This article is a guest post written by our friend Danielle Kunkle Roberts, a Medicare insurance expert at Boomer Benefits. Her team help baby boomers navigate Medicare in the USA. In my many years as a Medicare insurance expert, I’ve had the opportunity to see how life changes for my clients after retirement. For many, the […]
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Search the internet and you’ll find that on any given day the world is celebrating something, whether comical or profound. From Pirate Day, International Joke Day or Peach Month, there’s no shortage of interests to recognise and commemorate. Today is a celebration we wholeheartedly embrace here at Stitch. Today is the United Nation’s International Day
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I’ll start this post with an apology: it’s a long one, as there is a lot to cover! If you are short on time, however, don’t be alarmed. I’ll start with an executive summary so you don’t need to read the whole dang thing. Executive Summary We will soon be introducing some changes to how
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If you’re not yet a Stitch member, you won’t know about the exciting plans for our historic 2018 Global Get-together, this time in Saratoga Springs, New York, from October 5th to 8th. Inspired by the success of Stitch’s inaugural gathering in 2017 in Monterey, California, this year’s event is once again being organized by Stitch
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Stitch New Feature Roundup We’re constantly making improvements to Stitch and how the community works, which means it can sometimes be hard to keep up with all the latest changes. That’s why, every so often, we do a roundup of all changes, new features, and web site improvements that have gone in to the Stitch
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Getting what you deserve If you know anything about Stitch, you know we’re not a normal company. By that, I mean we are not driven by the goal of making as much money as humanly possible. We are driven by something much more important: improving the lives of each and every one of our members. If you don’t believe
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Stitch New Feature Roundup Often we’re so focused on working to improve Stitch that we forget to take the time to tell everyone about the most recent changes, new features, and web site improvements that we’ve actually made. I was struck by this at our recent Global Get-Together in Monterey (which also deserves its own blog update,
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Update June 2017: The event was a roaring success! The Global Get-Together was all we hoped it would be, and more. With 65 members coming together from over 20 cities around the world, and organized purely through the incredible community spirit that underpins Stitch itself, it was the rare type of event that leaves you
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“What is Stitch, exactly?” The question above is something I get asked quite a lot. That may not seem all that surprising – it’s quite reasonable for someone who hasn’t heard about Stitch before to ask what it is. What IS surprising is that I’m quite frequently asked the question by someone who has recently joined Stitch. They
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‘Tis the season to be … jolly? This time of year is most often associated with festivities, happiness and fun, but the truth is that many people find themselves extremely lonely during the holiday season. For anyone grieving over the loss of a loved one, or simply finding themselves on their own when they don’t want
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