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Social Security Funding During COVID-19

The US Social Security Administrations funding trusts are known as the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund and the Disability Insurance (DI) Trust Fund. In their 2019 annual report to Congress, the Board of Trustees released some startling detail…

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What To know About the Shortcomings of Medicare Advantage Plans

Medicare Advantage plans are appealing to many cost-conscious seniors because 1) they include prescription drug coverage; 2) they often include dental care, eyeglasses, gym memberships and other services; and 3) the premiums are substantially less than a traditional Medigap Plan…

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Time to View Aging as a Success Story

If you’ve been able to make it to your later years in life, you need to consider that a huge success in aging. After all, when you think about the alternative to aging your perspective about getting older shifts. You…

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A Guide for Caring for an Elderly Parent

Caring for an elder parent comes with many questions and challenges. Imagining your parents as seniors can be hard enough, not to mention having to understand and respond to the reality that each parent will age differently. Even if you…

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Should Children Be Made to Pay for Elder Care?

Children are often left to pay for their parent's elder care, which can be astronomically expensive. The high cost of long-term nursing care is no longer news. Costs can run around $7,000.00 or more per month, depending on location. Hundreds…

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Seniors Changing Their Living Wills

Kaiser Health News is reporting the coronavirus pandemic is prompting seniors to create or modify their living wills. Specifically, intubation is the topic that has many seniors crafting or rethinking their strategies amidst a wealth of disparate COVID-19 information that…

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How Tech Apps Help Seniors and Caregivers Alike

Technology is changing so fast today that it can seem overwhelming for even the most tech-savvy to keep pace. For many seniors, these changes can be so daunting that they tend to avoid technology altogether. While seniors have increasingly embraced…

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