FINANCIAL WELLNESS MONTH with Amanda Stahl of Raymond James, the Joyconomy, Joyful Workouts and Me Time Monday Resolutionaries, Costs of Care
This episode of “Caregiving Club On Air” host and gerontologist, Sherri Snelling, focuses on January Financial Wellness Month and her great interview with longevity planning financial expert, Amanda Stahl of Raymond James. Financial Wellness is one of the 7 Elements of Wellness from Sherri’s new book, Me Time Monday – The Weekly Wellness Plan to Find Balance and Joy for a Busy Life.
Dir. Longevity Planning – Raymond James
Caregiver Wellness News
For Caregiver Wellness News, Sherri continues the January Financial Wellness Month theme with her insights on how to create your own personal “Joyconomy” from her new book, Me Time Monday – The Weekly Wellness Plan to Find Balance and Joy for a Busy Life.
Also, since January is the time many people are turning to new exercise programs, Sherri talks about some of the latest wellness trends or what she calls “Joyful Workouts.” These programs follow the principles of her new book, Me Time Monday and the trend in green exercise that Sherri wrote about. Sherri also talks about how to become a Me Time Monday resolutionary – abandon those New Year’s Resolutions for a lifelong wellness plan that works.
Another aspect of Financial Wellness is how to help older adults be aware of Grandparent Scams. Liz Lowey of Eversafe appeared on our S2, Episode 13 to discuss how to know it’s a scam and what to do about it.
For more Financial Wellness discussions tune into our S3, Episode 20 conversation with Cynthia Hutchins of Bank of America. She provides information on how to navigate costs of care and where you can look to employer benefits and support for some financial education and help navigating caregiving.
Cindy Hounsell of WISER appeared on S2, Episode 1 to share resources for Financial Wellness with its Financial Caregiver Hub including many tools and resources to help families manage costs of care. S2, Episode 13 to discuss how to know it’s a scam and what to do about it.
Well Home Design News
For Well Home Design News Sherri talks Sherri talks about cost of care and financial planning for long-term care with some resources and data on reverse mortgages and how older people are carrying more mortgage debt than previous generations.
Me Time Monday Wellness Hack
As always, we end our episode with our Me Time Monday Wellness Hack. This episode we focus on 7 different joyful workouts that only take 7 minutes. You can read more about Physical Wellness in Sherri’s book, Me Time Monday – The Weekly Wellness Plan to Find Balance and Joy for a Busy Life.
RESOURCE LINKS
Raymond James – Longevity Planning
Bank of America – “A Pathway to Financial Well-Being for Working Caregivers“
Eversafe – tools to protect older adults from fraud, scams and identity theft
Genworth “Cost of Care Survey” – great tool to show costs of assisted living. home care, adult day care and nursing home care – broken down state by state
WISER (Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement) Financial Caregiving Hub
Click here to find out where to buy Sherri’s Me Time Monday book and learn more about the workshops
Sherri’s Me Time Monday book GoodReads page
Elder Care Locator – eldercare.gov or call 1-800-677-1116
Sherri’s articles related to this episode
Caregiver Wellness
The Roaring Twenties 2.0 – From the Jazz Age to the New Joyconomy (Sherri’s LinkedIn article)
2024 – The Year of Living Colorfully and Creating Your Own Personal Joyconomy (Sherri’s blog)
Lessons From The World’s Longest Study On Happiness (PBS Next Avenue)
Sandwich Generation Juggling Act (Forbes)
Financial Wellness
A new kind of 55+ community is wooing residents with wellness, nature and cultural connections (MarketWatch)
How to avoid the caregiving wallet drain (USA Today)
What Suze Orman Learned Caring for Her Mother (Forbes)
Goldilocks Syndrome (Forbes)
The Latest Shopping Resources and Trends for Caregivers (PBS Next Avenue)
Shopping Made Easier for Caregivers (Forbes)
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