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Tips from a Doctor: Doctor Visits with Elderly Parents
How to help the doctor better help your aging parent. If you're taking your aging parents to doctor visits or even ...
Let’s Talk Dementia with Carol Howell
Do you know the difference between Dementia and Alzheimer's?Hearing that our parents have "dementia" can be ...
Caregivers and compassion fatigue
Do you have compassion fatigue?Taking care of someone else, including your elderly parents, can be exhausting and ...
Moving from an aging parents perspective
A conversation with dad about making tough movesJohn Barnes has made some big decisions in recent years. Moving he ...
Helping our aging parents move
Moving Mom and Dad.Having the conversation with our parents about moving to an Independent Living or Assisted ...
Scams That Target the Elderly
Learn what to do if your elderly parent is targeted by scammers.From phone calls asking for money and emails with ...
What you need to know about estate planning
Who needs an estate plan? Everyone.You may think your parents don't have a big enough estate to worry about estate ...
Mom’s move to independent living
Mom talks about how she made the decision to move to independent living and how it's going now.
Medicaid: Can your aging parent qualify?
Medicaid eligibility varies by situation and by state and can be difficult to know who qualifies. It’s often confused with Medicare but Medicaid is based on income and finances.
Having a plan for long term care for aging parents
It’s so important to have a plan for how and where our aging parents will live as they get older. There are so many decisions and they’re much easier to make when it’s not a crisis situation.
Tips from a doctor: How to tell if your parents need help
As our parents get older it’s always important to notice if you’re seeing changes in their behavior or abilities, even the way they dress. They could just be having an “off” day but it can also be signs of bigger issues.
Finding the Right Place at the Right Time
Where should our aging parents live? Stay at home, downsize, retirement community, live with children, or some other option? It can be a tough topic for many families.
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