There are many types of equity release schemes that offer those who are 55 years of age and older the option to borrow on the equity in their home. The older the home owner, the less risk there is. While some equity release lenders offer this option to those who are as young as 55, [...]
Sunday, February 19, 2012
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Friday, February 17, 2012
…….a baby boomer’s struggle with addictions and the courage to recovery……. How life was – in the beginning 1955 > 1965 How could a kid from a small town get so lost in life that alcohol and drugs became the solution to daily living? When I left town for college in fall of 1965 I didn’t [...]
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Aside from “You’ve just won the Publisher’s Clearing House Sweepstakes,” most boomers would love to hear, “You don’t look anywhere near your age!” I, too, used to fit into that category, and for most of my life, I looked a lot younger than I really was. It was frustrating back in high school and college, [...]
Monday, February 13, 2012
‘Home from the War’ Charles Sydney Polhemus returned from Europe, the war finally over, in 1945. It had been the first time he’d left America, possibly even his first time out of New Jersey. He had ‘prayed every day I wouldn’t have to shoot anyone’ and, his prayers answered, he had seen no significant military [...]
Friday, February 10, 2012
No one relishes the idea of death. It happens. We know that. However, we’re never totally prepared for it. The old joke goes: No one really wants to live to be 90 until they are 89. Baby Boomers are in the age group that is now experiencing – perhaps for the first-time— the loss of [...]
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
The New York Giants won Super bowl XLVI, defeating the New England Patriots 21-17. And no matter who you were rooting for, it was another great day for the Baby Boomer generation. Boomers’ everywhere should be proud, because the field general of this athletically talented group of Millennials is one of us, Tom Coughlin. Tom [...]
Monday, February 6, 2012
It’s 1960 . . . Richard Nixon is battling John Kennedy for the White House – with help (not enough, as history will prove) from Don Draper and the other Mad Men at The Sterling Cooper Ad Agency. I’m in my first teenage year and in need of a new suit, so my father takes [...]
Friday, February 3, 2012
It’s tax preparation time and there is no better time to take stock of your finances. Tax reporting forms are piling up and you’re beginning to sort through receipts from last year for deductions (telling yourself next year will be the year you get organized!) As you look over how much money you made and [...]
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Author of “Making the Golden Years Golden” Mrs. C. was 85 years old when our agency was hired by her son to provide home care for her. Up until that point, Mrs. C. lived on her own while her son lived in another state and traveled a great deal for his work. He [...]
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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