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What Is Your Place in the Covid Vaccine Line?

Category: Health and Wellness Issues

December 4, 2020 — Been wondering exactly where you stand when it comes to getting a Covid vaccine? We know we have been. Out this morning is a very cool tool to help you get a better idea, depending on where you live, your age, occupation, and any health care…

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Published on December 4, 2020
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Some Snowbirds Not Taking Wing This Winter

Category: Travel

December 2, 2020 — While up north there has already been plenty of snow and ice, that doesn’t mean that all the snowbirds have taken flight to warmer climes. The Covid pandemic seems to have clipped the wings of a significant number of people in the northeast, midwest, and Canada,…

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Published on December 1, 2020
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What I’ve Learned about Golf Communities…and the People Who Move There

Category: Active adult communities

by Larry Gavrich Editor’s note: Larry is a frequent contributor to discussions here at Top Retirements, and we have learned much from him. We are happy to have him today as a guest to discuss what he has learned from helping individuals and couples find the best golf community for…

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Published on November 29, 2020
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Does Retirement Cause Memory Loss?

Category: Health and Wellness Issues

November 26, 2020 — You see the person coming down the aisle toward you and… panic! A minute ago their name was on the tip of your tongue, but now it is gone! Or, you are describing something to a friend, and the name of the book or the noun…

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Published on November 26, 2020
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What Type of Retiree Will You Be?

Category: Retirement Planning

November 23, 2020 — One of our favorite pieces of advice is that retirement offers a chance for a do-over on life. However life has turned out so far, most of us have the opportunity to change directions, if we want to take it. With that in mind, here are…

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Published on November 23, 2020
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Which States Have No Income Tax – There Are Now 8

Category: Financial and taxes in retirement

November 18, 2020 — Finding a state with no income tax can be a good reasons to choose it for retirement for many well-heeled retirees. Up until 2021, only 7 states could claim they have no state income tax. But coming in 2021 an 8th will join the list, Tennessee…

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Published on November 18, 2020
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Multi-generational Housing Gets Covid Boost

Category: Family and Retirement

November 14, 2020 — Not surprisingly, occupancy rates at assisted living and independent living facilities are off 2.5% since March, according to data from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care. Rates in skilled nursing facilities are declining even sharper, they have declined by 12%. One big reason…

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Published on November 14, 2020
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10 Very Cool Towns for Retirement

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

November 11, 2020 – We are not talking cool as in the temperature, when we say 10 very cool towns for retirement we mean retirement towns that are fun to live in. Small town and mid-size cities where there is plenty to do, congenial neighbors, and attractions and charm that…

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Published on November 10, 2020
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Cold Weather and the Holidays Are Coming – How Will You Adjust?

Category: Home and Garden

November 10, 2020- if you like a lot of Americans you probably found some safe ways to socialize with a small group of friends or family this past summer. But with cold weather and the holidays arriving soon many folks are grappling with how to keep that going and avoid…

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Published on November 9, 2020
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Replacement Income from Social Security Falling, Might Get Worse

Category: Financial and taxes in retirement

November 4, 2020 — Data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services predict that Social Security benefits will provide an ever smaller portion of replacement income for retirees in the years to come. This prediction takes into account the delay in the Full Retirement Age from 65 to 67,…

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Published on November 2, 2020
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