We just discovered a pair of related articles on an industry website called Reverse Mortgage Daily that help shed light on what many believe will be an upcoming explosion in Home Equity Conversion Loans, or HECM’s – the technical term for reverse mortgages. These articles could provide you with food for thought if you’re a … Read more
Caring for an aging parent is a task more and more people are facing this days. A Pew Research study shows that over 40 million Americans provide care to someone over 65. The emotional and financial burden of being a caregiver for an aging parent can definitely come as a shock, sometimes resulting in the … Read more
You have an urgent medical problem, so you go to the hospital, where you’re kept under observation for several days. Your doctor then recommends a short stay in a nursing home for rehabilitation. Because you’re covered by Medicare, you assume those nursing home costs will be paid for, since Medicare typically covers up to 100 … Read more
About one-third of all adults age 65 and older take a fall of some sort each year. Most of these are fortunately minor, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the CDC) reports that about 700,000 adults every year end up hospitalized with head injuries or broken bones as a result of falling. While … Read more
If you were sitting in your doctor’s office, suffering from back or knee pain, and your doctor recommended surgery, would you agree? What if you knew that clinical trials had labelled the recommended surgery as basically useless? That’s the question posed in a fascinating article we read this week on the website of the New … Read more
A recent column in the Wealth Matters section of the New York Times caught our attention. The title brings to mind an issue we deal with often among our clients here at AgingOptions: “How a Will Treating Children Differently Can Still Be Fair.” If you’ve ever wrestled with the notion of dividing your estate unequally … Read more
With 2016 nearly two-thirds gone, there’s an important milestone happening this year that we almost missed: the oldest members of the Baby Boom generation have begun turning 70. And along with all the changes related to that milestone age comes another important adjustment: it’s time for many Baby Boomers to change the way they think … Read more
Through the years we’ve worked with clients to prepare thousands of retirement plans. Almost every client has told us the same thing: they want to do all they can to avoid unplanned institutional care. The Administration on Aging says that about 10 percent of adults 85 and older lived in institutions such as nursing homes … Read more
How common is identity theft? According to a recent article on the website Huffington Post, each year about 17 million Americans fall victim to this frustrating, insidious crime. Because senior adults are often more trusting and less tech-savvy, they seem particularly prone to identity theft, resulting not only in financial loss but also in embarrassment … Read more
By Kirk Larson Social Security Washington Public Affairs Specialist A home run is a highlight of any baseball game. The fans cheer with excitement to see a player rocket the ball into the stands. So, what are you doing to prepare for your retirement home run? Your goal should be to get past 1st, 2nd … Read more
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