Saturday, July 19, 2014

Survey: Life's Regrets Can Shape Your Later Years

Voices tinged with regret are echoing in the minds of many aging Americans today who know that getting older offers fewer opportunities for "do-overs" to course-correct their lives.
And now, findings from a new nationally representative survey, exclusive to USA TODAY, suggest that while some do have regrets, many older adults also have some lessons to offer those who are younger — and aging, as well.
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When asked about a preselected list of steps they wish they had taken "to plan and prepare for your senior years," the most-cited responses illustrate just how regret also plays a role in getting older. Among them are saving more money and making better investments, taking better care of health and staying closer with family. Of the respondents, 17% said "none of the above."
"When we get older, people do a life review. They begin to think 'I shoulda done this or saved more money or spent more time with the kids.' At some point, you get to the realization that we're not going to live forever," says Louis Primavera, a psychologist at the private, New York City-based Touro College.
The survey, a joint effort by the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, the National Council on Aging, UnitedHealthcare and USA TODAY, included responses from 1,000 adults 60 and older and a comparison group of 1,027, ages 18-59. Of the older group, two-thirds were 60-74.
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