Elderly Financial Issues

Elderly people face many financial issues, including how to manage their assets and how to keep from outliving them. Find out how caregivers can assist elderly relatives manage their financial issues.

Articles About Elderly Financial Issues

How to Discuss Money with Your Parents
Tips for how caregivers can talk about money and finances with elderly parents. Financial discussions shouldn’t be taboo as your parents age. Failing to talk about money matters with your parents could put you in a difficult position when it’s time to take over their financial decisions.
Financial Planning: Strategies for Caregivers and Their Parents
Having the foresight to make arrangements for your elderly parent's long-term care can save the rest of the family both emotional and financial distress. This expert advice should help with asset protection and financial planning for you an your elderly parents.
Preventing financial abuse and exploitation of elderly parents
Strategies that caregivers can use to prevent financial abuse and exploitation of their elderly parents.
Warning Signs That Your Parent's Finances Are Off Track
How to help your aging parents manage their finances effectively -- and what warning signs indicate that there may be financial trouble.

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News about Elderly Financial Issues

Financial Stress Alters Elderly Drinking and Smoking Habits
Financial stress may lead elders to drink and smoke more. Financial stress may be compelling certain groups of elderly to drink and smoke more while simultaneously encouraging other groups to drink and smoke less.
Super Committee Failure Puts Elderly and their Doctors in Tough Spot
Doctors for the elderly may soon be hard to find because of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction's failure to come up with a plan to reduce the national debt. A new proposal has been triggered that will effect every American—including caregivers and their elderly parents.
Poverty Rates Among the Elderly Climb
Senior poverty rates are climbing due, in part, to the recession. New Census Bureau guidelines significantly increase the number of seniors who are now below the poverty line.
Affordable Care Act Will Fund New Community Health Centers
Affordable Care Act will fund new community health centers nationwide to provide health care to low-income people.

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