As the amount of wealth that women control continues to grow, we take a look at how their approach to planning and giving is different.

Caring for someone with special needs can be physically, emotionally, and financially challenging – especially if your loved one is not capable of make rational decisions about money. A Special Needs Trust administered by a trustee with experience in navigating SSI and Medicare, can relieve some of your stress, assure the financial well-being of your loved one, and preserve family harmony.

Building a trusted team of advisors to help with legal, financial and healthcare decisions will help by filling gaps in knowledge where they exist to better create a holistic plan.

Even the best financial plan can’t overcome the effects aging have on a person’s ability to make financial decisions. Though people are living healthier for longer, there is already evidence that a person’s financial decision making peaks in their 50s and by age 60, the ability to process...