Financial planning for widows addresses the shift from managing money as a couple to making all financial decisions independently after the loss of a spouse. This transition involves understanding how ...

When a spouse dies, many widows assume that Social Security will automatically pay them the highest benefit available. That assumption is understandable, but it isn't always true. In reality, eligible ...

By Russell Gloor, National Social Security Advisor at the AMAC Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Association of Mature American Citizens Dear Rusty: I just found out, as someone who was collecting ...