Everyone knows that good dental care is important. But could poor dental care actually increase the risk of dementia? Recent research says the answer may be yes. The important news for anyone with an aging loved one: oral health and brain health are interconnected. With an aging population and increasing prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and … Read more
Are you a senior managing depression and anxiety? If you are, then you’re hardly alone. While precise figures are hard to quantify, the CDC estimates that as many as 13 percent of seniors suffer with depression, and the figures for anxiety may be even higher. Managing depression and anxiety is a burden no one should … Read more
Medicare open enrollment begins next month, and that means those Medicare Advantage ads can’t be far behind. But do Medicare Advantage (MA) plans really bring all the “advantages” they promise? In recent years, about 40 percent of Medicare beneficiaries have chosen Medicare Advantage plans over traditional Medicare, and a large majority are reportedly satisfied with … Read more
“Am I ready to retire?” It’s a question most of us ask ourselves regularly. Retirement should be an exciting chapter in our lives – but we’d be kidding ourselves if we didn’t admit that there will be some losses in retirement along with many advantages. That’s the message in this article we just discovered from … Read more
The high cost of long-term care insurance can be a burden, especially when rates shoot up with little warning. Have your LTC insurance premiums gone up recently? And if you have seen a big hike in long-term care insurance premiums, have you wondered what you should do? For people with long-term-care insurance (about 7.5 million … Read more
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly one in three Americans develops shingles in their lifetime. Every year this common yet painful disease inflicts around a million people in the U.S. alone. Thankfully, there is a highly-effective vaccine against shingles, called Shingrix, and the medical community urges adults over 50 to get … Read more
Choices can be a true double-edged sword, and no one knows that better than an individual looking for a memory care facility for someone they love. There are so many options out there—and so many criteria to consider—that the decision can feel impossible. In this recent article by Theresa Sullivan Barger, an independent journalist writing … Read more
Seniors don’t have to look very far these days to find articles and websites extolling the virtues of exercise. Staying active is supposed to make us feel better and live longer, and repeated studies have shown that those claims are true. For those who need more specific answers to the question, “Why and how should … Read more
“With all the talk about COVID-19 vaccines and boosters, it’s easy to forget that there’s another respiratory virus poised to strike.” That’s how this recent story on National Public Radio begins. In her NPR report – as you might suspect – reporter Fran Kritz is talking about a familiar illness that, thanks to all the … Read more
Foot pain is no laughing matter. Studies show that 75 percent of Americans will experience serious pain in their feet at some time during their lives, and as many as four in ten suffer from chronic pain that limits mobility. With that as a background, we were drawn to this recent article from NextAvenue, in … Read more
by Caddy Since the AgingOptions Radio Show first began airing in the Pacific Northwest in 2006, elder law attorney Rajiv Nagaich has been helping people answer some of life’s toughest questions. In this comprehensive anthology, drawn from thousands of hours of AgingOptions Radio Show broadcasts, listen to Rajiv Nagaich answer callers’ questions about retirement planning. His answers are packed with important nuggets of information that will help you create your own LifePlan for retirement. It’s a recording you’ll want to listen to again and again.
Elder law attorney Rajiv Nagaich is known as much for his riveting presentation style as he is for his sage advice. Audiences everywhere love hearing Rajivisms, those bursts of powerful retirement planning wisdom delivered with unexpected wit that often make you laugh out loud. This DVD collection of Rajivisms is loaded with actionable advice you can use right now to make your retirement plan better.
As an elder law attorney, Rajiv Nagaich has spent more than two decades helping older adults and their family caregivers cope with retirement plan failure. Despite doing exactly what their trusted advisors had told them to do—enrolling in Medicare, saving plenty of money, buying long-term care insurance, and creating an estate plan—Rajiv's clients found themselves forced into institutional care, assets lost to unplanned care costs, and a burden to their families. In Your Retirement: Dream or Disaster, you will learn the shocking truth about why this happens—and what you can do to avoid it. This book is a must read if you want to avoid the hidden traps in retirement planning advice that turn life into a living nightmare for 70% of Americans.
What does it take to avoid the nursing home, avoid going broke and avoid burdening your family during your retirement years? That’s the question elder law attorney Rajiv Nagaich answers in Master Your Future, the groundbreaking program that has aired more than 1,500 times on public television stations nationwide. The Master Your Future Program DVD is a great a way to watch (and rewatch) Rajiv’s shocking revelations and piercing insights about the state of retirement planning in America. Drawing on his own family’s experience and that of thousands of clients during his 20+ years as an elder law attorney, Rajiv explains why traditional approaches fall short and shows how this failure results in 70% of American retirees being forced into institutional care. Rajiv then offers a surprisingly simple solution to create the retirement of your dreams.
The Master Your Future LifePlanning Workbook guides you through the process of planning for your later years so you can live out your years with more confidence. Examine your readiness for retirement, get practical solutions to threats and challenges that come with aging, and follow a step-by-step action plan to build a LifePlan Blueprint that will deliver secure, predictable outcomes. The Master Your Future LifePlanning Workbook includes 200 pages of exceptional content, detailed information that helps you weigh your options, decision worksheets to create your personal Blueprint, and guidance for selecting and working with professional advisors.
