'Tis the Season for Special Challenges
It may be hard to believe, but once again the Christmas season is upon us. Along with the joy of celebrating the birth of Christ come...
Famous Faces of Dementia
By announcing that she has dementia, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor joined a growing number of public figures who have...
Leave No Junk Behind
Americans are pack rats – we have too much stuff and we refuse to get rid of it. When we die, our loved ones are left to deal with our...
The Long Term Care Challenge
A recent Bloomberg View article explores the implications of General Electric’s multi-billion dollar losses from its long term care...
Health Care Costs on the Rise
Despite the use of health care services remaining constant or even declining, spending on health care by Americans who get insurance...
Top 10 Elder Scams
Scam artists never stop trying to think of ways to take advantage of others. Unfortunately, because the elderly tend to be more...
How to Judge the Financial Health of a Retirement Community
Full service retirement communities are growing in popularity. Commonly known as continuing care retirement communities, or C.C.R.C.,...
Alzheimer's Facts and Figures
The Alzheimer's Association has released their annual facts and figures report: 2018 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures. Here are a...
A New Approach to Elder Care in China
Some retirees in China are living in resorts. About an hour from downtown Shanghai, seniors reside in a complex with 2,000 households, a...
Do Seniors Care About the Future?
Planning for our future incapacity is something no one wants to do. Yet new research, found that avoiding planning ahead is an especially...
