In a new article on the financial website Market Watch, we read a shocking statistic: according to the AARP, the average older victim of financial scams and abuse loses over $120,000. Financial exploitation and deception robs senior Americans of some $3 billion every year. What’s even worse, because many scams go unreported, the real total…
A recent and very timely article on the website Next Avenue could save you a lot of money – and potentially a lot of trouble – at income tax time, if you are a caregiver for an older family member. The article is called “Tax Rules for Family Caregivers,” and you can read it by…
The website Motley Fool (www.fool.com) is filled with investment advice and interesting articles. Recently one of these articles caught our eye, because it pointed out just how different our expectations can be from our reality when it comes to the age when many of us actually retire. What it points out is something we’ve observed…
We all know that baby boomers are approaching – or have already reached – their retirement years. And just like their younger counterparts, many of these aging boomers are starting to grapple with a perplexing housing dilemma: is it better to rent a home or to buy one? There’s no one right answer, but there…
We’ve said it many times, in our printed materials and on the radio: few conflicts can become more contentious than family conflicts. Tragically, this is especially true when it comes to issues relating to elder care. We think that’s because, in conflicts over how to care for Mom or Dad (and how to divide the…
Sickness, poverty, deterioration – these and other depressing images are all part of a negative stereotype of aging in America. But these preconceptions can and must be changed, and a consortium of leading U.S. aging organizations has joined forces on a “fierce mission to change it.” That’s according to a new and timely article on…
A new article on an industry website called Senior Housing News reveals that a growing number of states across the country are considering legislation to allow what are commonly called “Granny Cams” in skilled nursing homes – and some of these new laws would expand camera monitoring to assisted living facilities and other types of…
What a difference a few years makes! “A decade ago, most financial advisers would roll their eyes at the mention of reverse mortgages,” writes the venerable Wall Street Journal. However, new safeguards and changes to laws governing these financial instruments “have led many advisers and researchers to change their minds about reverse mortgages.” We recently…
A recent article on the CNN website points out a growing danger that could be affecting someone in your family – or maybe you. Researchers have pointed out that a growing number of older adults are combining dietary supplements with prescription drugs in ways that could be dangerous to their health. Click here to read…
His case dominated the entertainment headlines in mid-2014. The legendary Casey Kasem, whose rock and roll radio career spanned nearly six decades, was dying – but a feud between his children and their step-mother over Kasem’s condition and whereabouts, and a complete ban on the children’s access to their dad, would spill over into the…
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