#RetirementLiving - Issue 47 April/May 2020 April/May 2020 | Page 38

retirement & 18 R E T I R E M E N T T R E N D S OLD WHEN DOES IT BEGIN? Age – it’s just a number. So when does ‘old age’ begin? If you asked that question in the middle of the previous century, the answer would have been 60. That’s when you were expected to retire, maybe grow roses or go fishing, and wait to die. Well, things have changed.