baby boomers

Various social media pages have popped up celebrating the trend. Even some fashion houses are choosing to feature more 'elegant elderly' models.

In an AP-Life Goes Strong poll conducted this spring, 64 percent of Americans born between 1946 and 1964 (and 70 percent of all U.S. adults) said they did not have a health-care proxy, living will, or advanced directive that spells out what care they would like to receive if they're unable to communicate with their doctors.

Most baby boomers say they're looking forward to a healthy and active retirement, according to a new poll conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health. But some experts worry that when it comes to the realities of their health, boomers are still woefully unprepared — or worse, in denial.