The word “retirement” doesn’t always evoke the most positive images. Many tend to think only of people getting older and receding from the workforce. Michael Clinton, 70, noticed this when he retired ...

In the old days, when people retired, 30 or 40 years of service to a company was often rewarded with a gold watch. Today it’s more likely to be a gold alarm clock, so those employees can get ...

In 2003 I retired from the corporate world. Everybody was happy except for my wife since I was about to invade her space at home like a horde of marauding Huns. But my retirement wasn't to be like ...

Whether it's going back to work part time, moving in with roommates or making do with less, older Americans are getting creative about retirement. People share their retirement, 401k, Social ...

In the new book, “Golden Years: How Americans Invented and Reinvented Old Age,” James Chappel, an associate professor of history at Duke University and a senior fellow at the Duke Aging Center, looks ...

The median retirement account balance is about $100,000; most middle-class people need $600,000. No wonder there are about 39 million workers 55 and older in the U.S. Workers 75 and older are the ...

But in reality, most workers are far from reaching that goal — and there's a significant chunk of older people who are nearing their golden years without a penny in retirement savings. About 27% ...

People age 65 and older make up the fastest-growing group of workers in the U.S. Some want to work; some have to work — and their numbers are changing how we view retirement.

But while a 65-year-old is more likely to apply for a desk job or remote work than something that requires heavy lifting, said Monique Morrissey, a senior economist specializing in retirement ...

With song parodies along the lines of "I Can't See Clearly Now" and "I Won't Survive," the Retirement Village People aims for laughs about the "inconveniences of getting older." They performed Nov ...