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There Is Life
After Work

Trvin Forbing slipped into a funk at
age 59. After working as a dentist
for 30 years, the retiree didn't know
what to do with himself.
"I was depressed because I missed
my practice," recalls Forbing, who is
now 71 and lives with his wife, Jodie,
in Escondido, Calif.
"I'd had a lot of friends who were
patients."
Then it occurred to Forbing that
what he lacked was a plan. He needed
to be organized, just like he was
before he retired.
The key to lifting Forbing out of
his three-month depression was get-
ting more involved in organized activ-
ities. He and Jodie started taking
computer classes at a local adult
school.
He also joined the local sheriff
department's search and rescue team.
And Forbing has more time to pursue
a longtime hobby: "I'm building an
airplane in my garage."
The Forbings are not the only
seniors who are cruising through their
golden years.
Millions of Americans are retiring
younger and living longer, and lead-
ing more active lives than their par-
ents and grandparents did.
According to the World Almanac
and Book of Facts,life expectancy in
the United States was just over 54
years for those born in 1920. It rose
to 75.4 for those born in 1990 and
stayed about the same for the follow-
ing three years. Then it rose again to
75.7 in 1994. The most recent figure,
for 1997, is 76.5.
The trend in average retirement
age in the United States for 1990-95
is 62.2 years for men and 62.7 for
women, according to a study done by
Murray Gendell, a senior research
associate of the Center for Population
Research, Georgetown University,
Washington, D.C.
Thanks to modern medicine, exer-
cise and other factors, people are liv-
ing well beyond the Social Security
Act retirement age of 65, set in 1935.

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1999

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