By Hillard Rest
The question seems easy, but the answer is complicated. Many individuals can begin receiving Social Security retirement benefits as early as age 62. But the amount of their monthly...
No matter how physically hard a caregiving responsibility may be, it is usually the emotional impact of the change which imperils both the relationship with the care recipient and the well-being of...
The mosquito is an insect subject to lots of jokes. A few states laughingly claim it as their unofficial ‘state bird.’ T-shirts sport caricatures of oversized mosquitoes preying on...
Your body responds to the way you think, feel and act: emotional stress can weaken your body's immune system, making you more likely to get colds and infections, and an event such as the death of...
There are more than 800 fraud scams active nationwide, most of which can victimize seniors, according to the U.S. government. Some of these con games are specifically aimed at seniors such as...
You’ve probably seen the headlines: “Come Learn How to Avoid Probate!” Probate is a process for determining if a decedent left a valid will, and for distributing the decedent’s...
By Hillard Rest
Bob Klein was in the process of helping his mother, Annie, move out of the house she’d lived in for 24 years. She was going to a smaller home in a retirement community, and it was...
By Hillard Rest
When most older Americans were growing up, the only stock average was the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Today there are lots of different stock averages and indices to follow, and...
Every morning in the panhandle of Florida, Betty Hardin, 70, starts her day by making a pot of coffee and turning on her computer. Most mornings, three or four emails have arrived...
