What is your most important asset as you enter retirement? Is it your home? Is it your financial portfolio? Is it your long-term care policy? Is it your close-knit family? No, no, no, and no. Your most important asset in retirement will prove to be your health. Your...
All our adult lives, most of us prize our independence. We like to think of ourselves as free and liberated, living how and where we choose. It’s sort of the American myth: we make our own choices and we go our own way – or at least that’s how we picture ourselves....
This week we learn about Geriatric Care Managers. Who are geriatric care managers (GCMs) and what do they do? GCMs play a huge part in the work that we do to help clients prepare for Medicaid. In general, most GCMs are nurses or social workers by trade, but that is...
Millions of Americans serve as family caregivers for their loved ones. The estimated number exceeds 60 million, but there may be more. For these family caregivers, each day can be frustrating and exhausting, as well as satisfying and rewarding. As family caregivers...
Hey, boomer parents! If you haven’t discovered the hard truth already, here it is: your kids still don’t want all the stuff you’ve accumulated over the years. And neither do your grandkids. This may come as a shock to boomers seeking to declutter and downsize, but the...
If you started 2026 with a Medicare Advantage plan that you’re unhappy with, you’re stuck for the rest of the year – right? Wrong. Turns out you have until the end of March to make a change, which under the right circumstances might be a worthwhile option. Contrary to...
