The Experts at AARP

Take this opportunity to explore new opportunities and make the most of the decades ahead. Keep your finances, your living arrangements, and, most importantly, your health in peak performance.To get started, you may be interested in finding a new job, getting a handle on your finances, and trying your hand at yoga.

As prices climb for nearly everything, from food to gas to health care and beyond, what can you do to spend less and save more? One way to save is to cut back on utility costs. In the winter, for instance, keep cold air outside and warm air inside by caulking and weather-stripping doors and windows. Keep your fireplace flue tightly closed.

Modern hearing aids are sleek, and many styles are nearly invisible. This is a far cry from early hearing aids that required body-worn accessories (to visualize that, imagine something like the old Discman CD player worn on your belt with wires attached to headphones).It’s also a far cry from the mental image many people have when they picture hearing aids as large and bulky pieces of plastic that stick out from behind the ear connected to huge earpieces sitting in your ear canal.

Hearing loss is about clarity not volume. Most people think of hearing loss as simply turning down the volume on a TV, which makes all sounds quieter. But hearing loss is more like turning down the volume on only specific frequencies or pitches of sound so while some sounds are quieter others are just as loud.

Copyright © 2020 AARP. Selecting the right time to begin Social Security benefits is a personal matter. Only you know what makes sense for your family. But you should keep in mind some key points when you make this critical choice: Make sure that you know when you qualify for full benefits, but remember, you have broad discretion about when to claim.

Your options for the future are expanding — and that’s a good thing. There are many more alternatives for living at home or in the community, where the clear majority of people want to be. Technology is making it possible to have your healthcare monitored at home and to keep you in touch with family and friends.

Falls and burns aren’t the only sources of injury at home when you or a loved one is aging in place, but if you address them, you’ll likely prevent other kinds of injury as well.An important first step in deciding whether staying in the same home can work is taking a hard look at the home. Looking past a cherished home’s attractive features and focusing on its flaws and hazards can be hard to do.