Tag: Social Security

Photo of scissors cutting a career

Most people have already left their jobs before applying for federal disability benefits. The problem for older people is that when they are denied benefits, only a small minority of them ever return to work. Applicants to Social Security’s disability program who quit working do so for a combination of reasons. They are already finding…

Images of growing stacking coins and Hand putting coin into glas

May all your dreams come true. This hope, displayed on a sign in The Villages retirement community in north central Florida, is why thousands of people flock there every year to retire. During my annual holiday trek to visit my 84-year-old mother in Orlando, my husband and I drove her to The Villages to visit…