Savvy Senior

By Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, Can you recommend any good online hearing tests? My husband has hearing loss, but I can’t get him

By Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, Can you recommend any services that check in on elderly seniors who live alone? I live about 200

Dear Savvy Senior, A few months ago, I read a column you wrote on extremely cheap smartphone plans for budget-conscious seniors. Can you do

By Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, How do I go about selling unwanted burial plots in my hometown cemetery? When my parents died about

Dear Savvy Senior, I’m planning to enroll in original Medicare in a few months and have been told I probably need to get a

Dear Savvy Senior, What exactly does Medicare cover when it comes to Alzheimer’s disease? My husband was recently diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer’s, and we

By Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, I am planning to retire and apply for my Social Security benefits in July. When can I expect

By Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, A while back I saw an article on different ways to scatter a person’s ashes after they’re cremated,

By Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, Can you give me a brief rundown of Medicare’s enrollment choices along with when and how to sign-up?

By Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, Are there any tax breaks that you know of for family caregivers? I help financially support my 82-year-old