AARP members and interested community members turned out in force at Aging Best Center for the June meeting of AARP Chapter ...

Conducted by the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, the study found nearly half the nation is on the brink of a caregiving emergency.

Retirement takes an unexpected turn as grandparents step back into parenting and face the emotional and financial demands of ...

Bedner is one of 23 million people in the U.S. who are caring for an older adult. That's more than the 21 million who are providing care to a young child, according to a new report in the Harvard ...

Family caregiving often means tough choices between supporting loved ones and maintaining your own retirement plans. Here's what every caregiver should know.

In last year's presidential campaign, Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee and then-vice president, proposed expanding Medicare to cover home care for older adults and people with disabilities as ...

Expanded tax credits for low-income housing. According to a May 2025 AARP survey, nearly 4 in 5 adults ages 50 and older support tax credits to encourage investment in housing for low- and ...

In the U.S. today, roughly 38 million people provide unpaid eldercare. That number is likely to dramatically increase in the future as the number of people needing care grows. One of the biggest ...

A spousal IRA isn’t a unique type of IRA or a joint account, but instead it is a separate IRA opened and owned in the name of the nonworking or low-income earning spouse. This w ...

The federal estate tax doesn’t apply unless you hit a certain exemption amount. The exemption amount for people who pass away in 2025 is $13.99 million (up from $13.6 million last year).

However, the IRS usually taxes that money. If tips are part of your pay, the federal tax agency treats every dollar you receive, whether left on the table in cash or added to a credit card receipt ...