Five tips for home organization this spring

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If you’re like most people, you appreciate an organized home. With everything else going on, we tend to let household organization get to the point where it becomes somebody else’s problem and the junk drawer becomes invisible to the naked eye.  Unfortunately, it’s not going to take care of itself. Not to mention the number of […]

What to do if you do not want to retire yet

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Start Your Own Business and Earn Extra Income Doing What You Enjoy One issue that many seniors come across is wondering whether or not they really want to retire. Figuring out if retirement is the right step for you can sometimes be daunting but the important thing to note is that, just because you retire, […]

How to avoid Medicare fraud

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Medicare and Social Security benefits are the two most important programs that affect the health and wellbeing of older Americans. Both of these programs are overwhelmingly popular with the public. In 2015, a poll commissioned by the Kaiser Family Health Foundation found that 87% of all Americans viewed Social Security favorably while 77% had a […]

These are the basic legal issues that arise when someone loses a partner

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| Written by Andrew Grant | Many things happen all at once when the first of a married couple dies, and the survivor is left to deal with matters that may be unfamiliar and intimidating. Among the most intimidating issues the surviving spouse faces are the legal issues; how to transfer the house, what to […]

Keeping Yourself Safe From Senior Financial Abuse

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Did you know that senior citizens are increasingly becoming prey to financial abuse? Unfortunately, there are up to five million American seniors that are abused each year. Out of that number, $36.5 billion have been lost in terms of finances by these victims of financial abuse. This type of abuse can take many different forms, […]

Being a Long Distance Grandparent: How to Navigate It

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There was a survey that AARP conducted in 2019 about families and distance and do you know what that survey revealed? It revealed that at least half of families in America deal with distances of 200 miles or more between grandparents and a grandchild. That means long distance is quite the norm with kids starting […]

I Can Finally Afford Hearing Aids!

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For seniors in Florida, you might find it beneficial to know that there are more than 800,000 people in Florida alone, that are deaf or that are hard of hearing. 340,000 of those people live just in the Tampa Bay area. This goes to show the continuous need for hearing solutions. One of our vendors […]

Bucket Lists for Seniors: Why It’s a Great Idea

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Did you know that having a bucket list can improve your life in various ways? Not only that, there’s often a misconception that you can get too old to have a bucket list. That’s far from the truth, and 93-year-old Peggy Gruner proved to everyone that your age doesn’t matter as she zip-lined through Mall […]