Will Boomers inherit their parents' wealth?
Depending upon who you talk to, the Baby Boomers are either getting ready to inherit trillions of dollars or they will be paying out of their own pockets for Mom or Dad’s care.
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Valentine's Day suggestions
Many countries around the world celebrate Valentine’s Day. The original Valentine’s Day was a liturgical celebration of one or more early saints named Valentius. However, by the middle ages and probably largely due to Geoffrey Chaucer, Valentine’s Day became associated with a courtly love in which lovers expressed their devotion to one another with confections, flowers and greeting cards.
Having a purpose makes having a life possible
Rosa Finnegan’s birthday was yesterday. She retired last year from her job at Vita Needle, a medical needle manufacturing plant. “I always felt that I could work forever,” Finnegan said in an NPR interview. “It made me feel like I was a worthwhile person. I liked the companionship of people around me, and we’re all working. I really feel like a dope. I should never have stopped. That was the sorriest day of my life. Here I am, at the end of my life, in a nursing home.”
Protecting your aging eyes so you can stay at home
Are your arms getting too short? One of the first truly telling signs of age for most of us is that usually by around age 40 our eyesight gradually begins getting poorer.
Social Security taxes: Who pays them? Who doesn't?
Before 1984, Social Security benefits were exempt from taxation. Now, because Americans like complicated tax law, things are different. About one-third of Americans pay income tax on their Social Security benefits. Here’s when you might or might not.
New stroke risks for women announced
The American Heart Association just released guidelines for preventing strokes in women. The guidelines look at things distinctly female in nature that increase the chance of a stroke and then provide recommendations for treating the problem. It’s not that women don’t share many of the same risk factors that men because we do. But women are often overachievers and this is just another one of those cases where that is true. So, if you are a woman and you’ve ever had any of the following, you have an increased risk of having a stroke.
Playing a game could help save a life, maybe even your own
Do you dream of helping to cure cancer? Now, even if you aren’t a research scientist you could help do just that. And the only tool you’ll need is either an iPhone 4s or higher or an iPad 2 or higher according to a Reuter’s article .
Protection against identity theft for both the living and the dead
Did you open a new bank account recently? You may have if like me, you are one of the over 100 million Target shoppers whose information was stolen during the holiday season.
It takes a village to combat dementia
Studies have indicated that socialization can play a significant protective role in the development of Alzheimer’s but along with that we also know that once an individual receives a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, socialization can help even as the disease progresses. The problem is that dementia is a scary diagnosis. It’s made even scarier for the family of the person with dementia and the person with dementia because a contributing member of society can suddenly be ostracized by the very people who could make dementia easier for them. That’s why in a Dementia 2012 conference, many European countries launched a program for creating dementia-friendly communities.
Social Security: It's not just about getting the biggest monthly check
It’s absolutely important to understand your Social Security benefits but it is also true that understanding those benefits requires some effort on your part.