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Enjoying Your 90s
A lot of people assume that once you live past 80 or so, both your physical and mental abilities decline and you have an inactive happy life. Recent research is showing that’s no longer the case. Improvements have been made in many areas, so that people who live past 90 have much better physical and […]
Living Longer But Not Better
Life expectancy continues to increase, and you need to factor that into your retirement planning. A retirement of 30 years or longer isn’t unusual now and will be more common going forward. But something else you need to consider is the news that while Americans are living longer, they aren’t necessarily living healthier, according to […]
Don’t LIve with the Grandkids
It’s likely to shorten your life, according to this study. It’s an academic study, and the link is to the abstract. You can download the entire paper free in PDF. The paper says to some extent older people who live with younger people should be expected to have shorter life expectancies, because health problems often […]
The Perils of Grandparenting
Grandparents are frequent targets of scams and cons. The scams leverage their status as grandparents to extract money from the seniors. The scams are so widespread and growing that the FTC has issued a warning about them. The general approach is the same. An individual claiming to be a grandchild contacts the grandparent and claims […]
The New Aging in Place Movement
The media like to focus on making lists of the best place to retire or tracking the areas where people are migrating to in retirement. But the fact is that a minority of retirees move very far after retiring. Something like 80% of American retirees stay in the same county where they lived before retirement. […]
Looking Out for Elder Abuse
Elder abuse always has been a problem in the U.S., but a largely hidden problem. Most victims are believed not to report to anyone what happened, and governments don’t devote many resources to uncovering and dealing with the issue. But that’s changing as the population ages. More resources are being devoted to the problem, and […]
How to Age In Place
Most people want to stay in their homes for as long as they can. They don’t want to move to an assisted living facility or nursing home. Many don’t even want to downsize. Your body might not cooperate, so to stay in your home you need to adapt and renovate it. It’s certainly possible to […]
Do Recessions Increase Life Expectancy?
I always urge people to examine the data. Don’t adopt a theory that makes sense until you’ve examined the data and seen the theory stand up. There are many misconceptions about finance and investing that exist because people don’t examine the data. They accept a theory that makes sense, even when the data contradict it. […]
