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About Your Retirement: Watch Out For Roof Scams

We have been discussing some of the different ways our people over 65 are scammed out of their money. One of the most popular scams, especially this time of year, is Roof scams.
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About Your Retirement: Remodeling Scams And Roof Scams

In this week's About Your Retirement, Jim McWhirter talks about Remodeling scams and Roof scams targeting senior citizens.
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About Your Retirement: Scams Targeting Seniors

In this week's About Your Retirement, we are discussing money scams and our older generation.
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About Your Retirement: How To Prevent Scams Targeting Seniors

We will be covering our annual warnings to viewers about financial exploitation of people over the age of 65 for the next few weeks. More>>

About Your Retirement: Talking To Seniors About Financial Issues

In this week's About Your Retirement, Jim McWhirter discusses how you can approach your senior parents with financial issues. More>>

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About Your Retirement: Safety Features At Retirement Communities
About Your Retirement: Safety Features At Retirement Communities
A viewer wants to know some of the safety features that retirement or assisted living communities offer that would give them more peace of mind.More >>
A viewer wants to know some of the safety features that retirement or assisted living communities offer that would give them more peace of mind.More >>
About Your Retirement: Eliminate Fall Chances For Seniors
About Your Retirement: Eliminate Fall Chances For Seniors
A viewer wants to know how to eliminate the fall possibilities in their aging parents' home.
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A viewer wants to know how to eliminate the fall possibilities in their aging parents' home.
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About Your Retirement: What To Do If Elderly Parent Falls
About Your Retirement: What To Do If Elderly Parent Falls
Jim McWhirter answers view question, what seniors should do if they fall.
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Jim McWhirter answers view question, what seniors should do if they fall.
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About Your Retirement: Preparing Seniors For Winter Weather
About Your Retirement: Preparing Seniors For Winter Weather
A viewer wants to know how to prepare their elderly parents for winter weather.
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A viewer wants to know how to prepare their elderly parents for winter weather.More >>
About Your Retirement: Sustaining Holiday Cheer
About Your Retirement: Sustaining Holiday Cheer
A viewer wants to know some little things they can do to keep the holiday feeling of family to not stop abruptly.More >>
A viewer wants to know some little things they can do to keep the holiday feeling of family to not stop abruptly.More >>
About Your Retirement: Holiday Celebration In Residential Care
About Your Retirement: Holiday Celebration In Residential Care
A viewer wants to know how people celebrate the holidays with their loved ones in residential care.More >>
A viewer wants to know how people celebrate the holidays with their loved ones in residential care.More >>
About Your Retirement: Christmas Gift Ideas For Seniors
About Your Retirement: Christmas Gift Ideas For Seniors
Every Christmas we are asked by our viewers for gift ideas for their parents that have limited space living in a retirement community. Jim McWhirter offers some popular, smaller gift ideas that elder parents enjoy.More >>
Every Christmas we are asked by our viewers for gift ideas for their parents that have limited space living in a retirement community. Jim McWhirter offers some popular, smaller gift ideas that elder parents enjoy.More >>
Physical Requirements To Make Parents Comfortable At Your Home
Physical Requirements To Make Parents Comfortable At Your Home
One of our viewers wants a list of physical accommodations required to make her dad the most comfortable in her home.More >>
One of our viewers wants a list of physical accommodations required to make her dad the most comfortable in her home.More >>
About Your Retirement: Reasons To Not Move Elderly Parents Into Your Home
About Your Retirement: Reasons To Not Move Elderly Parents Into Your Home
Jim McWhirter talks about the reasons why you may not want to move your elderly parents into your home.
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Jim McWhirter talks about the reasons why you may not want to move your elderly parents into your home.More >>
About Your Retirement: Moving Your Parents Into Your Home
About Your Retirement: Moving Your Parents Into Your Home
A viewer wants to know some of the important considerations before moving their parents into their home.
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A viewer wants to know some of the important considerations before moving their parents into their home.More >>

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Many seniors suffer mental decline in silence
Many seniors suffer mental decline in silence
About 13 percent of Americans 60 and older say they have increasing problems with thinking and memory and that they suffer growing confusion, a new report released Thursday shows.More >>
About 13 percent of Americans 60 and older say they have increasing problems with thinking and memory and that they suffer growing confusion, a new report released Thursday shows.More >>
Odds of dying in traffic accident increase with age
Odds of dying in traffic accident increase with age
Elderly pedestrians face a much higher risk of being killed in a traffic accident than the young do, a new government report finds.More >>
Elderly pedestrians face a much higher risk of being killed in a traffic accident than the young do, a new government report finds.More >>

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Jim McWhirter, About Your Retirement
Jim McWhirter, About Your Retirement
Updated: Thursday, February 21 2013 12:08 PM EST2013-02-21 17:08:40 GMT
Jim McWhirter, of Seniorlivingokc.com, is a "Certified Active Adult Senior Housing Specialist." Jim's interest in senior living alternatives came about when he was looking for a place for his mother. AtMore >>
Jim McWhirter, of Seniorlivingokc.com, is a "Certified Active Adult Senior Housing Specialist." Jim's interest in senior living alternatives came about when he was looking for a place for his mother. AtMore >>

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