WBJ launched this Senior Resource Guide last year and continues with this year’s edition, not only for people like me but for those of all ages and backgrounds who need answers for the questions arising later in life.
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One of the more complex projects I spearhead every year is Worcester Business Journal’s 40 Under Forty awards. This six-month process involves soliciting nominations, arranging judges, confirming winners’ eligibility, arranging a dozen photo shoots, assigning and editing 40 stories, and working with our events department to pull off a great experience for everybody. This type of planning I can do, no problem.
Yet, when it comes to retirement, long-term health care, or even making considerations for an event a year in advance, I’m terrible. My financial plan for retirement is more of a loose idea. My healthcare plan is to go running frequently and hope that helps prevent any significant problems. Luckily, my parents are the most thoughtful and disciplined advanced planners and savers I’ve ever met, so they don’t need to rely on me to handle their senior care (so far). Yet, as a 44 year old and proud member of AARP (thanks for the auto insurance discount!), I need a more concrete outline for my own post-retirement life.
This is why WBJ launched its Senior Resource Guide last year and continues with this year’s edition, not only for people like me but for those of all ages and backgrounds who need answers for the questions arising later in life. Covering issues like estate planning, short-term health care, long-term health care, retirement, and financial planning, this guide is designed to give you answers along your journey.
The anchor of the Senior Resource Guide is WBJ’s famous lists, with directories on everything from financial advisors to estate attorneys to hearing care centers to skilled nursing facilities. Beyond those, we have advice columns from Central Massachusetts professionals, lending their expertise and opinions on how to solve some of the more pressing senior problems.
Finally, this edition includes two feature-length articles. WBJ Staff Writer Mica Kanner-Mascolo offers ways for seniors to successfully stay in their homes as long as possible in her “Aging in place” story. Meanwhile, WBJ Correspondent Sloane M. Perron dives into the phenomenon of retirees re-entering the workforce – whether for the money or the socialization (or both!) – in her “Ageless ambition”.
By editing this special publication, I’ve learned many things I should have known long ago, but at least I know them now. Whether your question is specific like “What are the senior care communities in my town?” or more general like “How do I successfully retire?” you’ll find the answer in this Senior Resource Guide.
Brad Kane is editor of the Worcester Business Journal.
