• Prime time: how baby boomers will revolutionize retirement and transform America. By Marc Freedman. 1999
• Retire in style: 60 outstanding places across the USA and Canada by Warren R. Bland. 2005.
• Retirement on a shoestring by John Howells. 2004.
• Retirement places rated : what you need to know to plan the retirement you deserve by David Savageau. 2004.
• Retiring right : planning for a successful retirement by Lawrence J. Kaplan. 2003.
• The seasoned traveler : a guide for baby boomers and beyond by George Bauer. 2006.
• Social security law by Margaret C. Jasper. 2004.
• This is not your parents' retirement by Patrick Astre. 2005.
• We're not in Kansas anymore : strategies for retiring rich in a totally changed world by Walter L. Updegrave. 2004.
• What if boomers can't retire? : how to build real security, not phantom wealth by Thornton Parker. 2000.
• Yes, you can still retire comfortably! : the baby-boom retirement crisis and how to beat it by Benjamin Stein and Phil DeMuth. 2005.

Documentaries

• Acting our Age
• American Odyssey
• Bubbeh Lee and Me
• Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter
• My Mother My Father (A 2 part series)
• Small Changes by Westford filmmaker Barbara Peacock, (We don't own this one yet - we are having the filmmaker come in to speak and bring her own copy)
• The Open Road (A PBS documentary)
• Sage
• When Women Go through Menopause, Where do Men Go?

Feature films

• About Schmidt. 2002.
• Calendar Girls 2003.
• Cinema Paradiso. 2003.

Websites

• Government
• http://www.ssa.gov/retirement - Social Security Retirement Information - How should I prepare for retirement?
• http://www.ssa.gov/retire2/ - Social Security Retirement Planner - Decide When to Retire
• http://www.mass.gov - Massachusetts Resident retirement information
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• Public or Commercial (may require sign-up or viewing advertising)
• http://www.heritage.org/research/features/socialsecurity/ - Retirement Calculator from The Heritage Foundation
• http://www.aarp.org - AARP: Benefits, Advocacy and Information on Aging for People Age 50 and Over
• http://www.fool.com/Retirement - Retirement Planning articles from the Motley Fool
• http://www.forbes.com/retirement - Articles and Information on Retirement from Forbes Magazine
• http://www.retirenet.com - Resource for home buying and relocation services with information about United States builders, communities, realtors, mortgage and financial services, attorneys and title companies, moving companies, insurance, interior design and more.
• http://www.retirementwithapurpose.com - Online retirement ideas and resources for hobbies, travel ideas, health concerns and solution, good clean jokes and more.
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• Directories of Websites
• http://dmoz.org/Society/People/Generations_and_Age_Groups/Seniors/Retirement - Directory of websites related to social activities and other information for retirement
• http://dmoz.org/Home/Personal_Finance/Retirement - Directory of websites related to personal investing for and during retirement
• http://retireplan.about.com - About.com's information on retirement resources

Last updated February, 2006