For example, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services offers a training course for individuals who help people make informed health-care decisions. These types of classes will help ensure you truly understand the issues at stake, as well as how the programs can accommodate individuals from diverse health and financial backgrounds.

Becoming The Trusted Senior Care Professional

The need for a qualified professional to guide seniors through some of the most important decisions of their lives is not going to disappear.

Due to the financial complexities involved, financial advisors stand out as a clear choice to take the reins. A large market exists that is in dire need of guidance, and simply informing yourself on the common benefits and programs offered to seniors places you in a position to help some of the most vulnerable members of the population.

Additionally, that sort of expertise is highly sought after, and the benefits far outweigh any costs incurred—your clients will gladly pay for the peace of mind you can offer.

Joseph E. Cordell is the principal partner of Cordell & Cordell, a domestic litigation firm focused on representing men in divorce. Since co-founding the firm with his wife, Yvonne, in 1990, he and his team of more than 200 attorneys spread across more than 100 offices in 30 states and the United Kingdom have helped tens of thousands of men going through divorce.

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