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Saving for College or Saving for Retirement? Maybe it’s Time to Re-Think Your Priorities

Do you think saving for your children’s college education takes precedence over saving for your own retirement? If you do, you’re not alone – but you may be making a major mistake, with a big price to pay down the line when you do eventually retire. That’s the conclusion from this insightful article that appeared … Read more

Is It Time to Fire Your Doctor? Here are Nine Reasons Why the Answer May be “Yes”

The doctor-patient relationship is sacrosanct – we all realize that. Our physicians generally know more about us, inside and out, than any other human being. When the relationship is healthy, it is characterized by a sound sense of trust and a high degree of mutuality and openness. A patient in a strong relationship with his … Read more

“Financial Wellness” is Much More than a Mere Buzzword – it can Overcome Stress and Brighten Your Future

What stresses you out? If you’re like nearly two-thirds of Americans, issues surrounding money are right up there near the top of the list, according to the American Psychological Association’s “Stress in America” survey. Money ranked alongside work and politics as the thing that’s creating the most anxiety these days among our fellow citizens. A … Read more

Writing a Will, Keeping it Current, and Choosing the Right Executor – Important Steps Too Often Neglected

Everyone knows you need a will, yet even in this so-called enlightened age, a surprising number of Americans have never gotten around to preparing one. According to the LegalZoom website, “Approximately 55 percent of American adults do not have a will or other estate plan in place,” a number that has remained fairly constant for … Read more

New York Times: Could Rising Rates of Depression, even Suicide, be Linked to Common Medications?

An unnerving article we just discovered in the New York Times asks a penetrating question: could the rise in rates of depression and suicide be somehow linked to increasing use of common prescription drugs, some of which are also available over the counter? This inquiry was prompted by a just-released report showing that more than … Read more

New from Kiplinger: Take This Quiz and See How Much You Know About Reverse Mortgages

So you think you know all there is to know about reverse mortgages? So did we, until we took this reverse mortgage quiz that we found in a just-published article from the  highly respected financial website Kiplinger. This quiz was written by well-known retirement writer Jamie Hopkins, Professor of Retirement Income Planning at the American … Read more

Social Security Trustees’ Report Presents a Grim Future – but Not an Impossible One

By now you’ve almost certainly read or heard about the 2018 Social Security trustees’ report (if you want a link to the real thing you’ll find it here on the government’s website). Released last week, the report painted a fairly bleak – but not altogether surprising – picture of the Social Security program that is … Read more

People with Dementia Still Retain Sense of Self and Have a Positive Quality of Life, Research Reveals

What is the one illness Americans are most afraid of – the one we fear more than cancer, stroke or heart disease?  The answer probably does not come as a surprise: it’s Alzheimer’s disease.  But this fascinating article we discovered last year on the website of Kaiser Health News provided a much different perspective on … Read more

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