If your winter heating bills have been hard to take this year it might be time to consider ways to increase your home’s energy efficiency. Althoug
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In an earlier column, I gave you some ideas and suggestions for switching to healthier oils. This month, I want to warn you of what could be the w
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New research from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) finds that higher education pays off for women and men for all ages 50 and olde
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Americans of all ages value their ability to live independently. Today, people can live on their own for many years — even as they grow older and
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They say one of the hardest things to do is to move to a new home. Giving up a home that you loved, packing up boxes of things that for some reaso
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I found myself watching “Cocoon” (Ron Howard, 1985), again after all these years. Its initial scenes of retirement community life seem to jump fro
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Pity the only child. He or she has no one else to turn to when it’s time to take care of an aging parent. But the only child isn’t the only one who
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Not only can caregiving be emotionally draining, but it’s hard on the wallet, as well. Thankfully, there are some programs in place that can help thos
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It’s hard to imagine a more active couple than Ken and Priscilla Byerly of Jericho. Whether it’s tilling the garden by hand, volunteering, skiing, wri
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“America has lost it’s love affair with cars,” according to a recent New York Times article. I don’t believe it for one minute. Ever since we trad
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