Category: Health and Safety
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Tips for Helping your Aging Parents Downsize
As an adult child of aging parents, there are several crucial conversations you need to have with them – the car keys conversation, the money management conversation, and the “where to live and what to do with my stuff” conversation. The latter may be the most difficult, and often the most prolonged. For many of…
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Home Safety for Aging Parents
AARP reports that most people want to stay in their own home as they age. The challenge for their adult children, however, is honoring that wish while ensuring the safety and well-being of their loved ones. The elderly are particularly vulnerable to injury from accidents at home. According to the Center for Disease Control, every…
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Concerned about your elderly parents’ driving?
I’m sure you remember the day when, freshly armed with your first driver’s license, you stood before your parents and anxiously asked for the keys to their car. Now, many years later, you may find yourself in that same position. And it isn’t any easier. The “car keys conversation” with an aging parent is one…
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Having “The Talk” with Your Aging Parents
So, perhaps you followed the advice in my last blog, and used your visits over the holidays to assess how your aging parents are doing. You identified a couple of areas where they obviously need help. Now what? For most of us, the answer seems easy. We’ve identified a problem, now let’s fix it. After all, that’s what…
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Spending the holidays with aging relatives?
The holidays present a great opportunity to check in on your aging loved ones to assess whether they need additional help. If you only see your parents a few times a year, you may, in fact, notice more changes than someone who sees them on a regular basis. Here are some specific things to look…
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Hiring a Caregiver through an Agency or Privately
Most seniors say that they would prefer to live at home as they age. In fact, according to the AARP, more than 90% of seniors want to age in place. Fulfilling this wish, however, can be a challenge for their adult children. How do they help their aging loved one stay at home while ensuring…
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Caring for an Aging Parent: Jennifer’s Story Part 3
This is the third in a series of “client” stories focused on providing information and resources to those who are caring for aging loved ones. Keep in mind that I’ve changed names and mingled some details to honor my clients’ confidentiality and protect their privacy. This is next chapter in a story about Jennifer, a…
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Caring for an Aging Parent – Jennifer’s Story, Part 2
This is the second in a series of “client” stories focused on providing information and resources to those who are caring for aging loved ones. Keep in mind that I’ve changed names and mingled some details to honor my clients’ confidentiality and protect their privacy. Last month I introduced you to Jennifer, a client of…
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Caring for an Aging Parent – Looking at Long Term Care Options
If you are caring for an aging loved one, you know that it can often be overwhelming. The good news is, help and resources are available! As a Financial Advocate for Seniors, part of the value I provide is helping adult children tap into resources and services – both mine and those of my trusted…
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Caring for someone with Dementia? 5 videos that can help.
Right now, 1 in 5 families is dealing with dementia. In 10 to 15 years from now, 1 in 2 families (every other one) will be dealing with this issue. Whether it affects us directly or indirectly it makes sense for all of us to become better equipped to deal with this coming tsunami. Teepa…
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