Retirement

The daughter of a client called me because she was concerned about how much her mother paid for cataract surgery. She has a Medicare supplement, met her deductible and there shouldn’t be any bills. What is going on? As a nursing student, I cared for several cataract patients. They were admitted to the hospital and,

Sunk cost, opportunity cost, and the endowment effect. You may expect these textbook-weight words to show up in the classroom. You may even imagine how understanding these concepts could help better explain corporate, institutional, or public policy matters—or at least your investment portfolio. But it’s harder to imagine utilizing them to make better decisions in

The author suggests that when it comes to retirement decisions, we may not be asking the right questions. As the Jodie Foster character in True Detective likes to say, “You’re not asking the right question.” Then for a successful retirement, what is the right question? It’s “Do the decisions I make now matter?” Clearly the

When Older Americans Month (May) was established in 1963, only 17 million Americans had celebrated their 65th birthday. Today over 60 million of us can claim the distinction of being 65 or better. However, over 22 million older adults live alone and close to 30% of them have no children or other family support as

The subject of financial exploitation of elders in our country has been on law enforcement radar for decades. Significant public education programs on this topic by states, counties, and elder-focused organizations are ongoing, but are they doing any good? There was an increase in financial elder exploitation by 14% over the last year, according to