Healthcare costs have been a long-standing challenge for US retirees. Estimates show that the average retired couple at 65 could spend north of $300,000 on healthcare expenses in retirement. Meanwhile, the average retirement savings for married couples aged between 65 and 74 is around $609,230. Millions of retirees depend on their monthly Social Security checks … Read more
When the NDP and Liberals signed the confidence and supply agreement in 2022, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet said the agreement caused the pendulum of power to swing so far in one direction that the interests of Quebec were not being served. Since NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh terminated that governance agreement, Blanchet said, the pendulum has swung even harder back in … Read more
If the Conservatives want to bring the Liberal government down over the carbon tax, they won’t have the help of the Bloc Québécois, one Quebec MP says. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been pressuring the other opposition parties to help him force a “carbon tax election” this fall. To do that, Poilievre would need both … Read more
Retirement should be a time of relaxation and enjoyment, a reward for decades of hard work. However, it also demands financial prudence, as living on a fixed income requires careful management of resources to ensure that savings last throughout one’s golden years. Unfortunately, many retirees unknowingly waste money on unnecessary expenses that can be easily … Read more
Cost of Living9:09Is it time to retire the seniors’ discount? Whether she’s attending a chamber performance or playing in one, cellist and teacher Laura Backstrom says one thing is pretty consistent — the audience “looks like a sea of white hair,” she says. In contemplating why that is, Backstrom, 60, said she initially thought it was because seniors … Read more
ADAPTING TO CHANGES On top of using lower sugar and salt, the seniors learnt the concept of the healthy plate which recommends portions for different food types. Although the seniors may want to stick to a recipe they have been using for years, they can be open to changes, said Ms Ong Boon Cheng, assistant … Read more
WASHINGTON: Scammers stole more than US$3.4bil (RM16.2bil) from older Americans last year, according to an FBI report released April 30 that shows a rise in losses through increasingly sophisticated criminal tactics to trick the vulnerable into giving up their life savings. Losses from scams reported by Americans over the age of 60 last year were … Read more
Judith Graham | (TNS) KFF Health News It was an every-other-day routine, full of frustration. Every time my husband called his father, who was 94 when he died in 2022, he’d wait for his dad to find his hearing aids and put them in before they started talking. Even then, my father-in-law could barely hear … Read more
Judith Graham | KFF Health News (TNS) The COVID-19 pandemic would be a wake-up call for America, advocates for the elderly predicted: incontrovertible proof that the nation wasn’t doing enough to care for vulnerable older adults. The death toll was shocking, as were reports of chaos in nursing homes and seniors suffering from isolation, depression, … Read more
The older Dr Toh’s methodical nature also underpins his attraction to cardiology, a branch of internal medicine. The study of the heart is “almost mathematical”, he stated in his book. While pursuing his postgraduate studies in the UK during the late 1950s, the young doctor chose to specialise in cardiology because it is based on … Read more
