Estate Planning During a Divorce: Four Key Considerations
No matter how well couples plan their estates, no one plans for divorce. Here are some strategies to make sure your wishes are protected during and after the process of divorce.
8 Estate Planning Myths Debunked
Estate planning gives you control over what happens to your assets, your health care, and your loved ones. The myths that prevent people from planning often lead to unnecessary hardship for families.
Will a Revocable Living Trust Reduce Your Estate Tax?
Many people assume that when they establish a revocable living trust, property held in the trust will completely avoid federal estate taxes after their death, when in fact living trusts do not provide any unique estate tax avoidance strategies.
Estate Planning: Funding Your Revocable Living Trust
Trust funding is the process of transferring the ownership of your accounts and property to your trust during your lifetime.
Private Equity and Nursing Homes: What Families Need to Know
Research and reporting have shown mixed outcomes, but many studies suggest troubling patterns when private equity enters the nursing home sector.
2.8 Percent COLA Increase for 2026 Social Security Benefits
On October 24, 2025, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that Social Security beneficiaries will receive a 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2026.
Social Security Spousal Benefits and Survivor Benefits
Social Security doesn't just pay retirement benefits to retired workers; in some circumstances, it also provides benefits to a worker's spouse or ex-spouse and to a deceased worker's surviving spouse.
Affordable Housing Is Getting Scarce for Older Adults
Despite over 2 million older adults receiving federal rental assistance, only about one in three older adults who need federal rental assistance receive it. The situation, experts say, is likely to worsen in light of possible rule and policy changes.
Why Bruce Willis’s Family Moved Him into a Separate Home
This past August, Bruce Willis's wife, Emma Heming Willis, revealed that Bruce had moved into a nearby one-story home staffed with full-time caregivers.
Baby Boomers and Beyond: Working Far Past Retirement Age
Nearly half a million Americans over the age of 80 are still working. For some, the choice to keep working is about staying active and engaged. For others, it's necessary.