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By Kathleen M. Rehl, Ph.D., CFP®, CeFT® Emeritus   A triple whammy sent me crashing.   My husband died. A month afterward my mother passed. And I had said farewell to my father less than two years before.    But before their deaths, they each gave me a gift that…

Here’s a stunning statistic: In the United States right now, there are more self-storage facilities (about 50,000) than there are McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger Kings, Starbucks, and Walmarts combined. We are clearly a nation that has more stuff than we need or are using. And whether we want to downsize our…

How are you celebrating Senior Move Managers Week, which has been declared from September 12- September 18th? In case you’re unaware, a certified senior move manager is an insured, trained professional able to help both older individuals and their families to either age-in-place or move to another location, with help…

As we’ve previously highlighted in agebuzz, the pandemic has led many of us to consider, and reconsider, our current housing arrangements and what we may need and want going forward. It’s not just a matter of choosing an individual house, apartment, or senior living arrangement. It’s also a matter of…

Many of us would like to grab a metaphorical broom and sweep away all of our 2020 memories. And some of us are more than ready to take a literal broom to our current lives, to rid ourselves of the clutter and chaos that have built up over these past…

No doubt, when the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, most of us were wishing for a better year in 2021. Couldn’t get much worse, right? With so many tragedies and so much sacrifice during the previous year, it’s likely that many of us resolved to acquire a more…