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If you or your spouse served in the military, you may be entitled to certain benefits that could make getting older a little less expensive. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs offers several ...

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Several years ago, Jay Mikosch adopted his dog, Murphy, from a local animal shelter. Murphy had ended up at the shelter because his previous owner needed to move into a senior living community and ...

As of 2018, almost 1.7 million people in the US required and received residential long-term care; more than half (918,700) resided in assisted living. 1 Many more could reside in assisted living if ...

(MASS APPEAL) – One of the benefits of aging nowadays is that there are wonderful living options that just didn’t exist years ago. Rewind 30, 40, 50 or more years ago and Assisted Living wasn’t an ...

Tax time is stressful for everyone, but there may be some good news for seniors receiving medical care in their homes, assisted living communities or skilled nursing settings. Not every expense is tax ...