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If You’re Concerned About an Aging Parent’s Sedentary Lifestyle, Here Are Some Ways You Can Encourage Them to Get More Active

Just about every article we read about healthy aging emphasizes the need for older people to stay active. Even a minimal level of physical activity – walking, gardening, stretching – helps aging adults live longer and healthier lives. By contrast, a lifestyle of inactivity often turns into a downward spiral of physical and emotional problems … Read more

Getting Out of Debt is a Worthwhile Goal, Yet Survey Finds Almost Half of Americans Expect to Retire Owing Money

“Getting debt-free” has become a common financial mantra. As the years go by and we age toward eventual retirement, the common wisdom has traditionally suggested that we will pay off more and more debt, then step blissfully into our retirement years financially free and unencumbered. But as it turns out, that “common wisdom” of retiring … Read more

The Holidays Offer a Good Chance to Talk with Parents About Finances – but Handle the Subject with Care and Empathy

For many families, the weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day will be different this year than last. One year ago, millions of families skipped holiday celebrations entirely due to COVID-related fears and travel restrictions. Yet in spite of the persistence and unpredictability of the virus, 2021 will feel different, with most Americans seemingly determined … Read more

Is Your Retirement Plan a House of Cards?

If you’re the average American, your retirement plan consists of legal documents (your estate plan) and a nest egg (your financial plan) designed to achieve two primary goals: This kind of planning works beautifully if you’re lucky enough to die in your sleep. Most of us won’t be so fortunate. More than two thirds of … Read more

What’s most important when choosing a retirement community?

If you’re starting to think about where you will live as you age, retirement communities are a great option. If you’re in the market for this type of housing, there’s one consideration that we believe is more important than any other, especially if one of your goals is to avoid being forced into a nursing … Read more

Will your adult children find your porn stash?

People talk about the indignities of old age. Needing help with simple tasks like eating, bathing, and toileting. Not being able to drive. Not being able to get around. Ending up in a nursing home. The losses pile up. Maybe you’ve seen it happen to your parents. Their retirement plan, with its focus on accumulating … Read more

When Should You Start Planning for Retirement?

Financial planners tell you to begin saving for retirement when you’re still in your 20s. Start as early as possible and save as much as you can, they advise. Estate planning attorneys tell you to create your first will, power of attorney, and advance directive when you’re in your 20s. Update those documents as your … Read more

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