answer:In many Western societies, people don’t have any choice but to retire or at least partially retire at a certain age. Since we now remain healthy for much longer, this can leave people with many productive years when they don’t have a ‘formal’ job to go to. My observation is that we don’t do a very good job of providing opportunities for people to transition from their long-term paid employment into their retirement activities. Given the changes in society, these are things we really need to work on. I’d like to see mechanisms put in place so that people can gradually reduce from full-time to part-time work. It would be great to see organisations making use of the huge amount of knowledge those retiring have as part of their forward and future planning. I’d also like to see governments setting up programs to use retiring people to help young people gain skills and knowledge. In just about every industry, those who have years of experience can assist those following behind them. When they retire, they leave a deficit. So yes, people who are transitioning from full-time work to retirement often aren’t in the best place. It really is something we all need to think about before we reach that point and as a society, we need to start to factor into our planning.