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Question: I just retired from a law practice and love every minute of my new freedom.  The daily tennis games, books groups and lunch with friends make this time of life just terrific.  My problem is that my husband, a small-business owner, won’t discuss any part of retirement.  He has made no plans and just [...]

Question: I am disturbed by the lack of choices for birthday cards. I tried to buy a card for my 75-year-old friend and found most of the cards in poor taste and not very funny. I am 72 and certainly do not feel old or look like anyone on those cards. At what point do [...]

Question: I am 73 happily married to my 80-year old husband who has some physical limitations.  Our home where we have lived for 40 years is multilevel with 10 stairs to enter the front door.  I know we will have to move to a smaller one-story place as soon as the real estate market changes. [...]

Question: I am a 63 year-old woman and a successful business owner.  As an only child without family, I am concerned about who will be there for me in my old age?   I already have a durable power of attorney for health care but feel that is not sufficient.  I’ve been reluctant to address [...]

Question: The current economic condition is creating a bottomless pit it in my belly.  I am one of those who did all of the right things – saved, invested and lived reasonably. Yet, even though I still have savings and investments, I worry about my future and am developing a dim world view.  Is there [...]

Question: My mother suffers from Parkinson’s disease and lives with my sister, her husband and five young children in the Midwest in a small house. Mother sits in front of the television all day with no exercise and sees a local doctor who is not a neurologist. She is unhappy and would like to [...]

Question: I have been married for 40 years. My husband and I recently retired and remodeled part of our home. Upon my husband’s request we now have two bedrooms – one for me and one for him. He says that at our age (I’m 65 and he’s 68), sleeping apart is normal. Is it?

Husband and wife problems can occur in retirement. One woman wrote that she has become irritable, sleeps late, would rather read than watch TV with her husband, and feels unmotivated and exhausted.  She wanted to know how she and her husband could get back on track to quality “couplehood.”  I would like to discuss some [...]

Question: My husband and I are retired for two years.  I find my attitude about being at home is changing.  I have become irritable, sleeping late, prefer to read rather than watch TV with my spouse, feel unmotivated and exhausted, have headaches and trouble sleeping.  And we seem to have less to talk about [...]

Question: The doctor informed me that Mom’s illness is terminal and that, if she would like, Medicare will cover her hospice care needs. How is hospice care coverage different from other Medicare?