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The National Geographic Society has developed a series of catered tours called Expeditions. These precisely engineered adventures emphasize learning, and many of the Society's preeminent experts escort guests on their journeys.

Recreational Equipment Incorporated  showcases travel experiences across the nation and throughout the world.

Exploritas, a Boomer brand introduced last year by the former Elder Hostel, primarily to accommodate boomers.

Expect expansion in other industries focusing on an aging Boomer population.

A CNBC.com article identifies healthcare: an aging generation needs more medical care for diseases and disabilities related to aging. But the article doesn't address the rapidly growing developments in "age management" industries.

Ann Hettinger reports that brain experts say it's possible to corral your brainpower, filter out distractions, and master any task by improving your concentration.

Here's what to do about it.

Get organized

If you have several to-dos, decide what to tackle first, and clear all other projects off your desk and computer screen.

Participate

If you daydream during meetings, challenge yourself by thinking of questions and actively joining the discussion.

Change your scenery

When you start to lose concentration, leave your desk and take a walk outside or to the office common space for a mental breather.

For more tips on corraling your brain power, visit Interns Over 40 for a wide variety of Boomer work insights and tips.

Because of the recession and a new generation of workers, talent recruitment and benefits are changing.

Two large groups of employees, Boomers and Gen Y are driving innovative changes in work policies and benefits.  For example:

CVS/pharmacy, the retail division of CVS Caremark

As one of America's largest pharmacy chains, CVS has stores in every region of the country--and in every regional climate. In 2004 CVS created its Snowbird Program to let experienced store employees move seamlessly among CVS locations according to their seasonal preferences. As the program's name implies, many of the participants are mature workers who enjoy wintering in southern states and summering in northern ones. Since the program started, over 1,000 employees, ranging from retail clerks to pharmacists and managers, have enthusiastically participated, earning CVS a high-profile award from the American Society on Aging.

Time Warner

This cutting edge media and technology company has developed a mentoring program that engages people on both ends of their careers.

Some of the company's senior executives were challenged to stay at the forefront of a rapidly evolving new-media landscape. To raise their awareness of digital media, Time Warner launched Digital Reverse Mentoring--a program in which tech-savvy college students mentor senior executives on emerging digital trends and technologies such as Facebook, Twitter, and other Web 2.0 applications. In addition to imparting technical skills, Gen Y mentors provide Boomer mentees with a peek into the values, consumer behaviors, and communication styles of the younger generation.

Read more about changing "talent management" progress at Harvard Business Review.

When our President was a Senator, Barack Obama worked a day with home health care worker Pauline Beck to learn the inside of the health care system. Interesting...

Experience Works is a national, charitable, community-based organization that helps older adults get the training they need to find good jobs in their communities.

The largest program offered by Experience Works is the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP). This program, funded under Title V of the Older Americans Act as well as state and local grants, enables us to help thousands of low-income individuals, age 55 and older, throughout the United States.

Through this program, seniors benefit from training, counseling, and community service assignments at faith-based and community organizations in their communities, prior to transitioning into the workforce.

Participants are placed at eligible host agencies (primarily at faith-based and community organizations) for which they are paid the minimum wage for an average of 20 hours per week. A host agency is either a private nonprofit organization (other than a political party) that is tax exempt under section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue code of 1954, or a public agency operated by a unit of government.

38% of Experience Work's SCSEP participants found permanent jobs, notably as

• teachers' aides
• emergency dispatchers
• care providers
• clerical assistants

Program Qualifications

• Be 55 years of age or older, and a resident of the state where he or she is enrolled in the SCSEP program.
• Annual family income must not be more than 125% of the established federal poverty income guidelines.
• Be eligible to work in the United States.
• Be currently unemployed.