TCU symposium focuses on healthy aging for baby boomers (Fort Worth Business Press)
Jennie Chin Hansen knows some people cringe when they turn 50 and see an invitation to join the AARP in their mailbox. AARP, a nonprofit organization with 40 million members, represents people over the age of 50 and was founded in 1958.

Retirement on hold (Jefferson City News Tribune)
WASHINGTON (AP) - In these scary economic times, older workers are putting off their retirement and hanging on to a paycheck. Some retirees struggling to make ends meet are scanning help-wanted ads for the first time in years.

Movement grows in planning end-of-life strategy (Columbia Daily Tribune)
Kathe Ward could see that her mother was slipping away. Suffering from advanced Alzheimer's, the 77-year-old passed her days in a nursing home bed, unable to speak, sit up or control her bowels.