A Tropical Island Retirement - A Resource Guide
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A Tropical Island Retirement By Noreen Whysel LIS 652 Information Services and Resources Professor Brooke Watkins
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I created a research guide for my LIS course on Information Services and Resources. Since I was coming to the end of a very jam-packed semester and also was recovering from a rather brutal respiratory virus, I decided to do my project on tropical island retirement. As it happens it was not all dreams of leisure. There are a number of legal, financial and psychological considerations around retiring, whether your destination includes the tropics or not.
Transcript of A Tropical Island Retirement - A Resource Guide
A Tropical Island Retirement
By Noreen WhyselLIS 652 Information Services and ResourcesProfessor Brooke Watkins
Overview
What is Retirement?
Who Retires?
Which Island?
What to Do on Your Island?
How Would You Meet People?
What Are Some Benefits and Restrictions?
Are You Ready to Retire?
What is Retirement?
Various definitions of retirement may indicate differing expectations of what retired life entails.
Understanding what retirement means can help a patron decide if they are ready and what to expect.
Definitions: What is Retirement?
Definitions: What is an Island?
Definitions: What is Tropical?
Additional Context
Retirement as a Career Stage“Workers face new choices as they approach the retirement stage of their careers….[F]ew blue-collar workers choose to stay at the job beyond the customary retirement age of 65. Instead, an increasing number of workers retire and then take part-time jobs. This trend may be caused by the early retirement incentives many firms offer to employees. The practice has also contributed to the growing number of older workers who are employed on a part-time basis.”
Source: industrial relations. (2013). In Britannica Online.
Additional Context
Notes on Aging (human aging)“I retired from active teaching at Harvard 22 years ago, when I was 68 years old. This was more formal than real…. [A]fter “retirement” the university—faculty, students, and functions—continued to require of me about the same effort as it had previously. Much work for somewhat less money. I thought I would have more time for writing; retirement made little difference.”
Source: Notes on Aging. (2013). In Britannica Online.
Who Retires?
Demographics of Retired Populations Average Age at Retirement Average Income and Net Worth Marital Status Disability Status Educational Background
Sources Alamanacs Statistical Abstracts
Who Retires?
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Gale General OneFile
Google Search
United Nations, World Health Organization
Urban Institute, NYC Department for the Aging
Academic Research (Scopus, ISI Web of Knowledge, Google Scholar)
Demographics: Who Retires?
Source: U.S. Census
Who Retires?
Clark, D. E., Knapp, T. A., & White, N. E. (1996). Personal and location-specific characteristics and elderly interstate migration. Growth and Change, 27(3), 327-351. Retrieved from www.scopus.com
Le Serre, D. (2008). Who is the senior consumer for the tourism industry? Amfiteatru Economic, 10(SUPPL. 2), 195-207. Retrieved from www.scopus.com
Smith, K. & Toder, E. (November 2005). “Changing demographics of the retired population,” Older American’s economic security. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute.
Which Island?
Where? Is the patron looking anywhere in the world or must the
island be in the United States? The United States has tropical island territories in the
Caribbean, South Pacific, as well as the state of Hawaii and many islands in southern continental States.
Geographic Resources Maps Travel Guides Travelogues
Which Island?
Frommer’s, Fodor’s, Lonely Planet
Visitor Guides and Regional Newspapers
Statistical Abstract of the United States
USGS National Atlas Physical geography U.S. territorial acquisitions
Gale General OneFile
Which Island?
Access to services Assisted versus independent living Medical care Future needs
Resources Retirement Living Information Center AssistedLivingFacilities.com Care.com State departments on aging and housing
What To Do?
Travel Guides
Local Newspapers and Visitor guides Gale Directory of Newspapers and Broadcast Media Gale InfoTrac Newsstand Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages Locally produced visitor guides and community papers
How to Meet People?
Event listings
Alumni Associations
Trade Associations ALA Chapters American Library Directory
Benefits & Restrictions?
Retirement Income Social Security Investments Medicare
Retirement Expenses Housing Expenses Living Expenses Health Expenses Recreation, Entertainment
Benefits & Restrictions?
General Resources Encyclopedia of Retirement (2003)
U.S. Resources USA.gov Social Security Administration Department of Labor Banks and Financial Planning consultants
International Resources EmbassyWorld.com Foreign Government Resources on the Web (U of Michigan)
Source: Guide to Reference
Are You Ready to Retire?
Emotional and Financial Preparation“…older people are increasingly being forced into retirement before their productive years are over, causing problems in their psychological adaptations to old age. Retirement is not regarded unfavourably in all instances, but its economic limitations tend to further remove older people from the realm of influence and raise problems in the extended use of leisure time and housing. As a consequence, financial preparation for retirement has become an increased concern for individuals and society. ”
Source: old age. (2013). In Britannica Online.
Are You Ready to Retire?
Emotional Preparation Visualization
Read fiction and non-fiction books about island living Look at maps and video travelogues to plot out activities
Financial Preparation Web Calculators - Cost of Living IRS Guides to Retirement and Living Abroad
Legal Preparation Foreign embassies Wills
Thank You!
Download the research guide at:
http://www.whysel.com/pratt/652/tropical-island-retirement.docx
Noreen Whysel
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