Some seniors moving toward a more purposeful retirement

Published January 18, 2007 5:00am ET



Is “retirement” now a dirty word?

With some 36 million (12 percent of the population) longer-living Americans already over age 65, half of whom have an annual household income of $108,000 or more and 20 percent of whom have at leasta college degree, the challenge, according to some, is not just financial provision for one?s golden years but “passion provision.”

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