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WISER’s guide, Financial Steps for Caregivers/ Medidas Financieras para los Cuidadores.
Five Questions to Ask Your Mother or Grandmother offers help with meaningful conversations to have with important women in your life. The booklet won GOLD honors from National Mature Media Awards.
The Broadcast Retirement Network features an interview with Cindy Hounsell of WISER and Ramsey Alwin of NCOA discussing the results from the recent “What Women Say” survey. Watch the video here.
NEW REPORT: Caregiving wallops retirement savings: Here’s how. See WISER’s Financial Steps for Caregivers and the Caregiving Hub for additional resources.
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Paycheck® Calculator is an annuity calculator. See how a lump sum payment would be converted to a monthly amount.
The New York Times, and the San Juan Star Daily have highlighted the financial challenges for many Latinas when it comes to long-term savings, and mentions WISER, our partner, MANA, and the Latina Savings Project.
Poverty rates among older Americans rose from 8.9% in 2020 to 10.3% in 2021. For many older minority women, poverty rates were even higher. Pay inequity plays a role. See WISER’s factsheet: The Story is in the Numbers
WISER / National Council on Aging (NCOA) National Surveys – What Women Say: Insights and Policy Solutions for Lifelong Financial Security includes a website, fact sheet and surveys. Findings: half of U.S. women ages 25+ are struggling financially today, and 90% or more support bipartisan policy solutions to help. Press release.
Poor longevity literacy is an unrecognized barrier to retirement security, a new TIAA report shows. Workers with strong longevity literacy tend to be better prepared for retirement.
Life can be unpredictable. An emergency fund acts as a financial “safety net” during a time of need and can prevent the use of credit cards or high-interest loans to pay for expenses. See WISER’s factsheet about emergency savings accounts.
Most Americans flunk when it comes to retirement literacy. A new survey finds most Americans get an F on understanding key financial aspects of retirement. See Yahoo!Finance Senior Columnist Kerry Hannon’s article on the topic, here.
Slam the Scam Day is 3/7/24, to raise public awareness of government imposter scams. Learn how to spot scams, identify red flags, and report suspicious activity: see the video and get resources at ssa.gov/scam.
Action Needed! Tell Congress to ensure Medicare is affordable for all using this online form.
Check out the IRS Tools webpage—get answers to tax questions. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) programs provide free tax help. Use the VITA Locator Tool at www.irs.gov/VITA or call 800-906-9887.
Misplace your Social Security Benefit Statement? Get a replacement form instantly with your personal mySocial Security account.
New year, new job? Yahoo!Finance Senior Columnist Kerry Hannon reminds you not to leave your 401K behind. Choose 3 of the 4 options available…don’t cash out! Read article / Watch video.
Key steps Congress can take to help caregivers’ finances are in outlined in this article by the Global Coalition on Aging. “One in five adults now provide uncompensated care to loved ones with health problems, pushing almost half of them to say they’ve suffered financially.”
WISER’s Financial Caregiving Hub is a one-stop clearinghouse for information, tools, and resources to help family caregivers.
“FIN$EC”, the Financial Security Summit, has presentations on diverse topics related to financial security by experts including WISER Hero, Anna Rappaport, who discusses the concepts in Seven Life Defining Decisions available here in Spanish.
1. Social Security benefits are calculated based on your highest 35 earning years. For years that income is not earned, a zero is used in
Every day more than 10,000 people in the United States turn 65. From 1969 to 2020, the portion of people over age 65 who were
Savings Bonds are often considered a safe and trustworthy investment because the U.S. government backs them. There are different types of savings bonds, the most recent and one of the most popular types being the I Bond. A key feature of the I Bond is that it is inflation-protected.
The Broadcast Retirement Network features an interview with Cindy Hounsell of WISER and Ramsey Alwin of NCOA discussing the results from the recent “What Women Say” survey. Watch the video here.
Corporate gerontologist and caregiving expert, Sherri Snelling interviews Cindy Hounsell of WISER (Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement) on the Caregiving Club. Cindy talks about a new tool from WISER for caregivers called the Caregiver Financial Hub.
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