elderly

The open enrollment period, which begins on Oct. 15, comes as many major insurers are dropping some Medicare Advantage plans for 2027.

Companies downsize or go bust, partners get sick, kids need childcare help. And premature retirees end up without the bank balances they’d hoped for.

For older people, financial strain may be a warning sign of dementia — before doctors or families start noticing symptoms.

Why one 86-year-old started volunteering in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

Early-stage Alzheimer’s linked to unwise financial decision-making and vulnerability to financial exploitation.

A new pension system doesn’t provide as much security.

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?