Look for the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to be 1.6% for 2020, estimates The Kiplinger Letter, down from the 2.8% COLA increase retirees and other beneficiaries received at the start of 2019.
For 2021, The Kiplinger Letter is forecasting a COLA increase of around 2.0%.
F-16, F-15, F-22, C-17 and KC-135 aircraft make their initial take offs for combat exercise Sentry Aloha 19-2. The longstanding series of fighter exercises is hosted by the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th Wing, involving multiple types of aircraft and services.
Sentry Aloha provides tailored, cost effective and realistic combat training for U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard and other Department of Defense services to provide U.S. warfighters with the skill sets necessary to perform their homeland defense and overseas combat missions. This iteration of the exercise includes Airmen from 15 states and participants from the Royal Australian Air Force.
There’s a good chance that many adult children will have to get involved with their parents’ financial lives as they age. Yet, an overwhelming majority of adult children – 73% – have not had detailed conversations with their parents about their finances, according to a survey by GOBankingRates.
One of the primary reasons why survey respondents said they haven’t had “the talk” yet with their parents is because they don’t know how to have the discussion. Fortunately, talking to your parents about their finances isn’t as difficult as it might seem. That’s because there are several ways to start the conversation.
Here are 10 tried and true approaches from my book, “Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk: How to Have Essential Conversations With Your Parents About Their Finances.”
Decide which conversation starter will work best to get your parents to open up and start talking.
What is it? Colorblindness isn’t really what it sounds like. Most people with the condition can see some colors correctly but can’t pick out others. “Poor color vision” might be a better name. Whatever you call it, it’s more common in men than women. About 1 in 12 men are colorblind, compared with about 1 in 200 women
Retiree News sadly reports the passing of Takao “Shogun” Wada.
Takao retired from the Hawaii Air National Guard with his last assignment being with the 204th Airlift Squadron.
Retiree News will post information about services when finalized.
Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.
Vaccines aren’t just for kids, a doctors’ group says.
“Many adults are not aware that they need vaccines throughout their lives and so have not received recommended vaccinations,” Dr. Robert McLean, president of the American College of Physicians, said in a college news release.
“Adults should get a seasonal flu shot and internists should use that opportunity to make sure their patients are up to date on the latest recommended immunizations,” he advised.
This photograph shows Kenneth Morimoto and David “Snake” Snakenberg. They were attending Norman and Pearl Ault’s 50th wedding anniversary party in December 2002. The celebration was held at the Kaneohe Marine Corps Officer’s Club.
Both Ken and Snake served long careers in the maintenance complex. Snake went on to become the Human Resource Officer at the Hawaii National Guard Headquarters at Fort Ruger.
Norman Ault received a direct commission from the enlisted ranks,. He retired in 1990 after serving his entire military career in the maintenance complex. He retired as the maintenance commander.
The Social Security tax bills of many folks equal or exceed their federal income tax bills. And yet, the Social Security tax gets little attention. That’s just wrong, so let’s fix the problem. This column is devoted to Social Security tax FAQs and answers.
From the Everyday Health website
You probably keep a box of baking soda in the back of your fridge and break it out when you need to make a batch of cookies for your family. You may have taken it when your stomach hurt or cleaned your laundry with it, too. And you may have even combined baking soda and vinegar in a school science project way back in the day. (Spoiler: It “explodes” in fizz.) Baking soda is a staple in practically every household, but how much do you really know about this seemingly simple ingredient?
You probably keep a box of baking soda in the back of your fridge and break it out when you need to make a batch of cookies for your family. You may have taken it when your stomach hurt or cleaned your laundry with it, too. And you may have even combined baking soda and vinegar in a school science project way back in the day. (Spoiler: It “explodes” in fizz.) Baking soda is a staple in practically every household, but how much do you really know about this seemingly simple ingredient?
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page
Have you ever heard of the E-7A Wedgetail? It’s an airborne early warning and control aircraft and flown by our partners from the Royal Australian Air Force. Airmen from No. 2 Squadron have spent a lot of time flying it alongside fighter aircraft throughout the duration of Sentry Aloha 19-2.
It’s designed to communicate with allied aircraft and provide invaluable information of the tactical battle space. This advanced aircraft has sophisticated crew consoles which can track airborne and maritime targets simultaneously, along with a few more bells and whistles. It’s through longstanding exercises, such as Sentry Aloha, which allow us to improve interoperability with partners and maintain a permanent state of air superiority.
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When it comes to retirement savings, many Americans miss the mark.
On average, Americans believe they need $1.7 million to retire, according to a recent survey from Charles Schwab, which looked at 1,000 401(k) plan participants nationwide.
In fact, “that’s a pretty good number if you average out age and median salary across the U.S.,” said Nathan Voris, a managing director at Schwab Retirement Plan Services.
For people with dementia, having nothing to do can contribute to agitation, frustration and a feeling of loss of control and well-being. It is a situation family caregivers often encounter.
Laura Gitlin, distinguished professor and dean of the College of Nursing and Health Professions at Drexel University in Philadelphia has spent more than three decades developing non-pharmacological behavioral approaches to helping adults with dementia age in place.
Gitlin’s most recent approach, the Tailored Activity Program (TAP), has been shown to help manage critical behavioral symptoms in people with dementia while reducing the caregiver’s burden.
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