Health Care Decisions

By a vote of 216-214, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed budget legislation that will impose punitive new ...

A book by an elder law attorney covers the human side of aging, tackling issues and problems that similar references often overlook.

An accountant explains how taxes and penalties could consume up to 90 percent of a retirement account, and offers five easy steps to prevent this from happening.

Money left to children can disappear for a host of reasons -- divorce, bankruptcy, litigation, or bad investments...

Newspaper columnist Jim Miller has written a book packed with resources and basic, need-to-know information on a broad range of topics of vital interest to seniors.

The long legal battle over the fate of Terri Schiavo cast a much-needed spotlight on the importance of medical direc...

With a storyteller's flair, a journalist presents a detailed portrait of the causes and effects of Alzheimer's disease and movingly captures its impact on victims ranging from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Ronald Reagan.

Death and taxes may be the only two certainties in life, but unfortunately, your tax obligation doesn&#39t end when ...

The average life expectancy for U.S. residents in 2003 increased by nearly four months from an average of 77.3 years...