Longevity:
Aging well

Explore strategies, insights and resources to help you plan for—and enjoy—a long and healthy retirement.

What does aging well mean to you?


People often daydream about their retirement—when they can focus on family, bucket lists and a more relaxed pace. At RBC Wealth Management, we feel your ability to age well involves health, wellness and knowing you have a longevity plan.

After helping many clients make the most of their senior years, we recognize that you need to proactively plan for a long and healthy retirement. We’ve also partnered with industry experts across a broad range of healthy aging factors, including physical and mental health, caregiving support and financial wellness, to help you do just that.

Plan to thrive in your senior years.

How to plan for care as you age

Discover strategies and resources to navigate your own experience as a caregiver or care recipient.

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Take the lead in your well-being

Discover how developing good wellness habits and paying attention to your body and mind can impact your longevity.

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Longevity: Cracking the aging code

Analysis

Science is developing ways to slow, stall, and possibly even reverse aging. We explore the most promising advances and the link between scientific breakthroughs and intriguing investments.

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– Longevity: Cracking the aging code

Worried about your health as you age? Create a care plan

Education and mentoring

A care plan helps families understand and budget for the different types of care an older adult may need.

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– Worried about your health as you age? Create a care plan

Why planning for your health and wealth together matters

Health care

Amid rising rates of dementia, RBC Wealth Management helps Canadians prepare for—and enjoy—a long and healthy retirement.

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– Why planning for your health and wealth together matters

Consider your care options

Now is the ideal time to speak with your family about how you’d like to live—and who will help you if needed—as you get older.

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The cost of caregiving

Eldercare

Caregiving is a significant component that can have major personal finance consequences at the individual level. Planning is powerful and so are conversations with your family about those plans.

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– The cost of caregiving

Caregiving, like dancing the tango, requires two people

Wealth planning

Avoid caregiver burnout by understanding your own limits and creating a self-care plan.

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– Caregiving, like dancing the tango, requires two people

Care, cost and choice: What does your home transition plan look like?

Eldercare

Retirement residences today have many care options and a host of amenities

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– Care, cost and choice: What does your home transition plan look like?

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The path of longevity

Health care

Why the time is now to open up conversations about senior health realities and to plan ahead.

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– The path of longevity

Gendered ageism is hindering women’s financial security, but there are ways to reduce its impact

Wealth planning

RBC Wealth Management and Women’s Age Lab empower women to make informed financial decisions.

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– Gendered ageism is hindering women’s financial security, but there are ways to reduce its impact

Take stock of retirement strategies to ease market turmoil concerns

Retirement

Whether retirement is imminent or still a few years away, there are several courses of action you can take.

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– Take stock of retirement strategies to ease market turmoil concerns

Prepare for tomorrow today

Having a plan that aligns with your values and objectives helps ease the burden on your family—and helps you gain peace of mind.

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Video: The Wealthy Barber on why it’s important to talk to your family about estate planning

Estate planning

David Chilton and his daughter, Courtney, discuss his executor, probate, power of attorney and digital assets

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– Video: The Wealthy Barber on why it’s important to talk to your family about estate planning

Do you have a power of attorney? The Wealthy Barber and his daughter discuss why everyone needs one

Estate planning

Who will manage your finances if you can’t? Powers of attorney are an essential part of your estate plan.

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– Do you have a power of attorney? The Wealthy Barber and his daughter discuss why everyone needs one

Estate planning: Report reveals many Canadians are not prepared

Estate planning

Many Canadians have not created a Will, appointed a power of attorney or started estate planning. Learn about the survey conducted to find out why.

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– Estate planning: Report reveals many Canadians are not prepared

Having the right people in place at the right time matters for both your wealth and your health. To help you build your network of trusted advisors so you can make informed choices for you and your family, we’ve partnered with experts who offer a range of valuable healthy aging resources. From physical and mental health to caregiving support and financial wellness, you’ll find actionable insights to benefit your later life, today.

Cleveland Clinic


RBC Wealth Management has a strategic relationship with Cleveland Clinic Canada, part of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation which is a global nonprofit academic medical centre that has provided world-class patient care and medical advice and support across various specialties to people from around the world since 1921.

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Elder Caring Inc.


RBC Wealth Management Canada partnered with Elder Caring Inc. to help you make informed decisions as you age. Together, we want you to feel prepared—and your caregivers too—to age well on your terms and in the residence of your choice.

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National Institute on Ageing


RBC Wealth Management and RBC Royal Trust have a strategic partnership with the National Institute on Ageing, Canada’s leading public policy think tank on aging. Together, we want to help you effectively prepare for, navigate and implement sound personal finance, investment and planning decisions in the wake of COVID-19 and beyond.

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Women’s Age Lab


RBC Wealth Management Canada has joined efforts with Women’s Age Lab, at Women’s College Hospital, to help raise awareness and recognition of gendered ageism. This combination of sexism and ageism is a major barrier to healthy aging for older women. Together, we want to break down this barrier and improve health, social and financial well-being for senior women.

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Women’s Brain Health Initiative


RBC Wealth Management Canada partnered with the Women’s Brain Health Initiative to bring attention to equalizing scientific research and help women better understand brain health. Together, we want to empower you with the tools to make positive changes in your life and help you make the connection between brain health and financial well-being.

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David Chilton


RBC Royal Trust has partnered with David Chilton—author of best-selling personal finance guides, The Wealthy Barber and The Wealthy Barber Returns, and former Dragon on CBC’s Dragons’ Den—to help you better understand the estate planning process and the benefits of retaining a corporate executor and trustee.

Enjoy your later years


Speak with an RBC Wealth Management advisor to help create your ideal future.