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Neutral and Non-Judgmental”: Many Families are Learning to Resolve Elder Care Conflicts Through Family Mediation

What does a family do when mom or dad needs elder care, yet the adult kids aren’t on the same page concerning their roles and responsibilities? Many families find themselves in just such a predicament. Whether siblings live hundreds of miles apart, or are simply a thousand miles apart in terms of opinions and attitudes, … Read more

Can You File Taxes Online for Free? IRS Announces Details for Free Tax Prep for Qualifying Households

At a time when the economy is uncertain and the pandemic refuses to end, it’s nice to report some good news from an unexpected source – in this case, our friends at the Internal Revenue Service. According to this report from television station KVVU in Las Vegas, the IRS has just released details of the agency’s Free … Read more

Memory Issues for Older People Could Be the Result of “Clutter” Caused by Sifting Through Too Much Information

Can you run out of brain space? That’s the provocative question we encountered as we read  this recent NBC News article by reporter Sarah Sloat. We’ve certainly had many moments when it feels like our minds are overtaxed, and we use phrases like “too little bandwidth” to illustrate how it feels. But, says the article, that’s the wrong … Read more

Open Enrollment, Part 2: If Your Medicare Advantage Plan is Not a Good Fit, You Still Have Time to Change Your Coverage

You say you thought Medicare open enrollment was over? Well, technically, you’re correct: the window in which to make wide-ranging changes in your Medicare coverage closed over a month ago. But there’s actually a second open enrollment period happening right now, affecting the roughly 27 million Medicare beneficiaries that are enrolled in Advantage Plans. As reporter Sarah … Read more

Kiplinger: Do You Have a Digital Will? You Should – and the Sooner, the Better

The longer we live with technology, the more intertwined our technology becomes with our lives and—inevitably—with our legacies after we pass. Here at the AgingOptions Blog we strive to bring you information to help you prepare for your future, especially some of the more obscure but essential things you may not have considered. We thought … Read more

Wall Street Journal: If Big Financial Goals Seem Overwhelming, Even Tiny Changes Can Help You Save for Retirement

Every year here on the AgingOptions blog, we offer an article or two about making New Year’s resolutions, many of which concern personal finances. As part of that theme, here we suggest a slightly different take on the question of how to practice better saving and spending habits this year. In this article from the Wall Street … Read more

The CARES Act Says Retirees Don’t Have to Take RMDs This Year – But What If You Already Did? You Could Get a Do-Over

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 … Read more

How Much Do You Know About Social Security? Check Out These Seven Surprising Statistics – Plus Some Related Advice from Rajiv

Social Security may be the biggest, most important, and least understood government program in America. If you consider the sheer amount of money the program spends and the huge number of Americans who rely on the program for all or part of their livelihood, you’d think we would all have a solid working knowledge of … Read more

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