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Late-life love is blossoming all around us!

Older adults are meeting, dating, and marrying new love interests at rates never seen before. Perhaps because of longer life expediencies and changing social norms, about 67% of previously married adults ages 55 to 64 are remarried (to a second, third, or subsequent spouse) according to Pew Research. Being partnered can increase life satisfaction and […]

Senior Partners: Adding an extra layer of protection

Recently the AJC ran a special series: “Unprotected: Broken promises in Georgia’s senior care industry.“ Like many of you, we were appalled at what their yearlong digging into our senior care industry revealed about the gaps in care and vulnerabilities that our older adults face. We were appalled but not really shocked. The care that […]

Fight Elder Abuse!

June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day and because I’m a Daily Money Manager, I focus on the financial abuse side of elder abuse. Did you know that according to the True Link study done in 2015 that seniors lose $36.5 billion each and every year to financial abuse! What’s worse: that number isn’t […]