Estate Planning
3 Ways to Help Aging Parents With Their Finances
Concrete steps for streamlining your parents’ day-to-day financial management, tuning up their portfolio plan, and covering key estate considerations.
Americans Cope with Income Swings
A full-time job that delivers a steady paycheck, week in and week out, is a luxury for many working people.
The Psychology of Fraud
at makes this AARP video about fraud compelling is that a few brave seniors were willing to discuss how they were cheated out of a few thousand dollars, $20,000, even $300,000.
Planning Your Long-Term Care Strategy? 5 Things Every Woman Should Know
When we think about retirement, we tend to accentuate the positives: growing old in our own home, visiting the grandkids—finally traveling the world.
Four Rules For Managing Your Aging Parents' Money
A first look at four new and free Consumer Financial Protection Board publications to help educate caregivers on best practices for managing an aging relative’s finances.
The Smart Way To Handle Family Fights About Aging Parents
Forbes contributor Carolyn Rosenblatt provides a brief introduction to elder care mediation and how it can effectively diffuse family conflicts over aging parents.
How Aging Impacts Our Financial Decisions
Next Avenue contributor Richard Eisenberg takes a frank look at how cognitive impairments in America’s rapidly growing older adult population is creating a ‘financial capacity’ problem and what it means for caregivers.
Estate Planning For The Rest Of Us
Liz Davidson of Financial Finesse outlines the basics of estate planning, with links to many free resources, and emphasizes that estate planning is essential for everyone, not just the super rich.
Hiring Help For Aging Parents? Read This First
Forbes looks at the new Department of Labor regulations for home care workers and their implications for families that rely on the companionship services exemption to pay less than minimum wage.
4 Financial Issues You Need To Discuss With Aging Parents
Carolyn Rosenblatt of AgingParents.com suggests talking to your parents without delay about four key topics: estate plans, healthcare insurance, income and debt, and financial records.
