Jim Miller
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Jim Miller
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How to Search for Senior Discounts
If you don't mind admitting your age, here are some tips and tools to help you find discounts!
Does Medicare Cover Talk Therapy Services?
Medicare actually covers both outpatient and inpatient mental health care services and programs to help beneficiaries with anxiety, depression, and many other mental health needs....
How to Help Your Senior Loved One Prevent Falls at Home
Each year, more than 1-in-4 older Americans fall, making it the leading cause of both fatal and nonfatal injuries for those age 65 and older....
How to Find and Claim Your Family’s Forgotten Assets
There are literally billions of dollars in unclaimed funds sitting in state treasuries and other agencies just waiting to be found.
How to Help Your Overmedicated Parent
Unfortunately, millions of older Americans are taking way too many medications today, which raises their risk of dangerous side effects and drug interactions.
How to Ease the Winter Blues
If you get depressed in the winter but feel better in spring and summer, you may indeed have seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, a wintertime...
How to Help a Hoarding Parent
Hoarding is a problem that’s become increasingly common in the U.S. It effects approximately 6 percent of Americans age 65 or older. The problem can...
Auto Aids That Make Driving Easier and Safer for Seniors
To help keep older drivers safe, there are lots of inexpensive products. Here are some popular auto aids to consider.
How Long to Keep Tax Records and Other Documents
As we get older and our financial life gets more complicated, it’s difficult to know how long to keep old financial records and paperwork and...
How Seniors Can Get Help Lowering Their Grocery Bills
Several different food assistance programs can help lower income seniors with their grocery bills. Here’s what you should know.
Best Senior Travel Discounts in 2025
Here’s a rundown of top travel discounts, along with some extra tips to help you save.
How Much Do You Have to Make to File Taxes?
Whether or not you are required to file a federal income tax return this year will depend. Here’s a rundown of this tax season’s IRS...
Should You Be Screened for Lung Cancer?
Should you be screened? It depends on your age and your smoking history. Here’s what you should know.
Be Wary of Winter Heart Attacks
Everyone knows winter is cold and flu season, but many don’t know that it’s also the prime season for heart attacks too, especially if you...
How to Choose a Hospice Care Program
Here’s what you should know about hospice care, along with some tips to help you choose one.
What Happens to Your Debt When You Die?
In most cases, when a person with debt dies, it’s their estate, not their kids, that is legally responsible. Here’s what you should know.
Does Medicare Cover Cataract Surgery?
Eventually, everyone (usually in their 60s) will develop cataracts, a condition that causes cloudy or blurry vision. The only way to correct this is through...
How to Prevent and Treat Age-Related Macular Degeneration
There are things you can do to protect your eyesight and a number of treatments that are available if you do happen to get it....
6 Tips for Being a Long-Distance Caregiver
Providing care and support for an aging parent who lives far away can present a variety of challenges that can make the job difficult and...
How to Plan a Green Funeral
Green funeral options are becoming increasingly popular in the United States as more and more Americans are looking for environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional funerals....
How to Buy Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids
The new FDA-approved over-the-counter hearing aids that started rolling out this fall are a real game changer for the roughly 48 million Americans with hearing...
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