Category Archives: Finances, Long-Term Care and Retirement
International News: Queen’s Speech 2012: Children born today ‘will work to 80′ under pension reforms
Queen’s Speech 2012: Children born today ‘will work to 80′ under pension reforms A planned increase in the retirement age to 67 will be brought forward to between 2026 and 2028, after which it will be linked to longevity for … Continue reading
SURVEY: Nearly Half Of Americans Aren’t Saving For Retirement
SURVEY: Nearly Half Of Americans Aren’t Saving For Retirement Almost half of Americans are not contributing to a retirement plan, and many say it is because they can’t afford to, according to a new survey by Windsor-based LIMRA. The survey, … Continue reading
‘Villages’ help seniors remain in their homes, communities
To learn about villages here in Central Texas, check out Capital City Villages, a fellow St. David’s Foundation community partner. ‘Villages’ help seniors remain in their homes, communities Nonprofit support groups in Boston and across the US offer services for … Continue reading
Living with Alzheimer’s disease
This powerful audio essay by Latino USA highlights the unique issues facing Latino families caring for older loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease. As life expectancy increases and the U.S. population goes grayer, more people live longer with degenerative diseases like … Continue reading
WSJ: The New Retirement Resorts
By KELLY GREENE Instead of moving his mother into an assisted-living apartment three years ago, Eli Portnoy rented condos for both of them, two floors apart, at Canyon Ranch Hotel & Spa in Miami Beach, Fla. His mother received many of … Continue reading
76% of patients neglect end-of-life care planning
76% of patients neglect end-of-life care planning By KEVIN B. O’REILLY, amednews staff. Posted Feb. 27, 2012. More than 80% of patients believe it is important to have their end-of-life wishes in writing, yet less than a quarter of them … Continue reading
State Cuts Squeezing Elderly Poor and Their Doctors
From the Texas Tribune by Thanh Tan After completing his family medicine residency in 1985, Dr. Javier Saenz opened a practice in the Rio Grande Valley town of La Joya. Born 20 miles away in Rio Grande City and raised by … Continue reading
Interactive: Where Are the Uninsured in Texas?
by Becca Aaronson Texas’ 28 largest cities — including Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth and El Paso — had a greater percentage of their population without health insurance in 2010 than the collective United States, according … Continue reading
NPR: What Retirement? Seniors Are Getting Back To Work
by YUKI NOGUCHI February 13, 2012 At 75, many people imagine they’ll be retired and spending their time playing cards or on a golf course. But according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of working seniors is actually on … Continue reading
Legislators introduce Elder Protection and Abuse Act
(Washington, DC) – Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Senator Al Franken (D-MN), Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Senator Robert Casey (D-PA) today introduced the Elder Protection and Abuse Prevention Act, a bill to implement a comprehensive network of elder abuse prevention and … Continue reading
