Finding the right senior living situation

Finding the right senior living situation

How do you decide where the best place is for your aging parent to live?  If your mom or dad wants or needs to live somewhere other than their house or apartment there are many options. They range from Senior Living. Independent Living and Assisted Living to Memory...
Resolving Conflict

Resolving Conflict

 What do you do when aging parents or siblings don’t agree with you?   When we’re trying to help our aging parents it’s likely some sort of conflict is going to arise. Whether it’s an adult child wanting Dad to stop driving. Or maybe Mom...
Questions for the Pharmacist

Questions for the Pharmacist

Why you should build a relationship with your aging parent’s pharmacist.  Our aging parents often have trouble with their medications. Taking the pills, staying organized, not taking too much or too little, as well as, making sure they don’t negatively...
Helping your aging parents downsize

Helping your aging parents downsize

Tips to prepare for a move or just clear clutter How much “stuff” is in your parents’ house? For many of us, it’s a lot.  The idea of  downsizing to move into a smaller house, an apartment, independent living or assisted living can be a...
Tips for Caregivers – WKMG-TV

Tips for Caregivers – WKMG-TV

Kim & Mike Barnes on WKMG-TV  It’s sometimes tough to know what we can do to prepare to help our aging parents. What information do I need? What questions should I ask? In an interview with WKMG-TV in Orlando, FL Kim & Mike Barnes share five tips to help...