Creative Partnerships That Endure: Fonda and Tomlin
Uniquely Understanding Boomers and Gen X
“When we age we shed many skins: ego, arrogance, dominance, pessimism, rudeness,selfish, uncaring…Not bad, eh?”
– Stephen Richards
When Jane Fonda met Lily Tomlin: Creative partnerships that have stood the test of time
When these two first worked together it was love, spats, splits and enduring affinity. These two have co-starred in three films and a TV show, from “9 to 5” (1980) to “80 for Brady” (2023). Lean into their conversation and admiration of each other.
From Florida (where else?). Baby Boomer Sex
Used to be, old people sat on porches, back when it was harder to get old, anyway. If they did manage to reach old age, they frequently lived in the homes of their children, where privacy may have been defined differently than it is these days. What about baby boomers today, none of whom are young anymore? What happens when they retreat behind closed doors? Do these oldies, self-touted as the generation of “free love,” actually share physical intimacy, also known as sex? “Guess what?” says Patricia Horwell, a freelance editor based in Sarasota County.
“We do it.” The Happy Reality.
Wait to take those Social Security benefits if you can
The largest and final cohort of the baby boom generation — 30.4 million Americans — will turn 65 by 2030. And more than half of that group will rely primarily on Social Security for income, according to new research from the Alliance for Lifetime Income. When to claim Social Security retirement benefits is a high-stakes decision. Generally, the longer you wait, the larger your monthly checks will be.
The myth of men’s full-time employment
Men’s employment in the U.S. reached a 20-year high in 2023, with nearly 90% of men ages 25 to 54 in the workforce, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This supports the broad expectation—some might say, stereotype—that full-time employment is the norm for American men. Yet, examining employment at a single point in time leaves out important information about whether people are able to maintain stable work. Our recent study of male baby boomers’ working lives—spanning more than two decades—tells a very different story.
Do we simply not care about old people?
In the last week of 2023 and the first two weeks of 2024 alone, 4,810 people 65 and older lost their lives to covid — a group that would fill more than 10 large airliners — according to data provided by the CDC. But the alarm that would attend plane crashes is notably absent. (During the same period, the flu killed an additional 1,201 seniors, and RSV killed 126.)
“It boggles my mind that there isn’t more outrage,” said Alice Bonner, 66, senior adviser for aging at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. “I’m at the point where I want to say, ‘What the heck? Why aren’t people responding and doing more for older adults?’”
It’s a good question. Do we simply not care?
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