A Last Will and Testimony declares who shall receive your property, this person being the executor, and they also will be in charge of your estate after you pass away. For many reasons, beneficiaries can feel slighted by what they…
Sadly, the elderly is often taken advantage of by strangers — and sometimes even their own family members. It’s an unfortunate fact that seniors can be prime targets for financial abuse and scams. That’s why it’s important that planning is…
Many retired and aging Americans' golden years are turning into bankruptcy red. While medical advances are keeping seniors alive longer, the associated healthcare costs in the quest for longevity are being off-loaded onto the older individual at a time when…
As a whole, many seniors are from a generation that still scorn drug abuse and stigmatize those people who engage in such activities. However, as the baby boomer numbers increase in senior living environments, they bring with them a more…
Tips for Selecting an In-Home Care Provider There will come a time when your parent may no longer be safe living at home alone due to physical or emotional/social concerns. In home care can provide a solution to make everyone…
The gift tax is a tax on the transfer of assets, cash, or property, to another without receiving something of equal value. The asset has to be of a certain value for the tax to apply; otherwise, it falls under…
In places like France, proposals to raise the retirement age are met with street protests. Yet around the world, the retirement age is creeping up; in the United States, it is moving up from 65 to 67. In fact, 2019…
Way back when Mom and Dad bought a timeshare in a holiday resort, the resort agent suggested that they sign a deed leaving the share to their children, so that when the parents passed, the kids could continue to enjoy…
The Biden Administration could bring significant changes to the current landscape for older Americans. Biden has outlined what he would like to accomplish for older Americans, and this article is intended to summarize some of those plans. Social Security benefits…
Today, there are very few people without a digital footprint anymore. From social networks like Facebook, Linkedin, Instagram, Twitch.tv and Twitter, blogs and licensed domain names, email, music, photos, seller accounts on eBay, Amazon, or Itsy, gaming accounts, even your…