JCA Blog, KC Blog / By JCA / January 9, 2024
Getting Perspective – Permission to Spend More! By Sally Pessin, Esq., CRPC® I have a handful of high-net-worth financial planning clients who are unnecessarily scared to spend their money. Most came from little means before making their fortunes. Like me, they grew up with parents, who despite having had resources had a depression-era mentality. Till …
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JCA Blog / By JCA / January 8, 2024
Nearly 56 million Americans are 65 and older, with projections estimating that the population of older adults will grow to 94.7 million in 2060. On average, a 65-year old can expect to live another 17 years. For most older adults, good health ensures independence, security, and productivity as they age. Unfortunately, millions struggle every day with challenges …
JCA Blog, KC Blog / By JCA / January 8, 2024
by Madeline Holcombe for CNN Your health resolutions for the new year may need to include getting checked for hearing aids. Wearing hearing aids if you need them may help protect you from early death, according to a new study published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity journal. “What we found was that there was a 24% …
JCA Blog, KC Blog / By JCA / January 4, 2024
Dementia-related illnesses impact the mind and affect virtually every aspect of a person’s life, including making many facets of daily living more difficult. Most residences are not built with the needs of an individual living with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia-related illnesses in mind. However, almost every part of a residence can impact quality of …
JCA Blog / By JCA / December 26, 2023
by Catherine E. Shoichet for CNN Birthday cards calling someone “over the hill” or making fun of them for getting older are so common that many people don’t think twice about them. But Sara Breindel is hoping you will. Breindel is co-director of a Denver-based anti-ageism campaign dubbed Changing the Narrative. And when it comes …
JCA Blog / By JCA / December 21, 2023
compiled for ProPublica by by Ruth Talbot, Lena V. Groeger and Charles Ornstein, November 2023 ProPublica has compiled a searchable database of nursing home ratings called Nursing Home Inspect. The database uses data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Information on deficiencies comes from a home’s last three inspection cycles, or roughly three years in total. COVID-19 …
JCA Blog / By JCA / December 19, 2023
by Howard Gleckman, Immediate Past President of JCA There is a seemingly endless debate about whether Americans have sufficient savings for retirement (see here and here). The answer is that many do. But tens of millions do not. Overall retirement assets have grown enormously in recent years– to $36 trillion, despite a terrible stock market in 2022. But looking …
JCA Blog, KC Blog / By JCA / December 8, 2023
by Trina Walton for the Beacon Financial crime against older Americans is a growing problem. Victims of fraud who are 80 and older lose an average of $39,200 every year. People living with dementia are at an especially high risk of becoming victims. As their memory and other thinking skills decline, people with dementia may …
JCA Blog / By JCA / December 5, 2023
via the Takoma Park Police Department December 4, 2023 The first full week of December is Older driver Safety Awareness Week. Older Driver Safety Awareness Week highlights the vital role that mobility and transportation play to keep older adults active in their communities. The observance recommends that during the first week in December, loved ones …
JCA Blog / By JCA / November 29, 2023
by Mayo Clinic staff, from The Beacon Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a type of depression that typically occurs each year during fall and winter. If you’re like most people with SAD, your symptoms start in the fall and continue into the winter months, sapping your energy and making you feel moody. It is …
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