Easy Money: New And Nefarious Financial Scams
August 6, 2025
Have you been a victim? According to a recent survey from the Pew Research Center, 73% of US adults have experienced some type of online scam. This has occurred among all age groups and resulted in losses reported to the FBI of over $16 billion in 2024. 79% of those…
A Spurious Saga: What’s Actually Happening With Your Social Security
July 16, 2025
In our continuing effort to objectively and accurately cover the latest actions of the Federal government to overhaul and change rules and laws related to the Social Security Administration, it’s time for a new update. As you’ll likely remember from previous posts, there has been much chaos and uncertainty over…
Moving Targets: How Proposed Federal Budget Choices May Affect Your Medicare
June 18, 2025
It’s hard for us mere mortals to keep track of the budget negotiations currently ongoing in Congress. But that doesn’t negate the fact that for many older adults, the ultimate legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by the President could have a profound impact on your health and…
Pride And Prejudice: Challenges Facing Today’s Older LGBTQ+ Adults
June 11, 2025
Older members of the LGBTQ+ community have never had it easy. In addition to navigating all of the challenges older adults generally confront- such as physical limitations or cognitive impairment, loneliness and social isolation, loss of relationships, and financial challenges- these older adults have also likely dealt with a lifetime…
Fearing Fraud: Detecting Scams In Today’s High-Tech Environment
April 23, 2025
In the current chaos that’s enveloping our world, it would be easy to take a break and allow yourself a few moments of mindlessness. However, while you are letting your guard down to step back from the vigilance required in today’s world, criminals intent on scamming you are working overtime,…
What’s Your Plan? Resources To Support Your Advance Care Planning
April 9, 2025
As you may recall from previous years, April 16th has been declared National Healthcare Decisions Day. For those unfamiliar, this day is set aside to encourage us all to think about and document our wishes about medical treatments we would- or would not- want during a serious illness or at…