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Complete Guide to Senior Finances

The folks at Assisted Living Today have posted a very comprehensive overview of senior finance issues. Sections in The Ultimate Guide to Senior Finance include:1. Benefits and Social Security2. Budgeting and Saving3. Consumer Protection4. Health Care Costs5. Different Types of Insurances6. Taxes and Tax Planning7. Mortgage Strategies8. Wills and Trusts9....

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Alzheimer’s Resources from Assisted Living Today

To help raise awareness of the significant impacts Alzheimer‰Ûªs disease has on families and loved ones, Assisted Living Today put together the Alzheimer‰Ûªs Action Day Guide, aåÊcomprehensive resource covering the latest research, treatments, fact and figures, as well as informative tips for caregivers.The Guide contains:The Caregiver‰Ûªs Guide to Alzheimer‰Ûªs Disease...

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Long-Term Care Insurance May Be a Dying Breed

A report earlier this fall by Moody‰Ûªs Investors Services – ‰ÛÏLong-Term Care Insurance: Sector Profile‰Û – says that despite the need for long-term care insurance, the product‰Ûªs future is in question because of persistent losses and a challenging operating environment. The benefits under early policies were often too generous relative...

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Hold Back on Those Christmas Gifts. You’ll Need the $ for Retirement

Aon Hewitt‰Ûªs Real Deal studied the retirement resources and needs for 2.2 million employees of 78 large US employers. The study projects employees‰Ûª retirement resources and needs assuming their current behaviors continue. The study focuses on full-career contributing employees as the baseline. For this purpose, ‰ÛÏfull career‰Û was defined as...

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How You Lose Your Hearing As You Age

The following is a guest post from John O’Connor. Hearing loss is one of the symptoms of aging. åÊIt should not be taken for granted. åÊThis dysfunction of the hearing organs can be dangerous. åÊIt can also be prevented. How can hearing loss affect your life? Sometimes, hearing loss is...

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