The holiday season is typically the busiest time of the year for traveling. People enjoy going to see family members or exploring new locations as they have time off from their jobs and schoolwork. This year, traveling may come with a bit more stress and anxiety due to the pandemic that people are facing around… Continue reading Stress-Free Holiday Traveling in The COVID-19 Age
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Planning for Your Own Long-Term Care
Planning for our own long-term care may not be pleasant, but it’s essential. In this guide, the National Institute on Aging shares how you can look after yourself and your future: You can never know for sure if you will need long-term care. Maybe you will never need it. But an unexpected accident, illness, or… Continue reading Planning for Your Own Long-Term Care
6 Ways to Fight The Financial Stress in Your Life
Trading in your morning coffee run to Starbucks for the pot of coffee in the office is never fun, but when finances get tight that drive-thru stop might be one of the first things to go. But do you really need to give up the little things in life that make you happy? Al Zdenek… Continue reading 6 Ways to Fight The Financial Stress in Your Life
Relax, Boomer Parents: Millennials Are More Financially Savvy Than You Think
Millennials came of age at a time when the job market was weak and their student-loan debt was high. Such a dreary combination did not bode well for a rosy financial future. But could it be, when all is said and done, that millennials will prove to be just as financially savvy as their baby… Continue reading Relax, Boomer Parents: Millennials Are More Financially Savvy Than You Think
Healthy Eating for Families
March is National Nutrition Month–a time to shed some light on our food choices and how we can develop some sound eating and physical activity habits. Health professionals seem to agree that American families desperately need both of them. In fact, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that nearly 21% of… Continue reading Healthy Eating for Families
Are You Forgetting Something Essential for Retirement?
Most people have some kind of lifestyle vision for retirement. Unfortunately, without proper planning their dreams won’t always become a reality as they enter the encore time of their lives, says Michael Bivona, a certified public accountant who retired almost 20 years ago. “I had a simple plan: When I stopped working I planned on… Continue reading Are You Forgetting Something Essential for Retirement?
7 Things to Know about Long-Distance Caregiving
Caregiving is difficult and stressful, and caregiving from a distance adds another level of stress. You can reduce that stress, though, if you plan ahead and keep your focus on your priorities. Here, the National Institute on Aging shares some steps you can take: Know what you need to know. Experienced caregivers recommend that you… Continue reading 7 Things to Know about Long-Distance Caregiving
Five Ways to Start Preparing for Retirement
The “Greatest Generation” experienced the burgeoning of government and corporate pension and health-care plans post-World War II, but baby boomers and later generations are facing the severe compromise of those benefits. While thousands of boomers reach retirement age every day, they will continue to take on more responsibility for providing income for their essential living… Continue reading Five Ways to Start Preparing for Retirement
Ten Tips for Caregiving Daughters – and Their Mothers
As Mother’s Day approaches, many older women in a mother/daughter caregiving relationship may find it a bittersweet holiday. No matter how strong their relationship is with their mother, caregiving is an exhausting, often frustrating task. As in many aspects of life there are lessons to be learned and a lot of bumps and bruises that… Continue reading Ten Tips for Caregiving Daughters – and Their Mothers
The Road to Financial Literacy: Three Minuses, Three Pluses
Financial literacy isn’t something we learn in school, and most parents admit they feel unqualified or incapable of teaching their children about money. As a result, most of us are self-taught when it comes to learning about money. “Too often, like financial lemmings, we follow the trends, patterns, and habits of people around us without… Continue reading The Road to Financial Literacy: Three Minuses, Three Pluses
Caregiving and Cancer
Caregiving is more often than not an unexpected event. Many caregivers have a daily routine caring for a loved one. Some caregivers continue working; some stay at home to caregive. Most important is the caregiver’s ability for self-care including attending to healthcare and medical needs. Care-receiving is also an unexpected and unwelcome event; who wants… Continue reading Caregiving and Cancer
“Virtual Week” Brain Game Helps Older Adults Remain Independent Longer
An international team of scientists has demonstrated that just one month of training on a “Virtual Week” computer brain game helps older adults significantly strengthen prospective memory – a type of memory that is crucial for planning, everyday functioning and independent living. Seniors who played the cognitive-training game “more than doubled” the number of prospective… Continue reading “Virtual Week” Brain Game Helps Older Adults Remain Independent Longer
Don’t Let These Financial Blunders Leave You with An Empty Wallet
To err is human, but when mistakes affect your pocketbook it’s not exactly divine. Don’t feel alone if you’ve committed a financial blunder, though. Two-thirds of Americans have made a significant money mistake somewhere along the way, says Jim Chilton, founder and chief executive officer of the non-profit Society for Financial Awareness (www.sofausa.org) “One thing… Continue reading Don’t Let These Financial Blunders Leave You with An Empty Wallet
Taking A Pulse Check On Your Attitude
Hard times that sap your energy and leave you frustrated are an inevitable part of life. Maybe you lost a job. Maybe your finances took a turn for the worse. Maybe your personal life is in disarray or a health problem emerged forcing a lifestyle change. Such setbacks can leave people feeling afraid, uncertain, angry… Continue reading Taking A Pulse Check On Your Attitude
Five Crucial Steps to Take Before Retirement
Randy and Todd Martin are a father and son team who, after working together for more than 18 years, decided to write a brief, easy to understand book, Realistic Retirement for Realistic People, explaining a process to follow for those contemplating retirement. “Retirees need to consider how social security, investments , taxes, pensions, health care… Continue reading Five Crucial Steps to Take Before Retirement
Study: Patients Accurately Report Their Cognitive State
A device that measures the state of an aging brain is reliable and valid when patients themselves use it, according to a new study. The patient self-reporting version of the Healthy Aging Brain Care Monitor measures 27 items on a four-point scale to assess cognitive, psychological and functional symptoms. It operates in the same way… Continue reading Study: Patients Accurately Report Their Cognitive State