Revolutionizing Retirement: Designing Your Third Age

We challenge the outdated notion of retirement as a withdrawal from life and reintroduce it as a launchpad: your Third Age, your Renaissance, a vibrant period after your career but before disability, when creativity, contribution and personal growth can flourish.

We know that some people who were highly committed to their job suffer what has been termed Retirement Regret Syndrome. We are working with The Silver Blueprint, which provides solutions for people adversely affected by their change in status and role.

The Oxford Personalised Longevity Plan guides people through four essential areas:

• understanding what ageing truly is;

• taking action to regain physical, cognitive and emotional fitness;

• reducing disease risk and adapting well if disease does occur, because although modern medicine is valuable, it is not sufficient on its own;

• shaping your physical and social environment. Volunteering, for example, measurably reduces the risk of dementia.

Living Longer Better requires purpose. This Renaissance, your post-work transition, is the ideal moment to pursue something you have always wanted to do. It not only enriches your life but also helps compress the period of dependency at the end of life.

Ask yourself

• What have I always wanted to do but never had time for?

• What would a week well lived look like in my Third Age?

Actions to take

• Write down the problems you would most like to avoid.

• Explore The Oxford Personalised Longevity Plan on our website and add a few practical actions you can take.