Medicare scammed out of $1.7 billion

#Middlebury #Seniors Scammers have billed Medicare $1.7 billion in phony invoices for selling hundreds of thousands of us pieces of medical equipment we don’t need. Federal agencies ... Continue Reading →

What have studies learned about us?

#Middlebury #Seniors We seniors must be fascinating to researchers because it seems they’re always studying us. Here are a few things they’ve learned through Pew Research ... Continue Reading →

Get help deciding where to retire

#Middlebury #Seniors If you plan to move when you retire, where will you go? What is important to you, and how will you decide? U.S. News & World Report, working with Aetna, has ... Continue Reading →

New shingles vaccine can be hard to find

#Middlebury #Seniors #Shingles Ninety-nine percent of us over the age of 40 had chickenpox when we were kids. That virus is still in our bodies … and it can reactivate at any ... Continue Reading →

Food safety alerts are just the start

#Middlebury #Seniors The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service sends out email alerts to those of us who are signed up for warnings about foods and products ... Continue Reading →

Some file taxes on a cellphone

#Middlebury #Seniors A recent newspaper story told of two senior women who were coaxed into an experiment, e-filing their taxes on their cellphone and tablet. E-filing apparently is ... Continue Reading →

Owning a dog may not be for me

#Middlebury #Seniors Three years ago I started thinking about getting a dog. Seeing neighbors out with their small dogs, I knew I wanted what I consider a real dog, a big one, not a ... Continue Reading →

Retirement option is to do nothing

#Middlebury #Seniors A show of hands, please: How many of us are doing nothing we’d planned to do once we quit working? How many of us are, more accurately, doing nothing at all? I ... Continue Reading →

Don’t be seduced by romance scams

#Middlebury #Seniors Romance can be lovely … except when it isn’t. Disaster can be part of the package if the new “perfect match” is a scammer. There are far too many ... Continue Reading →

Seniors don’t have to go hungry

#Middlebury #Seniors Some things just break your heart … I was sitting at a traffic light when I saw one of my neighbors go into a pawn shop carrying a bag. This was worrisome, ... Continue Reading →