Blog / By JCA / November 15, 2024
from NCOA (National Council on Aging) BenefitsCheckUp® is the nation’s most comprehensive online tool to connect older adults and people with disabilities to benefits assistance. The service makes it easy to see if you may be eligible—and then help you find out where to apply online or how to get help from a benefits counselor. …
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Blog / By JCA / November 13, 2024
by Cheryl Haines for Next Avenue Often overlooked and less discussed, mental health benefits of exercise are potentially even more significant than physical benefits. Admit it. When someone mentions “group exercise,” you think of fluorescent sweatbands, leotards with leg warmers, and Tina Turner blaring on a boombox. Perhaps you attended and happily donned your own …
Blog / By JCA / November 11, 2024
by Next Avenue Staff We asked our readers, how you stay positive and calm when times are rough. Watching the birds at a backyard feeder. Cooking a favorite meal. Talking to a friend. Reading poetry. Going to the library. These are just some examples of the simple suggestions we received when we posed the question “What …
Blog / By JCA / November 8, 2024
by Suzanne Pollak, senior writer for JCA, for the Washington Jewish Week Feeling lonely or even socially isolated? You actually aren’t the only one. In 2022, three in 10 adults who were 65 years or older, lived by themselves, according to a US Census report. Certainly, mot all these adults are merely sitting in a …
Blog / By JCA / October 30, 2024
from NCOA What Is Bone Density? A Practical Guide for Older Adults Bone density is an important indicator of how likely bones are to break. It’s also valuable in identifying osteopenia and osteoporosis and assessing the effectiveness of treatments that aim to prevent bone loss. But after age 50, we start losing bone faster than …
Blog / By JCA / October 21, 2024
by Edward C. Baig, AARP Whomever you intend to vote for, the potential to spread election disinformation is highly troubling, more so in this burgeoning age of generative artificial intelligence (AI), the type of AI that can churn out words, computer code, pictures and video based on text or other prompts from a user. Seismic advancements …
Blog / By JCA / October 8, 2024
by Sheldon Reid for HelpGuide.org Facing discrimination because of your age can affect your mental and physical health, self-esteem, and finances. But there are ways to challenge ageism in both the workplace and in daily life. What is ageism? Ageism involves stereotyping or discriminating against people based on their age and can occur both in …
Blog / By JCA / October 2, 2024
Wednesday | Oct. 23 | 11 a.m. to noon | via Zoom Montgomery County Police Detective Sean Petty will share the latest news on senior fraud in Montgomery County. He and his colleagues from the Financial Crimes Section of the Montgomery County Police Department recently arrested several fraudsters operating a complicated scam involving government imposters …
Blog, KC Blog / By JCA / October 1, 2024
Getting Financial Affairs in Order – Trusted Contacts and Beneficiaries by Sally Pessin, Esq., CRPC®, FIDUCIARY I met with a client in her 70s who had recently gone from working full-time to part-time. She finally had some time to get her financial affairs in order. We decided to consolidate several of her retirement accounts from …
Blog / By JCA / September 27, 2024
by Gabrielle Lichterman for Woman’s World Retirement is a well-earned point in life, but for some people, ceasing work entirely is not the ideal path. Whether you crave more structure in your daily life, want to keep busy with things you’re passionate about, are looking for some extra income or all of the above, you’re …
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