As a service to Aging Options blog readers, we’re always on the lookout for helpful articles from a variety of sources. The following column comes from Missouri-based Rudy Beck, Attorney and Founder of Beck and Lenox Estate Planning & Elder Law, LLC. We’re re-posting it this week as part of our special Focus on Estate…
Like you, we here at AgingOptions are scouring the headlines just about every day, trying to make sense of the coronavirus pandemic and its aftermath. People like to talk about “the new normal,” but no one seems to be able to predict what normalcy will actually look like in the months and years ahead. Still,…
By now, more than two months into the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S., many of us feel pretty familiar with the most common symptoms of COVID-19, and we think we know what to look out for. But now as doctors gather and analyze a growing mountain of case data, they’ve made an unsettling discovery. It…
We’ve been getting a lot of questions here at AgingOptions about the CARES Act and how it affects retirees. “CARES” stands for Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security, and this new law’s impact is far-reaching and, in many cases, still being assessed. One of the well-publicized benefits of the new law for retirees is the…
As a service to Aging Options blog readers, we’re always on the lookout for helpful articles from a variety of sources. The following column comes from Missouri-based Rudy Beck, Attorney and Founder of Beck and Lenox Estate Planning & Elder Law, LLC. Nearly half of American adults over the age of 55 do not have…
Zurich, Switzerland: In a news story carried on MSN just a few days ago, Severin Schwan, CEO of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche, blasted the quality of many blood tests being marketed to prove immunity to the coronavirus. (You can read the MSN article here.) As a service to our AgingOptions blog readers, we’re bringing you…
“When you’re down, help others.” That’s the opening line in an encouraging article we’ve just read in the Wall Street Journal. Written by reporter Michelle Ma, the story reminds us of something that’s all too easy to forget in time of crisis: one of the very best ways to overcome feelings of powerlessness and discouragement…
Isn’t it strange how it sometimes takes a national emergency to get us to do the things we’ve always intended to do, but never quite got around to? Writing a will is one of those items languishing on many people’s To Do lists. (How else do you explain the fact that, according to AARP, roughly…
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed plenty of cracks and fault lines in several essential American institutions, from the medical system to our political leadership to the senior housing industry. In the arena of senior housing, the tragic death toll from COVID-19 that has devastated many nursing homes and assisted living facilities across the country provides…
About a year ago when we first brought you this story about retirement fears, we began with the question, “What are you afraid of?” Who could have guessed that today we would be facing a worldwide pandemic that has brought the economy to its knees, decimated retirement savings, and created a level of uncertainty that…