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Maybe you’re prepared but the pandemic has reminded you to make sure that your plans are up-to-date. Or maybe you’ve never taken the time to write a will but the recent loss of loved ones has shocked you into realizing that none of us leaves this earth alive. Whatever the…

It comes like clockwork every Fall. As anyone over age 65 knows, we are now at the beginning of Open Enrollment season for Medicare. As we’ve noted in prior agebuzz posts, this is the time of year (from Oct. 15th – December 7th) that Medicare enrollees have the opportunity to…

For a while now there’s been a growing awareness that reaching “retirement age” doesn’t necessarily mean we can or will actually “retire”. Even before COVID, many of us could not afford to retire when we reached our mid-60s because we had insufficient savings to allow us to go on without…

If there ever was a time to reconsider all of the stuff we own, now is certainly that time. Between the economic downturn, the increased time we’ve spent at home, and the uncertainty of all of our futures, many of us are reconsidering both past purchases that fill our homes…

For many of us, this wasn’t the plan. We didn’t anticipate (or budget for) leaving the workforce so early. We didn’t think in our late 50s, or mid-60s or even early 70s, we would lose our jobs or no longer be employable. However, the coronavirus has had other plans for…

Even if you’ve been avoiding the news, you’re probably aware that we now have in place the new CARES Act: The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. And while some of the details remain to be worked out (stay on top of the latest with this updated IRS resource…