Island Realities - Authentic Caribbean Voices

How does a former legislator view the Caribbean region and our retirement situation? Find out on this edition as Dwyer Astaphan tells how his own life was shaped and influenced on the small Caribbean island of St Kitts/Nevis.

How does a person who has worked in the trenches, up close and personal with people and communities see this issue of aging and retirement in the Caribbean? Well find our from this career journalist what she has seen, felt and learned.

The Church in the Caribbean over the years has played a significant role in the lives of the people. The predominant role has been to prepare persons for the afterlife. The reality is, people need practical information to treat with life in the here and now and more so about how to retire in the face of today''s challenges. I discussed this issue on this episode with Pastor E. Walford Thompson.

As happy and go lucky as we might seem in the Caribbean, there are some issues which we need to discuss but often shy away from. Two of those are aging and retirement especially in an age of failing economies and pension funds. So in an effort to get this story told, I have resorted to Legendary Caribbean Storyteller Paul Keen Douglas through whose eyes and mind many of the traditional experiences of Caribbean people have been painted in his catchy story telling style. Here's how he sees aging and retirement in the Caribbean.

In this podcast, Jerry S. George introduces his podcast on the Caribbean reality of retirement and his fears about where the Caribbean could be headed with a lack of retirement options.