Aging

There's hasn't been in increase in seniors in nursing homes, either.

"It gets complicated after your parents pass away and you have nobody."

Ted Rall's new cartoons tackle the isolation and financial stress of family caregiving.

Elder care can be a challenge without the help of siblings.

We're exploring how only children care for their aging parents.

Scammers are not always a faceless voice on the phone.

Suspicious or unusual bank activity can often signal a scam; but should a teller be able to monitor a long-time account holder’s ledger activity to flag a possible scam?

Financial scammers are part of coordinated efforts to target victims. The Federal Trade Commission took in more than a half a million complaints of imposter scams alone in 2018. But finding and convicting perpetrators is rare. Marketplace Morning Report’s David Brancaccio looks at what federal regulators are doing to target scammers.   Brains and Losses: […]

What changes to the brain might make a person more vulnerable to financial scams?

What happens when you're scammed out of almost $200,000?