Long-term care is expensive. The current cost of assisted living in the Saint Louis metropolitan area ranges from around $2,500 to over $5,000 per month, and a nursing home bed runs from approximately $4,500 to $8,500 per month. The choices you have to pay for this care are private pay (spending your life savings), long […]
BABY BOOMERS, ROBOTS & CAREGIVER SHORTAGES
Understanding the effects of the relative size of the Baby Boom compared to preceding and succeeding age groups is essential to anticipating the demand for long-term services and support and the potential availability of family care in the future. And then I learned about Linda. At first, Linda doesn’t seem like the sort of career […]
Americans Falling Woefully Short on Retirement Savings
What It Means for You and What You Need to Do About It A new study estimates that more than 90 percent of working-age households in the U.S. are not saving enough for retirement. And about 45 percent have nothing saved. In addition, the National Institute on Retirement Security study found that the median retirement […]