Affinity Living Communities

Financial | Retirement

Dollars and Sense

There’s a lot of new things to learn when you get older. Even if you had the foresight to start a retirement account or invest in an employer’s plan earlier in life, there’s still a lot to think about and decisions to be made when you start to approach retirement range. How long do you want to keep on working? What do you want to spend your money on when you’re done working? What do you need to do to make sure your family members are financially protected when your time is up? What other costs will you have to pay? What if you or a family member get sick or injured? Do you want to stay home or do you want to relocate? Do you want or need to keep on working? Everyone will have different answers to these questions, but a common piece of advice is: the sooner you answer them the better off you and your family will be and avoid messy or expensive situations later. Luckily, there are skilled people in the area to help you with everything from needed legal paperwork to objective advice on what care you’ll need and ways how to create a better budget. It’s true your golden years are supposed to be all about rest and relaxation, but it does take some degree of effort to make sure they remain as golden as possible.