Mike Festa

Recharge your driving skills with AARP Driver Safety

By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts Spring is upon us! The warmer weather means more cars, bikes and pedestrians on our roads and it’s...

Securing retirement income: Look beyond ‘the number’

By Joseph McManus, RICP®, Financial Planner, Prudential Advisors Today's challenging economic environment has forced many Americans to review their retirement planning goals with a more...
Mike Festa

An update on the AARP Massachusetts Secure Choice bill

By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts AARP Massachusetts is hard at work fighting for our 800,000 members in the Bay State. Here is an...
Mike Festa of AARP Massachusetts highlights five things to know about Social Security.

Strike back against robocalls

By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts Robocalls—autodialed calls that play a recorded message when you answer—have legitimate uses. But as the technology has gotten...

Reverse mortgages – Get the facts

By Alain Vallès, CSA, MS, MBA Managing Director, Helping Hands Community Partners, Inc.     As Managing Director of the self-funded nonprofit charitable mortgage company, Helping Hands Community...

Joseph McManus, RICP®, Financial Planner, Prudential Advisors

Helping you navigate your finances as you plan for retirement   By Bonnie Adams, Managing Editor Marlborough - Last December the U.S. Congress passed, and President...

I love my home. I love my independence. I love my reverse...

By Alain Valles, CSA, MS, MBA, Managing Director of Helping Hands Community Partners, Inc.   Home sweet home “I love my home.  I’m getting older.  I want...

Reverse mortgages: ‘The Times They Are a Changin’

By Alain Valles, CRMP, CSA, MS, MBA, Nonprofit Managing Director For those Bob Dylan fans and casual listeners, the timeless anthem “The Times They Are...

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

A tough choice for senior homeowners   By Alain Valles, CRMP, CSA, MS, MBA, Nonprofit Managing Director The rock ‘n roll band, The Clash, had a hit...
Marianne Delorey of Colony Retirement Homes

For the love of food

By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D., Executive Director, Colony Retirement Homes “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” ― Virginia Woolf The US...