Seniors Often Need An Ombudsman
on Nov 2, 2009 in banking Customer service ombudsman RBC Rogers Seniors often may feel the need for someone who can help them in standing up for their rights when dealing with large corporations. Finding who can address your concerns in a satisfactory way becomes increasingly difficult when everyone is trying to...

Is That Bank Manager Bogus
on Oct 31, 2009 in fraud Bank bogus Crimestoppers Theft There are many hazards in dealing with banks and trying to ensure the security of your bank dealings and your money. A new hazard is that a Bogus bank manager may be calling local seniors. The Niagara Regional Police have issued a warning about two...

The Pension Crisis
on Oct 27, 2009 in Canada Pensions Canada Pension Plan Jack Layton Old Age Security rrsp Jack Layton, the leader of the NDP in Canada says that the Country faces a ‘national pension crisis’. As you can find with a search on Google Insights, this same concern is expressed elsewhere around the world as shown by the following c...

Building for Your Hobby
on Oct 22, 2009 in diversions building Construction hobby metal shed With retirement, your hobby will undoubtedly take a much bigger part of your life. Where do you find the space to do it? If it is golf, perhaps you even need to buy your own golf course. Most of us require a more modest space. In this guest post,...

Google For A Healthy Brain
on Oct 21, 2009 in living Brain Google Old age Search University of California Los Angeles Image via Wikipedia Google can save brains according to a report that Web Surfing Can Save Your Aging Brain. Researchers found that older adults who started browsing the Web experienced improved brain function after only a few days. Dr. Gary Smal...

Best Bargain Vacations
on Oct 20, 2009 in diversions Budget deals discount travel Recreation Tourism vacation Image via Wikipedia As the evenings grow darker, many in northern climes would often be thinking about taking a vacation about now.  That is not a choice for many this year after the deep recession we have all undergone.  However for tho...

Online Lottery Scams Target Seniors
on Oct 17, 2009 in fraud Lottery RCMP scam US According to the RCMP, several Calgary residents tricked 24 elderly or disabled Americans out of about $3 million over a three-year period by telling them they had won a lottery. This lottery scam targeted U.S. seniors. Between 2005 and 2008, the vi...

Dangerous wheels for seniors
on Oct 11, 2009 in living addiction Gambling gifts seniors Slot machine VIPs Image via Wikipedia We are not talking about dangerous driving wheels here, although you often read items flagging the Dangerous Presence of Senior Drivers on the Roads. Driving may be a sensitive topic for seniors because their age sometimes affe...

Bank Fees Beyond The Grave
on Oct 10, 2009 in banking Barclays Death Executor will It is often said that death and taxes are inevitable and cannot be avoided. It appears that bank fees can be added to the list. At least that would seem to be the case in the UK where Barclays is accused over ‘obscene’ fees for customer...

How safe are your savings
on Oct 5, 2009 in article Building society Financial Services Authority Financial Services Compensation Scheme UK How safe are your savings? was a question being raised last year by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in the UK as British people were investing £6bn in more than 170,000 Icelandic accounts. Nevertheless, just how stable was Iceland’s fi...