There are a growing number of people for whom retirement age has lost its meaning. They're staying on the job longer some for personal satisfaction, others out of necessity. Some are even working into their 90s. About 6.4 percent of Americans 75 or older, or slightly more than 1 million, were working last year. That's up from 4.7 percent a decade before, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. About 3.4 percent of Americans 80 or older were in the work force last year, up from 2.7 percent from the previous decade. Melanie Holmes, vice president of corporate affairs for Manpower Inc., an employment services company recently said that "For the first time in history, four generations are working together".
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Our expectations of the maturating population must change as we enter or near [tag]retirement[/tag] to match longer life spans we are seeing today. The health goals of this opening move are noble, but most Americans are just recognizing the alarming social and political effects of longer, healthier lives [as they [tag]retire[/tag]. It's time to start thinking of the changes biotechnology will bring to our lives and realizing that we haven't planned for what science is about to provide in our "golden years".
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