End-of-life planning

Marriage, divorce and separation all affect your Will differently. Image source: Getty

News

What happens to your Will after a major change in relationship status?

A Will is the one important legal document many people forget to update when their relationship status changes.

Written byNSW Trustee and Guardian

Experts

How to take care of your family in life and in death

How to take care of your family in life and in death

Estate planning is always a difficult subject to deal with but good communication and planning make the life of the surviving partner much easier.

Money ExpertRodney Horin

Here are 7 key points of estate planning to consider. Source: Getty

Health

Voicing your choices – start the conversation today

Voicing your choices – start the conversation today

Almost one in three of us will be unable to make our own medical decisions at some point.

Written byAdvance Care Planning Australia

Take active control of your future and ensure your beliefs, values and preferences are known and respected. Image source: Getty

End-of-life planning

One of the best things you can leave your family? A pre-paid funeral

One of the best things you can leave your family? A pre-paid funeral

Reducing the substantial stress and expense of a funeral by pre-planning yours is one of the kindest things you can do for your loved ones.

Written byGuardian Plan

One of the best things you can leave your family? A pre-paid funeral

News

Self Managed Super Funds: Everything you need to know

Self Managed Super Funds: Everything you need to know

When if the last time you assessed your superannuation account's performance?

Written byAimee Courtney

When if the last time you assessed your superannuation account's performance? Source: Getty

Age Pension

Downsizer contribution: All of your questions, answered

Downsizer contribution: All of your questions, answered

Thinking of downsizing, but don’t know where to begin with your finances or superannuation? We’ve asked Australia’s most trusted finance...

Written byAimee Courtney

Downsizing is never simple, but Noel Whittaker, has all the best tips. Source: Getty

Financial planning

Funeral insurance versus pre-paid funerals: The difference could save you money!

Funeral insurance versus pre-paid funerals: The difference could save you money!

Knowing the difference between funeral insurance and prepaid funeral plans not only helps you decide what method is best for you, but it can also save you money.

Written byGuardian Plan

Funeral insurance versus pre-paid funerals: The difference could save you money!

Aged care

How and why to have the Aged Care talk sooner rather than later

How and why to have the Aged Care talk sooner rather than later

Bill Savellis explains the importance of planning ahead via the family meeting and ways to go about it.

Written byBill Savellis

You may consider an independent third party to help facilitate the family meeting. Source: Getty

Financial planning

How to know if you have enough money to retire

How to know if you have enough money to retire

Wealth and aged care specialist, Rodney Horin, looks at six critical questions that people considering retirement should ask themselves.

Money ExpertRodney Horin

Since 1990, average life expectancy at birth has gone from 80 to 85 for Australian women and from 74 to 82 for Australian men. Source: Getty

Home care

We need to talk about: Home care

We need to talk about: Home care

Finance adviser Bill Savellis takes us through how to access the government's home care subsidies and the types of care that are subsidised.

Written byBill Savellis

Many older Australians prefer to age at home rather than move into a residential care facility. Source: Getty

From our community

‘I’d like to be rooted’: Changing the way we think about death

by Brian Pickering

‘The death of my sister: Trying to make sense of it all’

by Mary McGrath

‘My son blames me for his grandmother’s death’

by Community Contributor

‘Mother’s last testament: Why I challenged my mother’s will’

by Community Contributor