Mike Festa

Celebrating caregivers this month

Mike Festa, AARP Massachusetts State Director All across Massachusetts family caregivers give so much of themselves to care for their loved ones each and every...
Mike Festa

AARP can help in your job search

By Mike Festa, AARP Massachusetts State Director If you’re still in the workforce and looking to kick off a job search or looking to advance...
Alain Valles is an expert on reverse mortgages.

I love my home. I love my independence. I love my reverse mortgage.

By Alain Valles, CRMP, CSA, MS, MBA, Nonprofit Managing Director “I love my home.  I’m getting older.  I want to be financially independent and prepared. ...

Reverse Mortgage – Top uses

Increase Your Monthly Cash Flow! Pay Off Your Mortgage & Other Bills!   By Alain Valles, MBA, MS A reverse mortgage gives qualified borrowers the option to...
Marianne Delorey of Colony Retirement Homes

Regret

By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D., Executive Director, Colony Retirement Homes “The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life,...

We are all one and one person can make a difference

By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D. “The youth walk faster but the elderly know the road” – African Ubuntu Proverb There is a philosophy in many African countries...
Marianne Delorey of Colony Retirement Homes

Patient, strong, and even braver

By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D., Executive Director, Colony Retirement Homes   “You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.” --Bob Marley   Last...

Ghosts of yesteryear

By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D. “You don’t protect your heart by acting like you don’t have one.” – Anonymous When you work with elders, you get used...
Mike Festa

Don’t toss out your stimulus payment with the junk mail

By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts  If you didn't get a paper check, you may get a plastic debit card from the Internal Revenue...
Alain Valles is an expert on reverse mortgages.

Reverse mortgages – Top uses and recent changes

By Alain Valles, CRMP, CSA, MS, MBA, Nonprofit Managing Director 781-724-6221/av@hhcp.org As Managing Director of the self-funded nonprofit charitable mortgage company, Helping Hands Community Partners, our...