Senior Living Basics
Estate planning checklist
An estate plan helps protect your loved ones from unnecessary hassle and expense.
What is estate planning?
Estate planning is the process of arranging who will receive your assets when you die.
How to move your 401(k)
If you’re leaving your job, don’t forget to take action on your 401(k).
How to pick investments in a 401(k)
Here’s how to build a portfolio that fits your financial goals.
Latest Articles
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Blueprint Income makes pensions personal
Blueprint Income is rethinking retirement and making the pension plan personal.
4 min read Mar 12, 2018
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Be cautious before helping seniors with their finances
Know what you’re getting into before stepping into a legal thicket.
6 min read Feb 15, 2017
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10 worst types of senior inflation
The lack of a cost-of-living increase for Social Security recipients in 2016 also means that the majority of Medicare beneficiaries will not have an increase in the Medicare Part B premiums this year.
1 min read Mar 16, 2016
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Can a reverse mortgage replace a pension?
Employers have moved away from offering pension plans with their defined benefits to offering defined contribution plans where the employee contributes from his or her salary and the employer may offer [...]
2 min read Jan 28, 2016
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Taking your lumps in retirement
The CFPB says, "When employees choose a lump-sum payout instead of a monthly pension payment, the responsibility for managing and investing the pension money shifts from the employer to the employee.
2 min read Jan 22, 2016
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Aging in place, with benefits
A variant of aging in place is called a naturally occurring retirement community.
2 min read Dec 08, 2015
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Is a retirement community for you?
Seniors are likely to make one or more moves in retirement, and the decisions about these moves can be fairly complex.
1 min read Dec 04, 2015
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Visiting parents over the holidays
Holidays are a good time to check in on elderly parents and see how they’re doing mentally, physically and emotionally.
2 min read Nov 24, 2015
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Wearable technology can be stylish — and save your life
Tech companies have designed snazzy products that track health data and keep you safe.
6 min read Nov 24, 2015
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The trouble (and cost) of downsizing
If you choose to downsize, you have to decide what to do with all the things that won’t fit in your new home.
1 min read Oct 22, 2015