No. 53/Mar. 27, 2024 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Thousands Lose Their Homes to Medicaid Clawbacks Medicaid, the state-administered health care program that pays nursing home and home care expenses for qualified low-income adults, is the only public… Read more Continue Reading
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Photo by Unsplash in collaboration with Getty Images SPECIAL BULLETIN TO SUBSCRIBERS The EndGame is celebrating its third anniversary! Three years! That’s like 24 in cyber years! We’ve lasted longer than 47 TikTok trends, most celebrity marriages, and too many major appliances. Join the birthday celebration by upgrading to a paid subscription. As a paid subscriber, you: Support positive aging and the proof that we have years to enjoy and miles to go before we sleep. Support high-quality journalism on topics that impact your life today. Support the only publication... Continue Reading
Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. I have been bothered by this whole notion of retirement savings for some time. I strongly suspect it is not mathematically possible for most of us to save enough for a comfortable retirement. But what finally set me off like a blowtorch in a fireworks factory was one line from an article about retirement savings, which read: According to Fidelity Investments, by the age of 67, people should have 10 times their... Continue Reading
No. 52/Mar. 13, 2024 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Relationships With Your Adult Children in Retirement Karen Midyet, a psychologist and retirement and longevity coach, notes that relationships with children must evolve at each life stage, and that … Read more Continue Reading
Photo by The Good Funeral Guide on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. My cellphone rang. The number appeared to be local, and it wasn’t identified as “spam risk,” so I answered it. “Hi, Becky from Senior Benefits with good news about final expenses life insurance.” “Becky” (a recorded voice, of course) had been calling me two and three times daily for weeks and, boorish fellow that I am, I had not given her the time of day. But today, for some reason, I... Continue Reading
Photo by Gabriel on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. For months I have been having a recurring dream. I am back at one of my former jobs – sometimes as a returning employee, other times as a visitor – and as I look around for familiar faces, I don’t recognize anyone. The workplace itself is different too – more modern, sleeker – and I realize that all my experience is hopelessly obsolete. Two emotions wash over me in alternating waves: first, anxiety that... Continue Reading
No. 51/Feb. 28, 2024 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. On Test of Retirement Literacy, Most Score an F When The American College of Financial Services quizzed adults ages 50 to 75 on their knowledge of financial factors on retirement – including Social S… Read more Continue Reading
Photo by Getty Images on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Growing older comes with more than its share of surprises. One of the most unpleasant is the termination of a marriage. Unfortunately, that nasty surprise faces a growing number of older adults. The term “gray divorce” was coined and popularized by AARP in 2004 to describe divorces among people aged 50 or older. (More recently, some wag tried to rebrand this phenomenon as “silver splitters,” but the notion... Continue Reading
Photo by Tarik Haiga on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. What’s wrong with this picture? Last fall the U.S. had 6.5 million unemployed workers but 9.5 million job openings. In manufacturing, health care, education, and wholesale and retail trade, there are more positions open than qualified candidates to fill them. A worldwide survey of employers reported that 77% of companies report talent shortages. The average retirement age of American workers is 62. More... Continue Reading
No. 50/Feb. 14, 2024 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Memories Fail and Change – At Any Age In response to Donald Trump confusing Nikki Haley with Nancy Pelosi, and Joe Biden reportedly having trouble recalling the day his son died, the Washington Post … Read more Continue Reading