“It’s tempting to assume that if you tell one doctor what you want at the end of your life, that’s enough — what you want will be clearly documented and retrievable when it is needed, and the record will follow you wherever you go. Yet this critical information is sometimes…

Please have the important discussion regarding your end of life wishes with your family and loved ones. It is a personal, religious, and philosophical issue and it can be complex, but it is important that those who care about you most understand your wishes and perspective. Barbara Bush’s End-Of-Life Decision…

“Death is inevitable, but we continue to make long-term bets: My wife, Jeanne, and I might have enough economy-size jugs of Tide and gigantic packages of toilet paper rolls, bought on regular trips to Costco, to survive into the next century. Still, preparing for an eventual demise — at least…

“We definitely see evidence that retirement is fluid,” said Kathleen Mullen, a RAND senior economist and co-author of its American Working Conditions Survey. “There’s less of the traditional schedule: work to a certain age, retire, see the world. We see people lengthening their careers.” Many Americans Try Retirement, Then Change…

“While a person can become a victim of a scam at any age, the senior population is becoming more vulnerable to scammers. Seniors make good targets because they generally have good credit and accessible savings. Further, many seniors are alone or suffer from conditions like memory loss or frailty, which…

“One of the biggest errors parents can make is spending too much time creating the legal entities known as trusts and too little time on the kinds of conversations that will help ensure that trust among siblings is maintained when parents are no longer around to settle disputes.” These conversations…