Dollar For Dollar: Determining Your Financial Strategy As A New Widow
May 1, 2019
Ladies, you probably need no reminders that due to longer life spans, women are more likely than men to lose a spouse. Experiencing loss is heartbreaking and traumatic. On top of grieving, it can be overwhelming to deal with such new “life logistics” as investments and other money matters. Because…
Dollar For Dollar: Determining Your Financial Strategy As A New Widow
May 1, 2019
Ladies, you probably need no reminders that due to longer life spans, women are more likely than men to lose a spouse. Experiencing loss is heartbreaking and traumatic. On top of grieving, it can be overwhelming to deal with such new “life logistics” as investments and other money matters. Because…
Protect Yourself: The Benefits Of Hiring An Elder Law Attorney
April 3, 2019
By the time we reach our later years, we carry a lifetime of experiences and relationships, with all of the complexities that can accompany a richly lived life- not to mention the physical and mental health challenges that can also arise as we get older. Occasionally these complexities create legal…
A Piece Of The Action: Part-Time Work For Your Later Years
March 6, 2019
It may seem counter-intuitive, but for many, the search for work, especially part-time, often begins at the moment of retirement from full-time employment. In fact, those over 65 are much more likely to work part-time than younger colleagues, either because of a desire for a more relaxed pace or because…
Wide Open: Growing Alarm About Senior Swindles
February 6, 2019
You probably think it will never happen to you, or your parents. You’re too smart to be swindled out of your money. You know a scam when you see one- or maybe… you don’t. It turns out that banks alone have seen a 12% increase in financial abuse of senior…
Been There, Done That: Eight Decades And Counting By Alice Herb: Don’t Ask Me How Old I Am
January 30, 2019
Don’t Ask Me How Old I Am In my head, I am 35 years old. My birthdays tell me otherwise, as do the ages of my son, granddaughter, and grandson. But I no longer deny aging -I did for a long time and will continue to wrestle with aids…