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Look into long-term care insurance or other options to help cover these potential costs. Planning ahead can save you and your family from having to deplete your savings or assets to pay for care.
13. Not Adjusting Your Spending Habits
Your spending habits in your 50s may need to shift as you approach retirement. While it’s tempting to maintain the same lifestyle, failing to adjust your spending can eat away at your savings faster than you might expect.
Take a good look at your expenses and figure out where you can cut back. Consider downsizing your home, reducing discretionary spending, or cutting back on luxuries. Making these adjustments now can help ensure your savings last throughout your retirement.
14. Not Taking Advantage of Catch-Up Contributions
If you’re 50 or older, you’re eligible to make catch-up contributions to your retirement accounts. This allows you to contribute more than the standard limit to your 401(k) or IRA, allowing you to boost your savings in the years leading up to retirement.
If you haven’t been maxing out your retirement accounts, now is the time to start. Those extra contributions can make a big difference in your savings, especially as you near retirement age.
19 Things You Shouldn’t Fear as You Get Older
As we grow older, it’s common for our fears to grow alongside us and sometimes hold us back from enjoying our lives. Many of these worries come from not knowing what will happen as we age. The media (social and news) also makes older folks unnecessarily fearful about their health and vitality- often painting a picture of disaster, decline, and disease.
