The house that was the inheritance goes to the lender
Created by reverse mortgages: spending the estate before it is one.
Where Belonging meets Retirement. Being attached to and accepted by other people. Belonging cannot be bought directly, so the market sells proximity to it: places to meet, tools to stay in touch, memberships, rituals, pets, and increasingly software that simulates company. It is the constant behind both the most …
5 frictions
Purpose and structure disappear with the job
Forty free hours a week with nobody expecting anything.
5 solutions built for it
Leisure travel and cruises, Volunteering, Golf, hobbies, and leisure industries, Lifelong learning and senior education and Senior centres and clubs.
Friends and spouse begin to die
The social world shrinks and cannot be rebuilt the way it was at twenty-five.
5 solutions built for it
Senior centres and clubs, Faith communities, Pets, Later-life dating and AI companions.
Pets get sick and vets are expensive
Created by treating pets as family: veterinary medicine now prices like human medicine.
1 solutions built for it
See the family line continue
Grandchildren, reunions, and the urge to know where the family came from.
3 solutions built for it
Grandparents as childcare, Genealogy and DNA ancestry and Multigenerational travel and reunions.