Tag: Gerontology Institute

Two suitcases in the airport departure lounge,

“It’s important to make new connections and friends as you get older,” the retired Boston public school teacher, who is single, said during a recent webinar on “productive aging” organized by the University of Massachusetts, Boston.  Even if O’Connor goes to one of the organized events by herself, she said she doesn’t feel like she’s…

older woman looking out the window

Half of older households fall below 200 percent of poverty. Recently, I was appointed to the Governor’s Council to Address Aging in Massachusetts.  The Council has a broad mandate, but I’m an economist so I care about whether older people in Massachusetts have enough money.  Apparently they do not: Massachusetts ranks among the worst in…