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What Are You Doing to Stay Agile (and Avoid Life Changing Falls)

Category: Health and Wellness Issues

November 4, 2019 — Last year about three million older people sought emergency room treatment for injuries sustained in falls. About 1 out of 3 people over 65 had a serious fall. We’ve all heard tales of older people (that is getting to be us!) whose lives were changed, irrevocably,…

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Published on November 4, 2019
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Baby Boomers Staying in Their Homes Longer, Disrupting Real Estate Markets

Category: Retirement Real Estate

November 6, 2019 — Millennials and GenY and Xers can get a little tired of us baby boomers. Now some experts are seeing yet another problem we seemed to have created. By staying in our homes longer than expected, we are disrupting the housing market. According to research by the…

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Published on November 5, 2019
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Have You Considered Living in a Manufactured Home? Pros and Cons

Category: Retirement Real Estate

November 9, 2019 — With so many baby boomers facing retirement with smaller than expected savings, the question of where they can afford to live is a serious question. Recently one of our long-standing Members, Peder, raised the issue of manufactured homes, and in particular, their pitfalls. Somewhat to our…

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Published on November 9, 2019
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20 Best Places to Retire in the West – 2019

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

November 11, 2019 – As a place to retire the American West offers perhaps the biggest range of geography and the lifestyles that go with that. This huge area comprises 9 states with every kind of geography. Most impressive is its huge coastline that runs from coastal California to the…

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Published on November 10, 2019
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2020 Medicare Part B Premiums Announced

Category: Health and Wellness Issues

Nov. 12, 2020 — The standard Part B monthly premium amount in 2020 will be $144.60, up $9.10 from 2019. Most people will pay the standard Part B premium amount. If you modified adjusted gross income as reported on your IRS tax return from 2 years ago is above a…

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Published on November 12, 2019
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Social Security COLA for 2020 Announced: Lower Than This Year’s

Category: Social Security

November 18, 2019 — Late last month it was announced that Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for nearly 69 million Americans will increase 1.6 percent in 2020. This follows increases of 2.8 percent in 2019, 2% in 2018 and .3% in 2016.  The 1.6 percent cost-of-living adjustment…

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Published on November 18, 2019
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Home Together All Day—Heaven or….?

Category: Family and Retirement

By S. W. Hubbard November 20, 2019 — Last year, my husband Kevin was counting the days to his retirement. He had planned the financial aspects thoroughly. On January 1 he would leave behind his demanding job as an operations executive who traveled worldwide and would spend all his…

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Published on November 19, 2019
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Husband just retired three months ago: How do I handle this character now?

Category: Family and Retirement

By Ed LaFreniere of Retirementhumor.net November 23, 2019 — Q: My husband retired three months ago. We took a two-week trip right afterwards, and then the frustrations began. He claims he’s joking when he criticizes me if I miss a spot with the vacuum or the kitchen mop, but…

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Published on November 23, 2019
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We Beg to Differ: Florida Has Some of the Best Places to Retire

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

November 26, 2019 — Are you in the camp of retirees who “hate” Florida, or are you among those that “love” it? Most folks thinking about the best place to retire in Florida seem to fall into one of those divisions; not so many have no opinion. In our view,…

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Published on November 26, 2019
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OK, Boomer

Category: Baby Boomer Retirement Issues

November 29, 2019 — In case you hear this comment from a millennial, Gen X, or Yer, it is NOT a compliment. It is a dismissal, as in, “OK, baby boomer, you have a lot to say, but your day is over. Kindly step aside.” Younger folks tend to use…

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Published on November 28, 2019
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