About a month ago, I wrote a column in which I explained how “full retirement age” (the age at which a person can claim 100 percent of his or her Social Security retirement benefits) is going up. To ...

Ingrid* is stressed. She is 68, retired, and on her own since her husband died seven years ago. Her current income is just ...

Dear Eric: I’m 61, widowed, and still work full time as a registered nurse in a very busy hospice house. I lost my husband four years ago, and since then went through a medical scare twice, diagnosed ...