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Workforce Shortages Can Be Alleviated by Older Workers

While many of these Americans want to work, the unemployment rate among 55 and older workers remains high. COVID-19 restrictions and associated layoffs account for some unemployment increases, but so does the lack of employment opportunities among older Americans. A coexisting challenge in the US is that senior living facility

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Many Americans Retire Poor and This Is Why

Properly managed retirement savings can bring freedom in lifestyle when ready to retire. Sadly, reports say that less than 5 percent of Americans will be financially free by the age of 65. Changes in the U.S. economy coupled with increased health care costs and lack of personal savings have put

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You Have Been Appointed Representative Payee, What Now?

Your nephew, Roberto, receives social security benefits and you have been assigned to manage these benefits. In the Social Security system, you’ll be called Roberto’s “representative payee.”   The situation is similar if you’re appointed to help your elderly father, who has dementia, manage his Veteran’s benefit checks. In the

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