Birgit Kieschnick 🦄 #B96begradigen 4d ago
"Wer in #Ostsachsen ein Haus verkaufen will, bekommt immer weniger dafür. Andreas Hausmann will nur 45.000 – und wird es trotzdem nicht los. Und die Lage spitzt sich zu. Über ein Phänomen, das die innerdeutsche Ungleichheit verschärfen wird." #Ostritz #SilverTsunami (Geschenklink 👇)

saechsische.de/politik/region...
Grassroots Economic OrganizingJul 12, 2024

This is an excellent nuts-and-bolts seminar on converting a small business to a Worker Cooperative (via @veoc )

Preserving Legacy Businesses Through Worker Cooperative Buyouts
#WorkerCoops #SilverTsunami
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mU7qSUNWsI

Preserving Legacy Businesses Through Worker Cooperative Buyouts

YouTube
Eagle Globe & FlankerJan 23, 2024
#Retirement #Peak65 #SilverTsunami https://www.cbsnews.com/news/retirement-medicare-401k-what-to-know-peak-65/
America is hitting "peak 65" in 2024 as record number of boomers reach retirement age. Here's what to know.

If you're one of the millions of Americans turning 65 this year, here's what should you know about retirement — whether you intend to continue working or not.

CBS News
Grassroots Economic OrganizingJan 4, 2024

 The Make House converted to a worker co-op when the former owner wanted to retire. Each For All radio interviewed one of the co-owners about the conversion experience and the organizations who helped them along the way. #WorkerCoops #SilverTsunami

https://eachforall.coop/the-make-house-stitching-a-co-operative-future-in-victoria-bc/

The Make House: Stitching a Co-operative Future in Victoria, BC – Each For All

Their journey is a beacon of inspiration for others in the creative sector, showcasing the transformative power of the co-operative model.

Each For All
Coach Sankhavaram ®Nov 5, 2023

“Our research estimated there were over 730,000 baby-boomer owned ‘investable’ small businesses yet almost 80% of them didn’t have a successor identified.”

- Tiku Raval #CornellMBA

#SilverTsunami https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/silver-tsunami-personal-view-tiku-raval-lpebe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&utm_campaign=share_via

Silver Tsunami - A Personal View

This past week, my dad sold a small business he had been running for over three decades. The business was a 75-room motel, but it was more than just a small business.

Karen StrickholmMar 28, 2023

This is the disgusting plate of food served for dinner here in the long term care/rehab facility where I'm currently living. And this is one of the "better" places, supposedly. How is one supposed to get better eating this crap?

#DisabilityMatters
#SilverTsunami

PhoenixSerenityMar 15, 2023

"Not only are there no #resources for #LGBTQ2S+ #seniors seeking accepting #housing , Dieckbrader says, but those who do live in #PublicFunded housing also have #NoRecourse to #report #homophobia and #transphobia from #caregivers .

While #governments across #Canada have been preparing for the “ #SilverTsunami ” for some time, little work has been done for seniors #aging into care who belong to communities with specific needs."

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/15/Vancouver-Housing-For-Queer-Seniors/

#CanPoli #QueerSeniors #Vancouver

Other Cities Have Housing for Queer Seniors. Why Not Vancouver? | The Tyee

A generation that faced intense discrimination is ‘now just trying to find a safe, affirming, affordable place to live at the end of their lives.’

The Tyee
Poetry NewsJan 31, 2023

Aging
Population, low birthrate
Swiftly shrinking nation
Silver tsunami, rising
Italy

#demographics #aging #birthrate #italy #silvertsunami #cinquain #poetry

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/30/world/europe/italy-birthrate.html

The Double Whammy Making Italy the West’s Fastest-Shrinking Nation

Italy’s population of elder Italians is soaring as its birthrate plummets, putting the country at the forefront of a global demographic trend that experts call the “silver tsunami.”

Poetry NewsJan 12, 2023

At the Geezer Happy Hour each night
The silver tsunami show their might
From the Bandstand they dance
Most over sixty-five
And have the coolest show in town that's right

#geezerhappyhour #silvertsunami #annarbor #limerick #poetry

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/style/ann-arbor-geezer-happy-hour.html

At an Ann Arbor Rock Show, Almost Everyone There Is Over 65

At the “Geezer Happy Hour,” the “silver tsunami” has been dancing for decades.

The New York Times
JzeroApr 10, 2018
Worker Co-op conversions in the Home #HealthCare sector:
https://www.homecaremag.com/april-2018/redefining-family-transfer
#coops #silvertsunami
Moving to an Employee Ownership Model

“One of the main things we lamented over in the very beginning was, if we sell the business, will the person who takes it on still carry on the same quality of business and mission that we have”? After 34 years, Linda and Gregory Coles struggled with the idea of selling their child care business to a third-party buyer. What would happen to their 67 employees and the hundreds of families they served? Would the buyer maintain the business, or sell the property for profit? There were so many unknowns.