When we were younger, we look forward to retiring. We work long hours just to be able to make ends meet and at the same time, save a little something for retirement. Retirement, for many American adults, is considered as the next phase, when there is nothing anymore to worry about, a time to travel and just do whatever you want, whenever you want. You are not expected to be [...]

I seriously think seniors should be given a handbook or something of all their possible benefits and how they should go about it once they reach the tender age of 50. I mean, it’s quite hard to keep track of it all, right? I now have the suspicion that despite their knowledge of how forgetful seniors can be, they are deliberately making us forget so we miss all the fun! [...]

We encourage seniors to get off the couch and do something productive everyday – every single day! Now that you are no longer bound by work, there’s no reason for you not to get up, go out and explore. Retirement doesn’t necessarily mean staying inside your house, doing nothing. In fact, this is the right time for you to pursue long-forgotten interests and do something about your long-forgotten dreams. I [...]

Nobody said that writing your own will is fun, in fact, most seniors prefer to write and be done with it and not bother to update it until last minute, if they ever get one – and sometimes they don’t, so it leaves their surviving families in a lot of confusion and potentially, heartaches. On many counts, drafting and writing your own will is a hard job. Not only it [...]

A will is not something you plan, draft, finalize, get stamp and be done with it. Your will needs to get updated too every once and a while or if there is a major change in your life such as remarrying or in an event of a divorce. You reexamine important points in your will and make necessary adjustments to it. It is practically an ongoing thing and never a [...]

Whether you are downgrading or perhaps just plain, old tired of your house and your neighborhood and would like some change, then it is best to look for a retirement home—that is if you are already a senior! Retirement homes are your best choice if you ever thought of moving or changing your address. Why? It is because retirement homes are usually fitted and designed with senior needs in mind. [...]

I just love the notion that seniors are now moving forward even after retiring from fulltime work.  It’s not all about money, you know. However, I must admit that money plays a really huge part on why seniors are now opting to work even after retirement. Whether it’s trying to make life a little more comfortable or perhaps make yourself a bit busier as retired life can be boring, you [...]

For the past years or so, there have been some worries surrounding retirement which I firmly believe brought about some major changes in the way we see retirement as well as how we go about it. Gone is the notion that if you were able to build your nest egg all shiny and good, you’ll spend the last good years of your life covered and worry-free. Well, apparently, that is [...]

You mourn the day they move out of the house, you stopped yourself from begging them to come back plenty o’ times, you struggled to get used to being on your own, next thing you know your kids are knocking at your door—your grandkids or suitcases in tow-asking for you to take them back! Now what? Ever since the global economic crisis’ hit, more and more seniors are finding their [...]

You may have decided to move after all, however, the hardest part of it is just about to start:  the moving process itself—that is the packing and transferring of your belongings from the “old” place down to the “new” one then unpacking to settle down. Truth be told, it really isn’t fun. No fun at all unless you’re a chronic mover such that you know in a blink of an [...]