Successful Aging: What’s new about retirement? Read on

Dear readers,
I recently was asked the following question from a longtime friend: “So, what’s new about retirement?” My 20-minute answer seemed to lend itself to a column. 
Here are just a few of the “what’s new” that I selected from a long list: 
Years of retirement: The U.S. Census Bureau data shows that the average retirement age in the U.S. is about 63 years. If one is lucky to reach 65 years, women can expect to live about another 20 years on av