12.18.23 Assisted Living FEES / SAVE MORE On Audiobooks

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.6 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Planning ahead means understanding available care for our aging selves and senior loved ones. Recent reports expose excessive fees imposed at assisted living facilities. Clark explains what to look out for and how to get legit help making placement decisions. Also today - something that is actually getting cheaper for you - audio books. Assisted Living Fees: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Audiobook Deals: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: Clark’s Christmas Kids NYTimes.com: Extra Fees Drive Assisted-Living Profits Desperate Families Search for Affordable Home Care How to Find a Geriatric Care Manager Aging Life Care Association How To Manage Your Monthly Subscriptions To Save Money 5 Steps To Getting a Good Deal on a Hotel Room Do You Get Better Prices on Hotels From Third-Party Sites or by Booking Directly? Best 529 College Savings Plans By State 529 rollover to Roth IRA: A guide to conversion Audiobooks Just Got Cheaper—if You Know Where to Look-WSJ Free Audiobooks: 11 Places Online and Apps (Clark.com) Goodbye match, hello retirement benefit account? What IBM 401(k) change means Cancel for Any Reason Trip Insurance: Should You Buy It? Travel Insurance: What You Need To Know Before You Buy Clark.com resources Episode transcripts Community.Clark.com Clark.com daily money newsletter Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275 Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.6	slash enhance. It's my pleasure to welcome you here to the Clark Howard Show where our mission is to serve you with information that empowers you so you can make better financial decisions
0:45.8	in your life. I'd like to thank each and every one of you who've been able to
0:50.8	donate this year to Clark's Christmas kids,
0:55.0	where we collect your donations so that children and foster care
0:59.0	are able to have gifts to open Christmas morning.
1:02.3	We're seven days out. We'd love to have your generosity if you can afford it.
1:07.1	If you'd like to help out. See how it works at Clark's Christmas Kids.com. Now in today's episode, I'm going to talk about something
1:16.8	you may be thinking about involving your parents,
1:20.9	a relative, gosh, could even be yourself in the future and that is how
1:26.3	assisted living works and these facilities can be so mind-blowing and so difficult to choose.
1:36.6	I've got some things I want you to watch out for.
1:39.7	And later, something that has become ridiculously expensive.
1:45.6	Audio books, there's now ways for you to get them cheaper,
1:49.5	and we're going to talk that through.
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