Blog / By JCA / December 18, 2024
Scammed-How a con man stole a woman’s life’s savings Earlier this month, The Washington Post ran a series of articles about a Rockville woman who was scammed out of her life savings. In “Scammed,” a seven-part series, personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary deconstructs how one woman lost her life’s savings to a government impersonation scam. …
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Blog / By JCA / December 9, 2024
by Daniel Pink for the Washington Post Why not establish a robust national service program for people over 65? The contours of such an initiative are already in place. It’s called AmeriCorps Seniors, part of AmeriCorps, the federal agency that promotes service and volunteering. Each year, about 143,000 AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers, all 55 and older, serve local …
Blog, KC Blog / By JCA / November 26, 2024
by Julie B. Kennedy, CEO & Co-Founder, RubyWell There are dozens of ways that family caregivers can save money on caregiving expenses. Now learn where you can find money. This is money that already exists and can be used to help cover caregiving costs. The first step is knowing where to look for it. Three great places to start …
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. …
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 …
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