Siblings can be our best friends and partners in crime growing up.  But as adults, siblings can make caring for an aging parent challenging and stressful. You think Mom needs in-home care, your brother wants assisted living and Mom doesn’t want help at all!  Sound familiar? How can you and your siblings get on the same page, help Mom find the right care and not get entangled in simmering past resentments? This webinar will discuss how to create a care team, delegating responsibilities, managing sibling conflict, and...

Are you ready to take your bike out? As Massachusetts is beginning to ease restrictions, CommuterChoice is providing some more at-home activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please remember to practice your local social distancing guidelines if you are going out for a walk, bike or jog.

We all know that bicycling is a great way to get around town, keep fit, and...

It doesn't matter how much or how little financial planning you've done, or if your retirement is years away – you'll find the Retirewise® workshops well worth your time. And there's no prep work required. This complimentary online workshop will provide you with a step-by-step approach to creating a realistic financial and retirement strategy that works for you over 2 sessions: July 30th and August 6th from 9 am to 12:30 pm.

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Health Coverage In Retirement focuses on your healthcare insurance options during retirement with presentations from Harvard Benefits and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA). Topics will include Harvard University’s post-retirement health eligibility and plan options, and the Planning for Medicare presentation by BCBSMA.

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Getting to retirement is an accomplishment - but there are move adventures to come! Once you reach retirment, you may have 20 or 30 or years to enjoy it. This online workshop will help you imagine your ideal retirement and plan for how to make the most of it.

(1) Plan for your retirement expenses
(2) Learn about how you can pay yourself when you’re no longer earning a paycheck
(3) Create an income strategy
(4) Consider taxes, estate planning, and risk

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The Office of Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership at Harvard Medical School is hosting a discussion on the impact of COVID19 on Kids and will discuss a myriad of topics ranging from mental health, housing and food security and education issues that have come about due to the COVID19 pandemic.

MODERATOR:

Alden Landry, MD, MPH

Assistant Dean, Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership, Harvard Medical School; Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

SPEAKERS:

Adrian Jacques...

Despite this unprecedented and difficult time, we have seen the Harvard community come together to support each other as we move to remote work. Harvard University IT staff have led the efforts in moving us to remote work quickly and efficiently during a time of stress and uncertainty. Anne Margulies, Vice President and University Chief Information Officer (CIO), will talk to us about the move to remote work, challenges and successes during this time, and work/life balance. The purpose of this conversation is to bring awareness to the impact this pandemic has on marginalized genders and...

A flood of evolving information, as well as potentially damaging misinformation, has accompanied the coronavirus pandemic. Amplified by social media, misinformation in particular can undermine critical public health efforts, fuel conspiracy theories and add confusion to the global conversation about how to curb the pandemic. In this Facebook Live Q&A, K. “Vish” Viswanath, Professor of Health Communication in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will explore the pitfalls of COVID-19 misinformation as well as approaches to...

Low-income countries have several systemic disadvantages that cumulatively inhibit their capacity to cope with the spread of COVID-19. These systemic disadvantages, a joint outcome of long-term poverty and resource-constrained healthcare systems, are only worsened by the unforeseen socio-economic outcomes of lockdowns and infections. Threatening one and all, they specifically impact on the most impoverished and vulnerable groups of people in these countries, in existential ways.

This panel will discuss the effects of economic and healthcare fallouts of COVID-19 on low-income...

Do you live in the moment, or plan for the future? This seminar offers strategies and potential solutions when it comes to saving money. You will learn tips for managing your finances which may help you find the freedom and confidence to pay your bills, achieve your goals, and even save for a rainy day.

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You can learn about the specific challenges faced by the LGBTQ community—both financial and legislative, even with the U.S. Supreme Court’s marriage equality ruling—and potential solutions to address them.

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Make an impact with a social choice. Did you know that responsible investing enables investors to align their social and environmental principals with their financial goals? Learn the factors that make an investment socially responsible, the history of RI and ways for individuals to incorporate RI into their investment strategy.

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We all know how important it is to save for retirement. This presentation brings all of the risks to light so you have a better understanding of what you may be facing and what you can do about it, especially in this new environment. Namely, shifting your strategy from just growing your money to protecting what you’ve saved as it grows. And for those still working, we’ll talk about protecting your income in retirement, by creating a personal pension to help...

Discover how to help make your money work harder by using your cash flow more effectively, developing good saving habits and better managing debt.

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