In an October, 2019 opinion piece in the Orlando Sentinel, four MDs and former U.S. Surgeon Generals (Richard Carmona, Joycelyn Elders, Antonia Novello, and David Satcher) called dementia the “top public health crisis” in an effort to call attention to the rapid rise of the disease. “Its scale is unprecedented, and its numbers, already tragic, are growing rapidly.”

A “gray divorce” is when adults ages 50 or over get divorced. According to data from the National Center for Health Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau, the divorce rate for those 50 and up has doubled since the 1990s and tripled for those 65 and older since 1990.

Wall Street makes money either by commissions on the investments they sell or a percentage of the total assets they manage.

“The Financial Journey of Modern Parenting: Joy, Complexity and Sacrifice” was conducted by Age Wave and funded by Merrill Lynch.

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) became law. Virtually all of the provisions take effect starting in 2018. This is the most sweeping tax legislation since the Tax Reform Act of 1986.