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You’ve worked every day of your adult life, then one day it just stops. How can you plan for the financial transitions that accompany aging?

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“Grey Charges” Can Hit Seniors Hard

May 16, 2013

When’s the last time you checked your credit-card statements? Not just a quick glance to see how the total got so high, but scrutinizing even the small charges to see if any of them sound [...]

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Eight Tips for Choosing a Nursing Home

May 16, 2013

It’s not easy deciding which nursing home (or assisted-care facility) would best suit an aging loved one. Unfortunately, often times the person in question is no help at all. Many of us have been forced [...]

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Retirement Savings: What To Do If You’re Screwed

April 29, 2013

You’re over 50—and you know you don’t have enough saved. Every time you hear a piece of advice about socking money away from retirement, it gives you chills. You try to ignore it, but it’s getting [...]

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CFPB Recommends Seven New Guidelines To Protect Senior Citizens From Deceptive Financial Advisory Practices

April 19, 2013

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced seven recommendations to help seniors avoid unfair, deceptive or abusive practices in the delivery of financial advice or the sale of financial products – and not a moment too soon. We’ve [...]

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Senior Insurance

What You Need to Know About Long-term Care Insurance

April 10, 2013

There’s health insurance and there’s life insurance – but neither will do the things you’ve always done for yourself. When you can no longer handle activities like bathing or feeding yourself, walking or doing housework, [...]

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Six Financial Literacy Tips For Seniors

April 10, 2013

April is Financial Literacy Month, and it’s important for seniors to think about how best to protect and preserve their assets. Speaking of literacy, though, just as we didn’t teach ourselves to read and write [...]

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Best Urban Places To Retire

March 18, 2013

Want to remain in an urban environment when you retire? Retirees want to live in a city where their money stretches far, but they can retain a high quality of life.  We examined factors that [...]

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Sequestration and Senior Citizens: How Will Budget Cuts Affect the Elderly?

March 1, 2013

What is sequestration? On March 1st our government plans to cut about $85 billion in across-the-board spending for a wide variety of goods and services that many of us consider essential. These mandatory cuts are [...]

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Divorce as a senior citizen

Considering a Gray Divorce?

February 14, 2013

Although the divorce rate among our general population is lower than ever, baby boomers are getting divorced at an alarming rate. The divorce rate for people over fifty has doubled over the last twenty years, [...]

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How Can You Make the Most of Social Security?

February 13, 2013

Knowing how to apply for Social Security benefits, when you are eligible for Social Security, and figuring out the best time to apply for the benefits is difficult and confusing. Many recipients simply stumble into [...]

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