There are many reasons why people put off developing a plan for long-term care. Perhaps they don’t expect to need such care. Or they assume government programs will cover some or all of their ...

To help make your job as a caregiver easier, AARP has created this glossary of terms as part of its Prepare to Care planning guide. Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) Basic tasks of everyday life that ...

More than a few clients who are retired or nearing retirement lie awake at night wondering how they would be able to afford the astronomical expense of long-term care such as a nursing home, which can ...

Data has shown that roughly one-quarter of traditional Medicare spending for healthcare is for services provided to Medicare beneficiaries in their last year of life—a proportion that has remained ...

Medicare Advantage plans commonly offer $0 copays for annual physicals, colonoscopies, mammograms and routine eye and hearing ...

A major theme of these columns is that managing money well over a lifetime shouldn't be complicated. All you need is a handful of good spending and savings habits. For example, save every month for ...

Regardless of your age or challenges, self-care can play a pivotal role in meeting or even exceeding those challenges. The simplest self-care, like pausing to take a deep breath or reassuringly ...

Thinking about the future makes Courtney Johnson nervous. The 25-year-old blogger and college student has autism and several chronic illnesses, and with the support of her grandparents and friends, ...