The sooner someone facing a dementia diagnosis begins plans for their future care and financial decisions, the better it will be for those they love, experts say.
Estate planning is an activity many families, especially in lower-income communities, don’t often use, despite its many benefits. Two-thirds of Americans don’t have a will, according to the 2022 Caring.com survey.
Many people will suffer cognitive decline as they age, and that can seriously impact their ability to manage their assets.
You’ve completed all the estate planning documents your lawyer recommended, do you really need to take another step?
As Vietnam and eventually Gulf War-era veterans grow older, they bring with them new needs, different expectations for care and greater diversity than the Korean War and World War II veterans who came before them.
Generative artificial intelligence systems are already making it easier for scammers to con elderly Americans out of their money, and several senators are asking the Biden administration to step in and protect people from this quickly emerging threat.
As many as 80% of aging adults in America lack the financial resources to pay for two years of nursing home care or four years of an assisted living community. That’s according to a new study from the National Council on Aging (NCOA) and the LeadingAge LTSS Center at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Data from sources like the U.S. Census Bureau shows in no uncertain terms that the U.S. population has grown older over the prior two decades.
Scam artists often target older adults, partly because they have amassed greater wealth.
Aging solo is about those individuals who are widowed or not married, live alone and have no family or none they can count on. They are going through the last years of their lives on their own. It can be just fine until one’s health declines and the usual activities and access to friends get out of reach.