The latest bipartisan retirement bill proposed by the House on Tuesday has a lot of perks. The biggest is changing the age at which people must start withdrawing money from their 401(k) from 72 to 75. Called the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2020, the bill aims to ensure …
Read More »Photo by sasirin pamai / Shutterstock.com The coronavirus pandemic is a danger to everyone. Regardless of age or health, you can become very sick — and possibly even die. However, the overwhelming percentage of fatalities attributed to COVID-19 involve older people. While adults ages 65 and older account for 16% …
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Following in M1’s footsteps, Singapore telco TPG is also releasing a Seniors Go Digital mobile plan in partnership with the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA). Last month, M1 launched two new plans called the Seniors Go Digital and Mobile Access for Seniors to support the seniors and encourage them to …
Read More »Photo by Fotoluminate LLC / Shutterstock.com Seniors with five chronic conditions are especially vulnerable to ending up in the hospital due to exposure to the coronavirus, according to new data from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. CMS says more than 325,000 Original Medicare beneficiaries were diagnosed with …
Read More »Photo by CREATISTA / Shutterstock.com Most of us worry about illness as we grow older. Cancer, diabetes and heart disease all become concerns in our senior years. But one relatively common and potentially fatal condition — dehydration — often flies under the radar. Dehydration occurs when your body loses more …
Read More »Photo by CREATISTA / Shutterstock.com If you’re a Social Security recipient, you likely have seen small increases in your monthly payment through annual cost-of-living adjustments. But those increases are barely keeping pace with inflation. The price tags have increased on many of the things seniors buy. The result? Social Security …
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With school closed and graduation canceled, the principal of a high school in suburban Dallas set out on April 17 with his wife, a bag of Snickers bars and a mission: visiting each of the 612 seniors at their homes. Virdie Montgomery, the principal of Wylie High School in Wylie, …
Read More »Photo by SpeedKingz / Shutterstock.com By now, most of us know about the early symptoms that indicate a coronavirus infection: high fever, dry cough and shortness of breath. But older adults may display other symptoms not typically associated with COVID-19, according to a Kaiser Health News report. These include more …
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