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Future Challenge – Who Pays the Bills?
Challenge #15 This is a follow up to last week’s question about who we trust with our health if we can’t make those decisions. For our aging population, there’s something else that may need management, – their finances. Older people … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Financial Issues, Future Challenges
Tagged Powers of Attorney, Senior finances
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Why Everybody Needs a Plan – Part 2, or Where’s Mom’s Checkbook?
Caregiving for an older person has so many aspects. There are physical and health issues. There are housing and recreational needs. And then there are the bills. I’ve been through this with three parents now – my own two and my … Continue reading
Posted in Caregiving, Family, Finances, Information, Retirement itself
Tagged Financial Power of Attorney, Senior finances
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Future Challenge – A New Kind of Budget
Challenge #11 The way we budget our money and plan for the future necessarily changes over time. When we’re younger, we often take on some debt for education, to buy houses, or to otherwise invest in our long term goals. … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Issues, Future Challenges
Tagged Budget, change, choices, Financing Retirement, lifestyle, retirement, Senior finances
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That’s the Way the Money Goes!
All around the mulberry bush, the monkey chased the weasel. The monkey stopped to scratch his nose. Pop! goes the weasel. A penny for a spool of thread, a penny for a needle – That’s the way the money goes, … Continue reading
What’s Going on with Social Security?? – Part 1
In the game of Financing Retirement, our sources of Money In aren’t as flexible as they were during our working years.. For example, two possible sources of income in the US have important rules governing when they are available, and … Continue reading
Posted in Finances, Financial Issues, Information, Retirement itself
Tagged 401K Accounts, Affording Retirement, Benefits, Finances, Financial Planning, IRA accounts, lifestyle, Medicare, Money, retirement, retirement planning, Senior finances, Social Security, Social Security Administration
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