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There's been a lot of talk about this new study released on Monday which found that in 2005, nearly 56,000 older Americans had to be hospitalized for a brain injury resulting from a fall. Reuters reports:
Check out this lovely story aboot older Canadians creating collages of their lives for the Calgary Seniors' Social Link (SSL) Heritage Collage Program. The SSL initiative gives seniors of different cultural backgrounds - some of whom do not speak English - a chance to share their life stories with…
We're on a guest blogger roll here folks! Yesterday Congressman Neal, from the fine state of Massachusetts, held a hearing about saving for retirement at work. Now, if you didn't know already, 75 million people in the United States have no way of saving for their retirement! Congressman Neal is…
We have all heard of the three-legged "retirement" stool meant to prop us up in our golden years -- that is, Social Security, pensions, and savings. Without one leg, that stool will be hard to sit on. Unfortunately, recent statistics show that our personal savings rate continues to decline. In…
This has been quite a week for talking about money - especially for AARP. Our folks have been at conferences, talking to Congress, and popping up in the media even!
If you're leaving an employer, what should you do with the money in your retirement plan?
So last weekend a group of ten divas got together in Atlanta, GA for an AARP 50th Anniversary concert. (Yes, AARP can now join itself...) The divas represented old to young, hip hop to gospel and shared their passion with the crowd.
Tomorrow Congress is going to take a closer look at payday lenders and their targeting of social security beneficiaries. These crafty and unscrupulous businesses set up shop around government subsidized housing and sometimes even around retirement communities! Generally speaking, I'd say payday…
I got my stimulus payment finally, how about you?
It is a good day. We've been watching this closely and apparently so has the Huffington Post: