We used to be known as the Baby Boomer Generation. It’s a bit difficult to call ourselves anything with the word Baby, as the oldest of us approach retirement age.
Today we’re just called Boomers but that is changing.
We have our own children and grandchildren below us and we have our parents above us. That’s 3 generations and we have become the Sandwich Generation.
People are living longer thanks to better and healthier practices, and they are more active than ever before. Not unexpectedly, younger people tend to have the perception that getting older happens at a younger age than seniors tend to believe.
A national survey completed by the Pew Research Center to gauge Americans views on aging:
People over the age of 50 tended to answer the survey that they felt as if they were 10 years younger;
- 50 is the new 40.
- one third of people 65 to 74 said they felt 10-19 years younger, at 74 they feel like 55
- and one sixth of people over 75 felt 20 years younger. Pick an age- at 80 they feel like 60.
- Interestingly, people under 30 typically said 60 marks the time when old age starts.
- On average, people believed that old age begins around 68, but surprisingly few people over 65 agreed – they believed old age began at 75.
Age is just a number, right?
