Sheila Callahan has been doing practice runs of her upcoming retirement for the last decade. At least, that’s how the 63-year-old looks back on her summers since becoming a teacher. She’s spent the summer months sailing, gardening, and playing pickleball. But once the final school bell rings this year, Callahan will become a full-time retiree.
The "I’m retiring" announcement requires a lot of pre-planning that goes way beyond thinking about the financial piece of your future. No matter their financial stability or other factors, respondents to the longitudinal Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe all displayed accelerated memory decline after retirement. But there are ways to slow cognitive decline as you age.
