Episode 16:5 Susan Williams on Helping Older Adults Live Better, Longer

The Founder of Booming Encore talks about how the digital media hub provides information and resources to help people design and live their best later life.

About Susan

Susan Williams is the Founder of Booming Encore – a digital media hub dedicated to providing information and inspiration to help people create and live their best later life. Susan is also the co-author of the book, Retirement Heaven or Hell: Which Will You Choose? and contributor to the book, Longevity Lifestyle by Design. Susan frequently writes and publicly speaks about the opportunities and challenges related to aging, retirement, and longevity.

Key Takeaways

• Older adults are choosing “slash careers” instead of retirement. An example is business analyst/dog walker
• We need to retire the word retirement. As people are living beyond standard life expectancy the whole concept of retirement is being questioned from a societal and personal perspective. Retirement means to withdraw, to pull back.
• Age-tech like wearables and sensors are being developed to support the 90% of people who want to age in their homes.