Is Medicaid a one-size-fits-all answer to the problem of costly long-term care? Clearly, if you’ve been listening to AgingOptions radio, you know the answer. Medicaid is a vital component of America’s delivery of long-term care services to seniors, but it clearly...
As we often note here on the Blog, family caregivers are the unsung heroes in our nation’s healthcare system. Firm statistics may be hard to come by, but data suggests that there are at least 48 million unpaid caregivers in the U.S., with about half that number caring...
Here in the U.S., our culture deeply admires the person who can do it all without complaining. One of our favorite cultural icons is the individual who stands alone, rises to the occasion, and never asks for help. While that go-it-alone mentality might work in the...
What are the worst money mistakes a person can make? If we thought about it, most of us could come up with a list of several bad financial moves – investing money on a risky hunch, or buying something you don’t understand (cryptocurrency, for example), or counting on...
There was a time in America when a paid-off mortgage was considered the gold standard for financial security. Those who could afford a home mortgage – less than half of the adult population until the mid-1940s – were generally determined to pay those loans off as...
To make a marriage work, what’s the ideal age difference between partners? While statisticians may be able to give a technical answer to that question, the fact is that any marriage can work, no matter which partner is older and by how many years. Still, as we read in...
