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Aging In Place: When It’s Not A Good Plan For The Future

Most people at or near retirement age will say they want to remain at home as long as possible. That means not going to a seniors’ home of any kind “with all those old people”. It sounds fine to plan on staying at home forever when one is 65 or…

Carolyn RosenblattNovember 18, 2024

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Beware When Choosing Assisted Living For An Aging Parent

Families struggle with how to help aging parents and other loved ones as they begin to lose independence. Especially when the elder lives at a distance from family, assisted living seems to be a solution. Kids don’t want to move closer to the aging parent and parents don’t want to…

Carolyn RosenblattAugust 4, 2024

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10 Things You Should Know About Aging Parents And Assisted Living

A common worry many adult children express about aging parents is that the parents are alone and it's time they got some help. The kids are worried because of changes in the parent's health, mobility or memory problems. The aging parent may not agree that there is anything to worry…

Mikol DavisMarch 27, 2023

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10 Things You Should Know About Aging Parents And Assisted Living

Mikol DavisMarch 22, 2023

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How To Address Aging Parents’ Biggest Fear: Being Put ‘In A Home’

Your aging parent may have demanded something from you long ago: “Promise you’ll never put me in a home!” And you may have promised that. Perhaps you never thought through the implications. For elders who saw what healthcare was like before Medicare in 1965, their fears are founded in what…

Carolyn RosenblattMarch 6, 2023

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Should You Encourage Your Aging Parent To Move To Assisted Living?

Factors to consider Assisted living homes continue to spring up, with owners hoping to attract the highest paying residents to the nicest facilities. After all, Medicare does not cover assisted living and residents must pay out of pocket. If you are considering this for an aging parent, cost is a…

Carolyn RosenblattNovember 7, 2022

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Stubborn Aging Parents Who Want To Age In Place: What You Need To Consider

By Carolyn Rosenblatt, RN, Elder law attorney, consultant When asked, about 90% of elders will say that they don't want to go to any kind of "home" as they get older. They want to stay in their own homes. Aging in place can be more of a fantasy than a…

Carolyn RosenblattMarch 20, 2018

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Natural Disasters and Aging Parents

Natural Disasters and Aging Parents Hurricanes, flooding, wildfires, and earthquakes have all struck families this year. Sometimes your aging parent or other loved one is displaced and adult children must suddenly take them in. If your family member was in a care facility, such as a nursing home or assisted…

Carolyn RosenblattOctober 12, 2017

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The Millennial Caregiver

Last week I was fortunate to have the opportunity to spend 4 days with my 94-year-old grandmother, Alice, in Southern California. She has recently moved into independent living in a senior community in Los Angeles, after living in Palm Springs for the previous 31 years. Grandma became a widow 9 years…

Carolyn RosenblattMarch 9, 2017

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Putting The Fun In Aging

In this society, we don't usually think of aging as a fun time, but there are plenty of seniors who see things differently. Yes, they may have their physical limitations that came on later in life. Yes, there are things they can't do. But the secret of the happiest ones…

Carolyn RosenblattFebruary 4, 2017

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Aging In Place: When It’s Not A Good Plan For The Future

Beware When Choosing Assisted Living For An Aging Parent

10 Things You Should Know About Aging Parents And Assisted Living

10 Things You Should Know About Aging Parents And Assisted Living

How To Address Aging Parents’ Biggest Fear: Being Put ‘In A Home’

Should You Encourage Your Aging Parent To Move To Assisted Living?

Stubborn Aging Parents Who Want To Age In Place: What You Need To Consider

Natural Disasters and Aging Parents

The Millennial Caregiver

Putting The Fun In Aging

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