Sivea Key 9/12/24 Sivea Key 9/12/24

Thinking About Retirement? How Inflation Can Affect Retirement Planning

With inflation, the cost of goods and services increase over a period of time, meaning that you’ll need more retirement income in order to pay for the same lifestyle.

Sivea Key 6/27/24 Sivea Key 6/27/24

Thinking About Retirement? 4 Tips to Avoid Outliving Your Assets

The odds are that you’ll live a long time after retiring. That’s the good news. The bad news is that you’ll need sufficient assets to provide retirement income over a potentially long period of time. The alternative is to risk outliving your retirement income.

Megan Archer 1/11/24 Megan Archer 1/11/24

Receiving Care - Building New Routines [Video]

We've come to our fifth and final tool for helping loved ones who are receiving care: working together to build new routines that accommodate changing abilities.

Sivea Key 12/14/23 Sivea Key 12/14/23

Receiving Care - Positive Redirection [Video]

In this video, we discuss the technique of positive redirection while caring for loved ones. It's a tool that helps people shift from being upset to finding calm, by directing energy towards possible actions.

Sivea Key 11/9/23 Sivea Key 11/9/23

Receiving Care - Reflective Listening [Video]

In this video, we discuss using reflective listening to get to the heart of difficult issues for your loved one who is transitioning between independence and needing care.

Sivea Key 8/17/23 Sivea Key 8/17/23

Receiving Care - Reminiscing and Memory [Video]

Reminiscing, our next tool for dealing with loss of independence, is probably the most fun for everyone involved.

Sivea Key 8/2/23 Sivea Key 8/2/23

Receiving Care - Dealing With Grief [Video]

Let’s talk about grief. According to the Cleveland Clinic, grief is a natural response to any kind of loss, regardless of whether the loss is a spouse, a job, or full mobility.

Sivea Key 7/20/23 Sivea Key 7/20/23

Receiving Care - Challenges and Expectations [Video]

Caregivers deserve support. But what about those we’re taking care of? Most of us assume that if someone is getting help with the tasks they can no longer do alone, then everything is okay.

Sivea Key 3/2/23 Sivea Key 3/2/23

What is Probate? How Does Probate Affect My Heirs?

Most of us have either experienced or heard about long, expensive, painful Probate proceedings. Many of us wonder if avoiding Probate will protect our legacy and ease the burden on our beneficiaries when we pass. As with most things involving the law, there’s no one answer.

Sivea Key 1/19/23 Sivea Key 1/19/23

Is the LegacyLock Estate Planning Package Worth It?

The folks at LegacyLock believe helping people is good business and they feel their success speaks for itself. They’ve worked hard to build an estate process that includes all the documents for your estate plan, a living trust, healthcare and financial power of attorneys, living will and advanced directives with simple, clear instructions.

Sivea Key 12/1/22 Sivea Key 12/1/22

How to Pick a Medicare Plan in 2022 - [Video]

Medicare may be confusing, but the good news is that the complexity means you have a lot of choices. The key to choosing a plan is to narrow down the options by focusing on your unique situation. Start your list of priorities by considering your current health plan.

Sivea Key 11/3/22 Sivea Key 11/3/22

Medicare Parts Explained 2022 - [Video]

Medicare In Depth: 2022

There are essentially three different Medicare “parts,” each offering a different aspect of coverage. Additionally, there are Medicare Advantaged plans, which take a more all-in-one approach. Let’s take a look at each of the types of plans.

Sivea Key 10/6/22 Sivea Key 10/6/22

Medicare Basics - [Video]

Medicare is fairly complex. There are a wide variety of options and plans, and choosing the right plan can have an important impact on both your physical and financial health.

It’s important to choose the plan that works best for you, so that you can live comfortably as you age.

Helping you make the right choice is what Retirement Safety Zone is all about.

Sivea Key 3/31/22 Sivea Key 3/31/22

Medicare is a Piece of Cake

New to Medicare? Enrolled in Medicare, but have questions? Watch Medicare Is a Piece of Cake and check out our guide, Getting Started with Medicare.

Sivea Key 3/17/22 Sivea Key 3/17/22

Retirement Safety Zone: Conversations with Sivea Key and Matthew Jackson

Our guest today is Matthew Jackson, President of Solid Wealth Advisors. He has appeared in Forbes Magazine, Fortune, in Money Magazine and U.S. News and World Report. He's also a bestselling author of The Retirement Dream Maker.

Sivea Key 1/27/22 Sivea Key 1/27/22

What is a Daily Money Manager?

Want to learn more about how a Daily Money Manager could help you or a loved one? Reach out to Noreen Flood. Have other questions about managing income in retirement? We'd love to talk to you about your unique circumstances.

Sy 1/6/22 Sy 1/6/22

How To Give Care When You Can’t Be There: Long Distance Caregiving

Welcome to the Retirement Safety Zone series on how to give care when you can’t be there. That’s something that’s touched all of our lives, maybe for ourselves, being isolated, alone, without someone to help out…

Sivea Key 10/21/21 Sivea Key 10/21/21

Demystifying Long Term Care - When It’s Time to Make a Claim

Today we're talking about the other end of the long-term care insurance process. We're talking about what happens when you need that insurance money, because there's long-term care in your future. I have with me today, Josh Zuieback, he's with Amada Senior Care, and he's going to help us understand what that process looks like…

Sy 6/7/21 Sy 6/7/21

The 3 Biggest Myths About Long Term Care Insurance

Hi, I'm Sivea Key, the long-term care lady. And today I'm going to set the record straight on the top three myths about long-term care. For many people, believing these myths has stopped them from making a plan to deal with the high costs of long-term care services. It can cost as much as a house. Learn the truth behind these myths, and don't make these common mistakes.