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Baby-boomer parents push prenups to keep property in the family

Posted on September 11, 2017 by 60+Club

Baby-boomer parents push prenups to keep property in the family “We would like to give you $700,000 to help you to buy a house, but we want you to sign an agreement to make sure that if something happens to you and [insert name of partner] the money stays with you.” Thanks to the unprecedented

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New Aged Care Information & Data Platform in Australia

Posted on September 5, 2017 by 60+Club

A new one-stop shop for data and information about aged care services in Australia was launched recently in Canberra. NARI Executive Director Associate Professor Briony Dow, who was part of the Aged Care Data Advisor Committee, was in Canberra for the launch by Minister Ken Wyatt. “GEN is a user-friendly website which should be useful

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Where are the most popular retirement regions in Australia?

Posted on September 4, 2017 by 60+Club

Where Are The Most Popular Retirement Regions in Australia? The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recently published population estimates by age and sex which provides a timely opportunity to look at the housing market performance of those council areas nationally which are most popular with over 65’s. Queenscliffe in Victoria was the council region that

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Aging parents with lots of stuff, and children who don’t want it

Posted on August 30, 2017 by 60+Club

Aging parents with lots of stuff, and children who don’t want it Mothers and daughters talk about all kinds of things. But there is one conversation Susan Beauregard, 49, of Hampton, Conn., is reluctant to have with her 89-year-old mother, Anita Shear: What to do — eventually — with Mrs. Shear’s beloved set of Lenox

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Retirees downsizing is good in theory but doesn’t appear to make fiscal sense in practice

Posted on August 30, 2017 by 60+Club

Retirees downsizing is good in theory but doesn’t appear to make fiscal sense in practice Earlier this week the Sydney Morning Herald ran an article entitled Scott Morrison urges retirees to ‘free up larger homes for younger families.’ As I read the article, the logic seemed sound to me but the thought that kept popping

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Financial abuse of elderly parents on the rise as housing becomes more unaffordable

Posted on August 30, 2017 by 60+Club

Financial abuse of elderly parents on the rise as housing becomes more unaffordable Parents are increasingly being bullied into downsizing prematurely and even threatened with not being able to see their grandchildren if they don’t give their kids an early inheritance to allow them to enter the housing market, it’s been claimed. Following Fairfax Media’s

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Top 50 Council regions where most Over 65’s currently reside

Posted on January 18, 2017 by 60+Club

Top 50 Council regions where the highest proportion of 65 years or older reside We always hear about the ageing population and the impact it will have on the economy over the coming years. This week we look at the council areas with the highest proportions of their population aged 65 years or greater. Based

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