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Long-Term Costs Continue to Rise

Courtesy MetLife MetLife Mature Market Institute‰Ûªs 2012 market survey shows that average national long-term care costs continue to rise. The national average annual charge for a private nursing home room rose to $90,520 this year, while semi-private rooms climbed to $81,030 and assisted living residency jumped to $42,600. Nursing home...

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More Retiring in Other Countries

More people are retiring overseas according to Wharton School of Business. Older people place a higher value on the present moment. Retiring abroad allows one to enjoy the present moment with more ease than retiring in the U.S. and can lead to greater happiness. Beckoned by foreign countries with mild...

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More Worried About Retirement

Americans today are more worried about their retirement finances than they were at the end of the Great Recession in 2009, according to a nationally representative survey of 2,508 adults conducted by the Pew Research Center.åÊ About four-in-ten adults (38%) say they are ‰ÛÏnot too‰Û or ‰ÛÏnot at all‰Û confident...

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Aspirin May Preserve Brain Function in Elderly Women

inSA new study from researchers inåÊSweden has shown that aspirin may help women maintain brain function. Researchers studied approximately 700 women, at least 70 years old. About 600 of the women were considered to be at high risk for a heart attack. About 20% of them were taking aspirin during...

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