We all expect it to happen eventually—our parents getting older. Not just older chronologically, but physically and mentally older as well. It’s a difficult and sometimes painful process to realize that our parents are in fact aging. With each passing year, your parents, too, maybe showing more obvious signs of time gone by. Even the spryest of spry eventually start to slow down and need more help than they did before. Sometimes it happens slowly, and you have time to adjust to your new … [Read more...]
Help Celebrate National Family Caregiver Month
Family members, friends, and neighbors devote countless hours to providing care to their relatives or loved ones. During National Family Caregivers Month, we recognize and thank the humble heroes who do so much to keep our families and communities strong. Caregiver Facts and Figures Every day across America there are over 90 million family caregivers taking care of loved ones who might otherwise be forced to leave their home and enter a long-term care facility. These caregivers are not … [Read more...]
How to Talk to Your Aging Parents About Estate Planning & Advance Care – Questions to Ask
Having “the talk” about end-of-life planning is unquestionably important, but how do you approach such a difficult topic with your aging parents? Consider these tips. … [Read more...]
