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50+: Live Better, Longer

Planning Ahead

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Take an active role in your future. Plan now for eventualities like retirement and health concerns.

Retirement

10 tips to make sure you're financially prepared for retirement.

Baby boomers aren’t heading for a rocking chair anytime soon. Find out how they’re reworking retirement.

Learn how to prepare financially and emotionally for retirement.

Independent Living

Are you looking into assisted living for yourself or someone else? Click here to get an overview of assisted living.

Neighborhoods with sidewalks and benches may help older adults -- and everyone else -- stay more active. This video explains why.

This video features a house loaded with technology designed for older adults.

With another baby boomer turning 50 every eight seconds, there's a push to reduce the number of preventable injuries among older people. Here are tips for making your home safer.

This video features a couple in their 70s and 80s who moved to an apartment in a retirement community that offers different levels of care.

This video is about a movement to make nursing homes feel more like homes.

Life Choices

Living wills, power of attorney -- learn about these types of “advance directives,” which are legal documents about your future medical care wishes.

What measures should you take for yourself and your family?

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