May you live in interesting times
By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D., Executive Director, Colony Retirement Homes
May you live in times that highlight the friendship of the community in which you live....
Planning for retirement – Traditional IRA versus Roth IRA
By Joseph McManus, RICP®, Financial Planner, Prudential Advisors
There are many vehicles used for retirement planning. One of the most common is the traditional IRA (individual...
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...
Reverse mortgages and healthcare
By Alain Valles, CRMP, MBA, CSA, Managing Director of Helping Hands Community Partners, Inc.
A 501(c)(3) self-funded nonprofit charitable organization $88 billion borrowed for healthcare
According...
Perfectly imperfect
By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D., Executive Director, Colony Retirement Homes
“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.”...
Finding My Voice
By Marianne Delorey Ph.D.
Mother Teresa once said, “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.” ...
Alone and afraid, our family members are dying in nursing homes
By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts
The COVID-19 death toll in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities is a national disgrace. More than...
We are all one and one person can make a difference
By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D.
“The youth walk faster but the elderly know the road” – African Ubuntu Proverb
There is a philosophy in many African countries...
AARP Massachusetts keeping an eye out for fraud
By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts
All of us at AARP are proud of all the work The AARP Fraud Watch Network does. The...
Physical Distancing Does Not Have to Mean Social Disconnection
By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts
Even in the best of times, social isolation is a significant problem. In Massachusetts, 540,250 people over the...
