Mike Festa

New AARP Analysis Shows COVID Crisis Continues in Nursing Homes: Massachusetts Death Rates Remain...

AARP Massachusetts Continues to Urge Massachusetts Lawmakers to take action By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts The latest release of AARP's Nursing Home COVID-19 Dashboard...
Janice Lindsay reflects on the belief or disbelief in luck.

The Grammy and Granddaughter Book Club

By Janice Lindsay Was it legal for a grown-up to have this much fun in a bookstore? To smile and even chuckle as she turned...
Dennis Sullivan & Associates team

It’s never been more important or easier to create or update your estate plan

By Dennis Sullivan & Associates, Counselors at Law Even before March of 2020, when the coronavirus hit our country with a vengeance, approximately 86% of...
Alain Valles is an expert on reverse mortgages.

How are you doing? – A reverse mortgage may allow you to do better

  By Alain Valles, CSA, MS, MBA, Powerhouse Funding Corp. When asked “How are you doing?” do you answer truthfully? I hope you are doing fine health-wise,...
Marianne Delorey of Colony Retirement Homes

We are family

By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D., Executive Director, Colony Retirement Homes In the famous song from 1979, the pop disco group Sister Sledge sing:  “All of the people...
Mike Festa

AARP analysis shows rate of COVID-19 deaths and cases in nursing homes increased in...

By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts The latest release of AARP’s Nursing Home COVID-19 Dashboard depicts a worsening crisis from coast to coast, including...
Dennis Sullivan & Associates team

Planning, prevention and preparation help families maintain dignity and control

By Dennis Sullivan & Associates Our team had a recent COVID-19 real world experience with our client, “Mrs. Cronin,”  a member of our Lifetime &...
Janice Lindsay reflects on the belief or disbelief in luck.

Do you need one more opinion?

By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer Sometimes I feel as if I’m being bombarded with opinions. Too many opinions.  Everywhere I look and listen: opinions. Talk...

Reverse mortgages – ‘Quiet of the Night’

By Alain Valles, CSA, MS, MBA, Managing Director, Helping Hands Community Partners Stay strong It’s 4 a.m. I must meet the deadline to submit this month’s...
Marianne Delorey of Colony Retirement Homes

Toothpicks

By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D., Executive Director, Colony Retirement Homes I am always impressed by people who build miniature works of art and engineering – my...