- A patient-advocate service to help the ill get the best possible treatment-and save their families time and worry
- Clothes for aging boomers that are fashionable without trying too hard to be youthful
- A “seniorizing” service that would install devices permitting old people to stay in their own homes
- Supplying goods and services to companies rebuilding our rickety infrastructure of bridges, roads and utilities
- Ecotourism catering to affluent people 50 and up who are shifting their consumption from goods to experiences
- Products such as textbooks, curriculum guides and online assistance for the booming home-schooling market
- Financial planning tailored to women, who typically gather more information before investing than men do
- Personal services for the middle class, such as concierges, shoppers and in-home chefs
- Electronic records to replace hospitals’ primitive paper-based systems
- Time-share cottages close to big cities for stressed-out urbanites who can’t afford sole ownership
Originally appeared on PROFITguide.com
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