For almost 20 years, MP Dunleavey covered personal finance—writing the “Women in Red” column for MSN; “The Cost of Living” column for The New York Times; publishing the award-winning book Money Can Buy Happiness; launching DailyWorth (the first email newsletter about money for women), and more. In 2021, she found herself taking care of her dad, who was then turning 90, and she realized that the cost of aging is one of the most important issues of our time. She now writes the “Financing Longer Lives” column for the Stanford Center on Longevity Magazine, and won a 2025 Silver National Mature Media award for her coverage of aging in Kiplinger. She publishes essays about eldercare and other things on her Substack, Squished. You can find her @mpdunleavey on most things.