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The Plight Of A Homeless Veteran

The Plight Of A Homeless Veteran This is a true story, and it may reflect what many older vets face when they start to lose their independence. We’ll call our vet “Uncle Zach”. At AgingParents.com, we worked with the daughter of a 99 year old gentleman, Tony, with dementia…

Jessica DavisNovember 20, 2022

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Danger: Can You Stop Aging Parents’ Overspending, Running Low On Funds?

Briana called AgingParents.com in distress. She was feeling panicky and angry. Her 80-year-old mother, Rhonda, had just bought another new car she could not afford. Briana explained that her mother’s funds were limited, but she kept insisting on living the life she had before her husband passed. Her parents had…

Carolyn RosenblattNovember 11, 2022

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Warn Aging Parents About Post Disaster Scammers

Devastating hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding, fires, across many parts of the U.S. leave people vulnerable. Aging parents, often far away from family, are especially at risk. When disaster strikes, scammers see opportunity. The waters after Ian haven’t even receded, and ripoff artists are already scheming how to take advantage of people.…

Carolyn RosenblattOctober 2, 2022

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Frustration For Families: Law Enforcement Isn’t Pursuing Financial Elder Abusers

Families are frustrated. When someone thinks a person is taking financial advantage of an aging parent, the public message is an urge to report to Adult Protective Services. APS, sometimes called by other names, is a local government entity tasked with investigating complaints about elders. They, in turn can report…

Carolyn RosenblattJuly 27, 2022

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Travel With Frail Aging Parents? What To Consider And What To Avoid

Travel With Frail Aging Parents? What To Consider And What To Avoid Many of us made travel plans with aging parents long ago, hoping the pandemic would would be over by this time. Delayed events, rescheduled celebrations and other family gatherings are still on the calendars of families and aging…

Carolyn RosenblattJune 12, 2022

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The Inner Struggle: An Abusive Aging Parent Needs Help—Will You Give It?

The Inner Struggle: An Abusive Aging Parent Needs Help—Will You Give It? Over years of consulting with adult children’s struggles with their aging parents, some issues stand out to me. Some of the hardest ones are about an adult child who was abused, neglected or both by a messed-up parent.…

Carolyn RosenblattMay 15, 2022

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Correct This Mistake With Aging Parents Before It’s Too Late

Correct This Mistake With Aging Parents Before It’s Too Late Parents often want to be fair with their adult kids and may want to appoint them together on legal documents when they do their estate planning. That means that the adult children will have “equal decision-making ability” on things like…

Carolyn RosenblattApril 11, 2022

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Hard Conversations About End Of Life Wishes: Should Young Adults Be Included?

Hard Conversations About End Of Life Wishes: Should Young Adults Be Included? Talking about one’s end of life wishes is typically uncomfortable for most. We think of the subject as one for our aging parents to have with us when they are “old”. We don’t usually think it is a…

Carolyn RosenblattApril 11, 2022

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Aging Parents With Dementia: Preparing For The Long Goodbye

It seems that we hear of yet another family facing dementia just about every day at AgingParents.com. We’re consultants in healthcare and legal matters of aging. Adult children, and sometimes spouses, want to understand options about how to pay for care, what to do with sibling fights about their elders,…

Carolyn RosenblattMarch 21, 2022

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Myth: There Must Be A Great Care Place For Low Income Aging Parents

We hear it all too often at AgingParents.com from the adult children with aging loved ones. They consult with us and want advice about where to find a place to care for the aging parent. They mention that their parent lives on Social Security, or has little savings or doesn’t…

Carolyn RosenblattFebruary 17, 2022

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