My Comments: No, I am not trying to sell you a reverse mortgage, though I am licensed to do so. I am saying you should NOT dismiss them out of hand. Under the right circumstances, they are a valuable tool. As a disclaimer, you should know that I arranged one for myself in 2015. As …
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My Comments: My time these days is spent promoting my book, The Dynamics of Retirement, and the complementary online course I created. I consider myself semi-retired. If you're interested, there's an image of the book just to the right on this page. People often fail to realize retirement turns out to be a 25-30 trek …
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One of the existential threats faced by all senior citizens is developing the need for Long Term Care or LTC. It’s when you can no longer perform some of what are referred to as Activities of Daily Living or ADLs. It means there's a need for help from someone else when it comes to things …
My Comments: Too many years ago for me to remember, it was possible to buy what was then known as a ‘single premium life insurance policy”. The only health question was whether you could fog a mirror. If not, it was too late. As a salesman, I’d find people with small or medium sized buckets …
Will you be able to pay for healthcare in retirement? If you become physically or mentally disabled, how will you pay the bills to keep you alive? Not being able to pay for health care in retirement is a major existential threat for millions of Americans coming to terms with their pending retirement. If you …
My Comments: As someone with more years under my belt that I like to think about, dealing with the potential costs of long term care is never far from my mind. We all know that sooner or later the light will go out, but none of can be sure it will go out quickly. And …
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My Comments: Bad things happen to good people from time to time. One of the bad things is that as we age, we tend to need more and more care from others to get us through the day. At some point, if you are still alive, it may be necessary for a professional to help …
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My Comments: "Who me? Nah, I’m good. I’m not going to become goofy or worry about someone helping me take my meds every morning. Or help me prepare my meals. Or help me in the shower…" (BTW, this image is of my mother who suffered from Alzheimers for 10 years after my father died.) by …
Continue reading If you’re in your 50s, you need to plan for long-term care right now
My Comments: Long Term Care and the associated costs have become an increasingly obvious existential risk faced by people in retirement. We’re living longer and longer and despite our best efforts, we tend to become more goofy and less healthy as we age. If we can no longer function on our own, of if we …
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My Comments: Those of us who live long enough to enter the final stages of our lives get to confront something that rarely happens to those not retired. I often refer to this as ‘becoming goofy’, though it’s not always a mental affliction. (My mother had Alzheimer's and needed constant attention for over nine years.) …
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