Top 3 Hazards in Your Aging Parent’s Home (and How to Fix Them) – Tea & Toast, October 1, 2025
https://www.teaandtoast.ca/blog/top-3-hazards-in-your-aging-parents-home
The editor discusses some important ways to make the home of elder parents safer for them to navigate.
Four big topics with boomer retirees: Kids, trips, Trump – and aged parents – Globe and Mail, September 29, 2025
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/retirement/article-four-big-topics-with-boomer-retirees-kids-trips-trump-and-aged-parents/
Rob Carrick discusses the intricacies of how “A boomer retirement reality today is serving as the filling in a sandwich of your adult kids on one side and your aged parents on the other.”
Why retirement planners are getting defensive – MoneySense.ca, September 30, 2025
https://www.moneysense.ca/columns/retired-money/why-retirement-planners-are-getting-defensive/
Jonathan Chevreau looks into how “The state of the U.S. equity market has advisors and Retirement Club members downgrading their outlook for stock returns.” and discusses “where recent retirees should consider putting their money.
What is the Canada Pension Plan death benefit? – MoneySense.ca, September 24, 2025
https://www.moneysense.ca/columns/ask-a-planner/what-is-the-canada-pension-plan-death-benefit/
Jason Heath answers the reader question, “Your recent article is the first time I have seen reference to a CPP death benefit of $2,500. Can you explain it, please?”
‘I’ve been managing my own finances. Now that I’m entering my 70s, should I simplify my investments?’ – Globe and Mail, September 25, 2025
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/retirement/article-ive-been-managing-my-own-finances-now-that-im-entering-my-70s-should-i/
Vivian Vassos answers a readers question about simplifying the family investments as he and his wife approach their 70s.
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