Baby Boomer Conference April 2 Reinvents What Retirement Means

Avenidas ‘Boomer University’ Features Nine Breakout Sessions to Help Answer Questions on Goal Setting, Finding New Passions, Reassessing Housing and Funding Prosperous Retirements

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- If you are part of the first Baby Boomer segment from 1946-1954, you are facing a new arena of life formerly known as “retirement.” If you are part of the second wave of Boomers from 1955-1964, you are dealing with being in the “sandwich generation.” Either way, you probably aren’t sure how to navigate this new territory. Instead of letting doubts and fears write the next chapter of your life, take a proactive approach by attending a new conference from Avenidas called “Boomer University: Mapping Out Your Future," co-presented by the City of Palo Alto.

“Avenidas Boomer University isn't Basket Weaving 101, it is Reinventing Retirement 2.0!" said Kari Martell, Avenidas vice president of marketing and communications. "Today's retirement isn't the same as our father's retirement, so that's why Baby Boomers need this conference, the first of its kind in Silicon Valley, to truly reframe their perceptions and discover what an exciting time retirement can be!,” added Martell.

The keynote speaker is Bart Astor, author of 12 books and an expert in life’s transitions who has appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America, PBS’s Marketplace and Ric Edelman’s The Truth About Money. Astor's talk, “Those Were the Days, My Friend,” will lead attendees to reflect on who they are, where they came from, and what their future holds by thoughtfully weaving in music and stories.

Attendees will have their choice of three out of nine breakout sessions in the following tracks: “Reimagining Your Possibilities,” “Loving Where You Live” and “Financing Your Dreams.” Workshops in the first track will help attendees with meaningful goal setting and purposefully finding their passion, while those in the second track will have attendees reassessing where they lay their head. The final track will focus on funding all their new plans.

Conference attendees will receive a box lunch, get the chance to meet with service providers, and enter raffle prize drawings.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
8:30am—9:00am:
Registration. Coffee and orange juice provided by Home Care Assistance. Visit sponsor booths
to win prizes.

9-9:45am: Keynote: “Those Were the Days, My Friend!”Bart Astor, expert in life’s transitions and author of 12 books. By weaving in music and stories,
Bart will lead people to reflect on who they are, where they came from, and what their future
holds.

10-11:15am: Session 1
Attendees choose one of three workshops:

Sponsors:

City of Palo Alto

Nancy Goldcamp

Home Care Assistance

Care Indeed

Home Instead Senior Care

Harrell Remodeling

Senior Seasons

Next Stage University

Matched Caregivers

Alcara

Seniors at Home

Webster House

About Avenidas:

Avenidas is a non-profit organization that offers tools for positive aging to people and their families on the mid-Peninsula. The organization runs a community center in downtown Palo Alto, a dual-licensed facility in Mountain View that provides adult day care and adult day health care called Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center, and an aging-in-place membership program, Avenidas Village.

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Avenidas

Kari Martell, 650-289-5427

kmartell@avenidas.org

Source: Avenidas