Retirement

In early November I was invited to tour the Sacramento, California PACE operation. PACE is an acronym that stands for Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly. I had heard of PACE and had even toured a PACE operation in San Diego during an aging services conference back in 2017. Its comprehensiveness had impressed me

The Congressional Research Service found that by the end of 2023, more than 2 million Social Security beneficiaries had their retirement incomes reduced because of two programs: the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). The Social Security Fairness Act, which was signed into law on Sunday, eliminates this benefit reduction. Who is

Later this year, Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) will reintroduce his public catastrophic long-term care insurance bill, called the WISH Act. Suozzi is doing all the right things: Looking for Republican support and trying to engage the private insurance industry, long-term care providers, and employers, as well as advocates for older adults and people with disabilities.

It’s uncomfortable. The idea that you have to tell your elders what to do or take over things for them seems strange. The people who once guided and protected you may now need you to do the same for them. For many adult children, this shift in roles can be challenging. You don’t want to

After working with terminally ill patients for years, Bonnie Ware often heard her patients express regrets as they reflected on their lives. So she wrote the popular book The Top Five Regrets of the Dying. Ware believes the book resonates with people as a reminder that we “only have a limited time to live the