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Best States for Retirees Who Want to Stay Healthy

New Hampshire tops the Barron's list of best US states to retire to for your health

(Newser) - A place that has plenty of sunshine, manageable taxes, and pickleball may be attractive draws for seniors seeking out their retirement oasis—hence why many Americans pack up to spend their golden years in, say, Florida or Arizona. But as Barron's points out, it's easy to forget one...

Swedes' Trial With 6-Hour Workday Getting Thumbs-Up

There are expenses involved, but workers seem happier, more productive

(Newser) - Full-time workers in the US spend an average of 47 hours a week punched in for a paycheck, according to Gallup data cited by Quartz , keeping pace with the current trend to work harder and longer. But a retirement home in Sweden has been reaping positive results from an experiment...

Veteran, 97, Booted From Senior Home

He thinks his ukulele playing may have been partially to blame

(Newser) - Until a couple weeks ago, 97-year-old Jim Farrell was entertaining fellow residents at a Napa Valley senior living facility, filling the halls with the sounds of his ukulele strums and singing, reports KTVU . But the veteran of three wars was reportedly asked to leave the Redwood Retirement Residence after he...

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