If you’re a baby boomer and starting to look toward your retirement, the view is much different than it was for your parents. The dream of retiring at age 65, benefiting from Social Security and relaxing through your golden years after decades of hard work is no longer a reality for many seniors. The reasons
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Estate Planning 101: How to Protect Your Assets and Provide for Your Family
After working hard and saving smart for decades, the last thing you want is someone telling you what to do with your money—even after you pass away. If you don’t have a will in place, or if you have one but haven’t updated it since your firstborn was in diapers, control of your assets can
Read MoreAsking Your Elderly Parent to Stop Driving: Five Tips to Start the Heart-to-Heart
Getting our driver’s license gave many of us our first taste of freedom. Over the years, that little card let us go anywhere we wanted, whenever we wanted. So, it’s no surprise that if someone threatens to take it away, we would fight tooth and nail to hold on to it. If your parent has
Read MoreWhy You Should Celebrate National Family Health History Day This Thanksgiving
Certain topics should be left off the table during Thanksgiving dinner—politics, religion, Cubs talk in Cardinals country. But one discussion we do need to have while all of our loved ones are together under one roof is our family health history. Granted, no one wants to talk about cancer and diabetes while reaching for another
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