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When Aging Parents Gamble With Their Last Resources

My father keeps day-trading with his social security money because he believes he can make enough to leave us an inheritance, but he's losing everything instead.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire to leave a legacy can drive increasingly desperate risks that threaten the basic security the legacy was meant to protect.

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“Where Are You with Money and aging parents — the financial caregiving challenge?”

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