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Three Tips For Talking To Aging Parents About Costs Of Future Care

Can you imagine your aging parents losing their independence? It might be the conversation they don't want to have with you. Will you, the adult child bring up this subject? What we see here at AgingParents.com is that when no one talks about it, the sudden costs of caring for…

Carolyn RosenblattJanuary 21, 2023

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Giving Your Frail Aging Parent “Space”—How Dangerous Is That?

Let’s face it, some elders are not just stubborn, they’re flat out dangerous to themselves. They insist on independence. They refuse when you offer to step in and help. They think they are fine when everyone around them can see they’re not. And the aging parents who live alone, have…

Carolyn RosenblattNovember 25, 2022

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Aging Parents And The Truth About Their Longevity

Most of our aging parents are living on longer than they or we expected. It's great that an elder is part of the family into one's 80s, 90s and beyond, perhaps living to see grandchildren and great grandchildren. And then there's the long goodbye and the caregiving that almost inevitably…

Carolyn RosenblattNovember 9, 2022

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Mikol DavisJuly 19, 2022

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Let’s Get Clear: What Does It Mean To Be Appointed Power Of Attorney for Aging Parents?

What Does It Mean To Be Appointed Power Of Attorney for Aging Parents? Here at AgingParents.com, where we consult with families of elders, we see recurring confusion about the Durable Power of Attorney (DPOA) for aging parents. The elders do estate planning and that DPOA is part of it. Good.…

Carolyn RosenblattMay 8, 2022

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“Rehab”, Nursing Homes And Dirty Secrets: Know What Aging Parents Face

“Rehab”, Nursing Homes And Dirty Secrets: Know What Aging Parents Face Imagine that your aging mother had to go to the hospital and is now going to be discharged. The discharge coordinator tells you that your aging parent must get rehab and go to a facility to receive it, as…

Carolyn RosenblattApril 12, 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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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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Elders’ Resistance To Using Technology: Challenges With Mom

Alice was 86 when she lost her tech-savvy husband. He was an early adopter and spent hours on the computer. He managed their money, paid bills online and kept track of their lives with digital storage. He had tried many times to get Alice to take a computer class in…

Carolyn RosenblattJanuary 11, 2022

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