Retirement
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Retirement: Is Your Marriage Ready?
“I married you for better or worse, but not for lunch,” Jody read in an article about retirement planning, and…
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Social Security: Sometimes, “You Live and You Learn”
A recent study of retirees conducted by AgeFriendly.com for MassMutual found interesting answers to this fundamental retirement planning question, “If…
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How Women Over 50 Can Meet—and Beat—the Challenge of a Career Change
Changing directions can be hard at any age, but transitioning later in your career can be especially daunting. How do…
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Preparing for a Fail-Safe Retirement
My friend, Emily, was in her early 60s. She had worked her way up the corporate ladder and loved her…
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Keep Informed on Important Changes to Social Security and Medicare
Each year the Social Security Administration announces small incremental changes to both the Social Security program and the Medicare program.…
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“Use It — Or Lose It!”
These are words we often hear in relation to our muscles; if we don’t use them, they will atrophy. It…
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Coping with the Cost of Care: Often-Overlooked Tax Deductions and Tips for Seniors and Their Families
By TaxAct ~ TaxAct shares these articles with us so our readers are more informed. Yes, this one is long but…
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Try This Exercise to Discover a Great New Joyful Career
The Fifty+ audience has one incredible gift; experience. There’s no other time in your life when you can combine…
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Important Reasons to Take Social Security Benefits Early
It is hard to make “one-rule fits all” generalizations about taking your Social Security benefits. When it comes to this…
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A Retirement Coach is Like a Golf Caddie
Imagine an amateur golfer playing in the Masters Tournament. Or even a professional golfer playing in the tournament without a…
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Age at Home
Remodelers and CAPS Designees are Helping Older Home Owners Achieve Their Fondest Wish! Older home owners overwhelmingly prefer to age…
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Being “Fit” in Retirement
When planning for retirement, have you planned to do anything other than being financially “fit”? Complement being financially “fit” with…
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The Road Less Traveled and Social Security
If you were born before Jan. 1, 1954, you are coming to a fork in the road for an important…
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Medicare and Social Security Basics
In a recent survey of folks age 60-64 commissioned by MassMutual in August, 8 out of 10 respondents (79 percent)…
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‘Tis the Season… Give of Yourself
During this season of giving and joy, we are furiously working on holiday shopping, social events, and spending time with…
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Why Home May be the Assisted Living of the Future
Most older Americans want to stay in their homes for as long as they possibly can. Put in negative terms,…
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