For Thanksgiving Weekend 2022, AgingOptions presents this encouraging article by freelance writer and former USA Today reporter Bruce Horovitz. We came across the article here on the website of Kaiser Health News where it first appeared in October 2018. We like Horvitz’s reminder that in many ways life begins – again – when we turn 65. It’s a message we … Read more

During Medicare open enrollment, which continues through December 7 th, your friends here at the AgingOptions Blog have been keeping our eyes open for “news you can use” to help you make a wise decision concerning your medical coverage for 2023. There’s a lot at stake, so we trust you’ve been doing your homework: after all, … Read more

When an older patient goes to see his or her doctor, or when they find themselves in need of urgent or long-term care, these seniors have a right to expect to be treated with dignity and empathy. Yet for millions, that’s not the case, according to this 2021 Kaiser Health News report.   Written by Judith Graham, the Kaiser article provides … Read more

We’ve read plenty of articles in recent years concerning long-term care costs, and we’ve shared several of these reports here on the AgingOptions blog. Most of these reports seem to presume that the majority of retirees will be facing their care needs and related decisions as a couple. But this 2021 Kiplinger article by financial planner Michael Aloi makes … Read more

Are you hoping to age in place – that is, to grow old in your own house, surrounded by the familiar sights and sounds and sensations of home? If you said yes, you’re hardly alone: roughly seven out of eight people 65 and older agree with you. But as Rajiv Nagaich so often reminds us, … Read more

Here at AgingOptions, we’re committed to giving you solid, objective advice that can help you enjoy a safer, more secure, more fruitful retirement. We also know that few things are more important to your peace of mind than knowing you have the right medical plan to protect your health and that of your spouse or … Read more

Few topics get voters – especially senior voters – more riled up than a discussion of changing Medicare. This enormous government program covers about 63 million Americans, nearly 1 citizen in 5. It has some serious structural problems that cry out for a fix. Yet with so many older Americans reliant on Medicare for their … Read more

There are tens of millions of them out there – members of what’s often called “the sandwich generation.” These are the people old enough to have adult kids but also young enough to have living parents. Typically in their late forties to early sixties, these men and women often feel trapped in a vise-like grip … Read more

Remember back to the fall of 2019? How about 202o or 2o21? It seems to us as if we were less worried about catching the flu back then than we were about COVID-19. Indeed, as the CDC reported at the time, the incidence of flu during the 2020-2021 season was “unusually low,” probably (as the agency speculates) … Read more