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Ladies Only: Your Strategic Guide to Maximizing Social Security BenefitsMoney MattersDid you know that women face unique challenges when it comes to maximizing their Social Security benefits? Understand key Social Security provisions like: How to qualify for spousal and survivor benefits off your husband's record, Increasing your payments by delaying claims as long as possible, Managing the earned income limits if you continue working, Collecting on your ex-spouse's record after divorce, Minimizing taxes on your Social Security income in retirement.Winter-Spring 2026 -
Social Security for Women: Your Strategic Guide to Maximizing Social Security BenefitsMoney MattersDid you know that women face unique challenges when it comes to maximizing their Social Security benefits? Understand key Social Security provisions like: • How to qualify for spousal and survivor benefits off your husband's record • Increasing your payments by delaying claims as long as possible • Managing the earned income limits if you continue working • Collecting on your ex-spouse's record after divorce • Minimizing taxes on your Social Security income in retirementFall 2025 -
Social Security for Couples: Maximizing Your Benefits TogetherMoney MattersAre you and your spouse nearing retirement age? Learn how to get the most out of your Social Security benefits as a couple.Topics include: How marriage impacts Social Security, Deciding when to claim, Coordinating with other income sources, Taxes and Social Security, Working while receiving benefits, Techniques higher-earning couples can utilize. This class is essential for married couples wanting to ensure they receive their full share of the Social Security benefits they've earned.Winter-Spring 2026 -
Taxes in RetirementMoney MattersIn retirement, your tax rate may vary widely over the years based on the timing and order. Learn about the following: The critical tax question you must answer BEFORE retirement, What the Social Security “tax trap” is and how you can avoid it, Why tapping assets in the wrong order can trigger higher Medicare premiums, The four stages of retirement and important tax actions in each stage, and Mistakes to avoid when it comes to your investment portfolio, health care, and estate.Winter-Spring 2026
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How to Pay for the Nursing Home: An Attorney’s PerspectiveMoney MattersThe biggest fear for most baby boomers is how to pay for the nursing home and still leave an inheritance for the next generation. We will walk through the following questions and more including : How will I meet my nursing home goals? Is Long Term Care Insurance for me? What about home healthcare? Should I gift my money away? Would I qualify for Medicaid? What about my current Trust, does it protect my assets and avoid the nursing home? What is the 60-Month claw back? What if my spouse goes into the nursing home and exhausts our money? Get the answers to these and other questions and learn how to create an effective plan to deal with these uncertainties.Fall 2025 -
NEW! Four Successful Strategies to Protect the House, Farm, Cabin and More – Before and After Your DeathMoney MattersThe Concern: Our family has a cabin, homestead, hunting land, farm or second home: How do we protect this family legacy and move its use and enjoyment into the future? The Problem: Various sources and forces threaten its very existence: The nursing home and Medicaid (MA), estate taxes, family divorces, creditor and bankruptcy issues, taxes and operating expenses, unequal resources of owners, the in-laws and use and enjoyment equality. The Answer: We will provide real-life solutions and explore four paths to resolution that will solve our problems without driving the family apart or sacrificing the family legacy asset.Winter-Spring 2026 -
How to Pay for the Nursing Home: An Attorney’s PerspectiveMoney MattersThe biggest fear for most baby boomers is how to pay for the nursing home and still leave an inheritance for the next generation. We will walk through the following questions and more including: How will I meet my nursing home goals? Is Long Term Care Insurance for me? Whatabout home healthcare? Should I gift my money away? Would I qualify for Medicaid? What about my current Trust, does it protect my assets and avoid the nursing home? What is the 60- Month claw back? What if my spouse goes into the nursing home and exhausts our money? Get the answers to these and other questions and learn how to create an effective plan to deal with these uncertainties.Winter-Spring 2026