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    Not the Retiring Type

    by Carolyn Kortge

     

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    Find “Not the Retiring Type” in
    The Register-Guard Newspaper
    the third Sunday of each month. Look for it here, a day or two later.

    Articles on Aging

    Expertise on Aging Hits Close to Home

    May 11, 2014

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    The Register-Guard, Eugene, OR

    Keeping old folks young kept John Rude active and motivated for more than 30 years.

               

    As founder of a Eugene consulting firm committed to “changing the perceptions of aging in America,” Rude found himself in1981 at the forefront of a movement born on a wave of retirees not ready for rocking chairs. Thirty years later, it is a movement still in its formative years. 

     

    “The youth focus in Western culture makes older people invisible,” Rude acknowledges. “Older adults, often, get cut off at retirement. Think of the knowledge of a lifetime...

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    “I'm writing because I want you to know how much I have enjoyed reading your articles in the Sunday edition of the Register Guard. Your writing is insightful and revealing about those of us getting just a little older than we thought was ever possible. I look forward to your next article to see what journey I'll take in this wild world of wonder.” 

     

    — “Not the Retiring Type”

         newspaper reader

     

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