<p>This study investigated which demographic (educational attainment, number of children, number of residents in the house), psychological (perceived stress, life satisfaction, general health, and optimism), and retirement-related factors (participation in pre-retirement preparation programme–PRP, post-retirement work, work length, and retirement length), would be predictors of higher resilience scores in a sample of retirees (<em>N=</em>105, Female=85) from the Southern region of Brazil. Participants’ ages range from 49-86 (<em>M=</em>65.84<em>, SD=</em>7.28). The instruments included a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Interpersonal Reactivity Index, the 12-item General Health Questionnaire, the Life Orientation Test-Revised, the 14-item Perceived Stress Scale, the Resilience Scale, and the Satisfaction With Life Scale. Results from binary logistic regression models indicated that higher levels of life satisfaction, educational attainment, and optimism were significant predictors of resilience. 34% of explained variance was accounted for by the model. The results are discussed in light of contextual issues experienced by retirees in the current Brazilian scenario. The need for integrating these findings towards the promotion of higher resilience of the elderly is also stressed.</p>