A recent report on the blog of the AARP reports on a problem that will sound familiar to a growing number of Americans. Nearly 24 million workers are holding down paying jobs while at the same serving as family caregivers – and that combination is a sure prescription for stress, fatigue and uncertainty. You can…
A few months ago the Alzheimer’s Association released a report that will probably come as no surprise to those caring for loved ones suffering with the disease – but it may be an eye-opener to the rest of us. We found this article describing the report on the website of National Public Radio. The first…
A few months ago we wrote about a worldwide scam involving a so-called French psychic named Maria Duval. This fraud has victimized millions of people, many of them elderly. We shared this story in this blog article from last February based on reporting done by CNN. Because many of our clients are caring for aging…
According to a recent report just published in the scientific journal Nature Materials, scientists may be on the verge of creating something many men and women could really get excited about. They may have discovered an artificial “second skin” that can make wrinkles disappear – at least temporarily. We found the story of this anti-wrinkle…
Here’s a “good news, bad news” pair of statistics. If you’re 65 years old, the odds are excellent that you’ll live about two more decades. That’s the good news. The bad news: the odds are slightly better than 50/50 that at some point you’ll need some form of long term care and support. So the…
It’s a disease that is widespread, but treatable. Many who have the disease have lived with it for years without knowing it. It’s a virus that now kills more Americans than any other infectious disease. What’s this mystery illness? It’s hepatitis C. In 2014 nearly 20,000 Americans died from this illness, a record high number.…
Here in the U.S., our population is aging – but the number of geriatric care specialists is declining. And that spells a brewing health care crisis among seniors, according to an article published a few months ago in the New York Times. You can access the article here. We have repeatedly emphasized how important it…
Among married couples who disagree about finances, which age group seems to bicker the most? According to this article on the Kiplinger financial website, the answer is baby boomers – and the reason seems to involve disagreements about retirement. The recent article is called “Older Couples Face Money Battles.” It cites two studies, one by…
“Alzheimer’s disease can seem frightening, mysterious and daunting. There are still a lot of unknowns about the disease, which afflicts more than five million Americans.” That’s how a recent article we found on the New York Times website begins. We found this article very helpful because it answers some of the basic questions we hear…
The subject of Reverse Mortgages has become one of the hottest of financial topics. Hardly a week goes by when we don’t run across an article describing how one financial expert or another has changed their position from Reverse Mortgage skeptic to enthusiastic advocate. On this blog we’ve recently offered links to several authoritative articles…
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