6 Ways to Advocate for Seniors and Provide Support During a Hospital Stay
A stay in the hospital can be confusing, scary and painful. When an older adult is seriously ill, or after a medical emergency, they need extra support during their hospital stay…
Read MoreBoomers Are at Higher Risk for Opioid Addiction: Here’s How to Protect Yourself
If you’d like to see upfront-and-personal the face of the fastest-growing group of people at risk for opioid addiction and abuse, look in your bathroom mirror. While it may be comforting to believe that drug addiction affects mostly people…
Read MoreMy Husband Told Me to Find Another Partner… and to Watch Out for My Money!
“Find someone to travel through life with after I’m gone.” That was my husband’s advice before he died 17 years ago. “You have so much love to give. Don’t stay alone forever.” Then he added a most important recommendation…
Read More7 Longevity Areas Next Generations Will Need to Consider
You may have seen the report from the Stanford Center on Longevity titled the New Map of Life. It is written not only with longevity of us, the baby boomers, but more futuristically benefitting our grandchildren and great-grandchildren. We are only the beginning…
Read MoreCruising the Smart Way: Ship Choice, Activities, Safety and More!
Statistically, cruising has one of the highest, if not the highest, vacation satisfaction rating. And it’s easy to understand why. With the ease of unpacking only once, no meals to cook or dishes to wash, these floating resorts carry you to fascinating…
Read MoreWipe Out: A Wake-Up Call to Act My Age?
I confess to a moment of near euphoria as I sped past traffic crawling to the beach. My smile was so big, drivers smiled back as I zipped past on my lime green e-bike – head tucked in a sturdy helmet and my sweetheart following at a safe distance…
Read MoreMoving to a New Home Later in Life: Deciding to Stay or Go
As I mentioned in the first blog of this series, moving to a new home later in life could be motivated by several things: health status, retirement, an empty nest, living costs, lifestyle choices. Among these, a health condition might force you…
Read MoreHow to Gain Financial Empowerment in Your 60s
Your 60s are a time of tremendous change. You may be preparing for retirement, entering retirement or recently retired. It’s a time where your finances may also be changing; a crossroads of sorts. So, what can you do with your finances…
Read MoreThe Older Entrepreneur: Is It Ever Too Late?
Is it ever too late to start a business? The data shows that the highest rate of entrepreneurship worldwide is in the 55-64 age group and the over-50 age group is twice as likely to be successful. Sometimes people newly retiring from a fast-paced career find retirement…
Read More5 Steps to Take Control of Your Medical Costs in Your 60s
I’ve always been fit. Even well into my 50s I felt physically invincible. I could still jump out of bed for a morning run, followed by a strength class and then even possible game of tennis later in the day. Nothing could quell my energy…
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