A recent two-part series of articles in USA Today provided a very honest treatment of a very difficult question: if aging parents need financial help, how should their adult children respond? The answer can affect the relationship between parents and children for the rest of Mom and Dad’s life – not to mention the impact … Read more
There’s a brand new report just released that contains sobering news for anyone about to retire, and we’ve run across several articles in major news outlets about it. Here’s the bottom line: new estimates state that a 65-year-old couple retiring this year will need a whopping $260,000 to cover their health care costs in retirement. … Read more
Are you a baby boomer beginning to look seriously at retirement? If you are, you’re certainly not alone: there are tens of millions of you out there! Your retirement years can indeed be a joy (our goal here at AgingOptions is to help make sure of that). However, you need to be careful and plan … Read more
We just read an article on the website of the New York Times that sounds a note of caution for retirees eager to help pay college expenses for their grandkids. Before you decide how best to help out those college-bound grandkids, you need to do a little homework – or else your help may end … Read more
It seems as if every week we read of some new financial scam preying on innocent victims. Tragically, many of those harmed the most turn out to be seniors. Thieves often target retirees because older people may be more trusting and less tech-savvy than younger adults, making it easier to gather the personal information that … Read more
If you faced a sudden emergency and had to come up with $1,000 cash in a hurry, could you do it easily? Or would it be a struggle? If coming up with $1,000 in a pinch would be difficult for you, you’re not alone. A recent Associated Press poll of Americans from all walks of … Read more
We recently read an article in the New York Times that seems to reflect the sentiment of more and more of our clients. The title is “Work a Little, Play a Little: a New Retirement Strategy.” Click on the title to read this recent piece, and see if you can relate. The article spotlights several … Read more
According to a newly released nationwide survey, costs for rent at senior living facilities across the U.S. are on the rise, with the West and South seeing the biggest increases. That’s the news from an article we recently discovered on the website www.NextAvenue.org. You can click here to read the article. We think this is … Read more
What do you think “retirement” will be like? As we’ve discovered in our interaction with thousands of retirees, the answers vary widely. But a recent research report done by the financial firm Merrill Edge revealed that retirement can definitely hold some surprises – not all of them happy ones. We discovered this interesting article on … Read more
In a new article on the financial website Market Watch, we read a shocking statistic: according to the AARP, the average older victim of financial scams and abuse loses over $120,000. Financial exploitation and deception robs senior Americans of some $3 billion every year. What’s even worse, because many scams go unreported, the real total … Read more
Will your plan for retirement lead to disaster if your health fails? Will you end up forced into institutional care, go broke paying for care, or become a burden on your family?
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