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By Susanna P. Barton   There is a particular category of adult responsibility that lives in the same mental drawer as flossing daily, balancing a checkbook, and backing up your computer. You know it matters. You intend to get to it. And yet, somehow, it remains perpetually postponed.   Talking…

By Katrina Love Prescott   I’ll start with the truth: Taking someone who is living with dementia to the emergency room is one of the most stressful experiences for caregivers. That’s because the multiple noises, voices, fluorescent lights, long waits, and constant stream of strangers in the ER are the…

By Kathleen Murphy To create my best life in retirement, I learned I had to shift my perspective   When I turned 60 — too young to retire, too old to continue sprinting on the corporate hamster wheel — I received a birthday present I’ll never forget — a book…

By Lance A. Slatton   Choosing to move a loved one into memory care is one of the most difficult decisions a family can face. The process is often fraught with emotion, guilt, and uncertainty. Yet, as dementia or Alzheimer’s progresses, memory care can become not only a practical solution…

By Carolyn Brandly   New drugs for the treatment of people with mild cognitive impairments and early-stage Alzheimer’s disease are grabbing headlines and attracting worldwide attention.     While the treatments may hold promise for some people, practical actions hold promise for many more people to prevent or delay dementia. Prevention…

  ………………………   1) Quit saying you’re too old. 2) Believe you can change. 3) Let go of people who deplete. 4) Take responsibility for your mistakes. 5) Keep an alcohol consumption diary for a month. 6) Hold onto your power. Don’t give it away. 7) Smile at one and…

By Katherine Schneider, Ph.D.   Around the time of my 77th birthday, I became aware that my life is in its fourth quarter and change is afoot. AI describes it as: The fourth quarter of life (typically ages 60–80+) is a time for reflection, intentional living, and purposeful aging, often…

By Barry Feigenbaum   Welcome back to Your Money Matters. In this installment, I want to discuss how your financial planning functions like a driving app on your phone; you know, like Google Maps or Waze. It’s a tool that tells us how to get to where we want to…

By Wally Klatch Grief-Growth   Grief is blackness. Grief is what was and will never be. Grief comes from the loss of many kinds of things. Grief accumulates with age. Grief can lower a person’s ability to function or can even be incapacitating.   Grief is a hole, and a…

By Kathleen M. Rehl, Ph.D., CFP®, CeFT® Emeritus   The death of a spouse is not only heartbreaking. It can also thrust a woman into a maze of decisions she may not have expected to face alone. In the midst of grief, even routine money matters can feel unfamiliar. And…