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American families headed by individuals age 75 or older had increases in the incidence of debt, the average amount of debt held, and debt as a percentage of assets in 2010, according to research by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). The EBRI analysis notes that the driver of debt for families with a head age 55 or older was housing debt: Almost three-fourths of debt payments go to pay for housing debt among these families; among those age [...]
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Communities in the U.S. can follow a relatively simple and low cost initial set of indicators to determine if their services meet the needs of an aging population. These indicators can be measured[...]
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American families headed by individuals age 75 or older had increases in the incidence of debt, the average amount of debt held, and the percentage with debt payments greater than 40 percent of their[...]
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On average, people across the world expect retirement to last 18 years -- but they expect savings to run out after 10.
The findings are based on a survey of 15,000 working and retired people in 15[...]
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Members of the sandwich generation -- caught between supporting elderly parents whose assets are nearly exhausted and adult children without jobs -- might find some relief come tax time.
The bottom[...]
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10th Annual Home for the Holidays Campaign Encourages Families to Spend Time Discussing Strategies to Address Financial Exploitation With Older Family Members
As financial exploitation targeting[...]
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Boomer women are more uncomfortable, worried, or concerned than boomer men about their current financial situation and what the future may hold for them, according to an AARP Public Policy Institute[...]
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First Command Financial Behavior Index® reveals that half of middle-class servicemembers who care for an elderly family member say costs are higher than they expected
At a time when men and women[...]
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In its report, Still Risky: An Update on the Safety and Transparency of Checking Accounts, the Pew Safe Checking in the Electronic Age Project examined checking accounts offered by the 12 largest U.S.[...]
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