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One New Year’s Resolution You Can Keep-Strengthen Your Muscles

You’ve heard the adage “use it or lose it”. It’s particularly apt in describing what happens as we age. Typically we move less, lose muscle strength, and suffer the consequences of losing independence, have greater fall risk and other undesirable things. At the beginning of each year, people commonly make…

Carolyn RosenblattJanuary 13, 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 22, 2023

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One Thing For Aging Parents That’s Cheaper Now

Most of us probably know someone who can’t hear very well and doesn’t use hearing aids. It can be frustrating trying to have a conversation with that person. particularly in a group setting, like a dinner table or in a restaurant. They say “what?” and you repeat, but they still…

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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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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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, or equivalent. APS, sometimes called by other names, is a local government entity tasked with investigating complaints about elder abuse and neglect.…

Carolyn RosenblattNovember 24, 2022

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How Fake Social Security Calls Trick Your Aging Parents

Scams targeting our aging loved ones never seem to stop. Now that thieves can spoof the recipient of a call by showing a "real" number on caller ID, it's easier than ever for them to intimidate your aging parent. The way this evil game works is this: the caller has…

Carolyn RosenblattNovember 23, 2022

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Impaired Aging Parents Managing Real Estate Who’s Minding the Store?

Impaired Aging Parents Managing Real Estate Who’s Minding the Store? We’re seeing it more and more now at AgingParents.com: elders as landlords who can’t do the management job any longer. Sometimes it’s the adult children who bring the issue to our attention. They see Dad failing maintain those rental houses…

Carolyn RosenblattApril 12, 2022

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Difficult Aging Parents and Loss of Wealth-How Far Do You Let It Go?

Difficult Aging Parents and Loss of Wealth-How Far Do You Let It Go? By Carolyn L. Rosenblatt, RN, Attorney, AgingParents.com For some adult children who have unpleasant, oppositional aging parents, there is a strong motivation to stay out of their affairs. That’s understandable. No one likes to be yelled at…

Carolyn RosenblattJuly 19, 2021

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Beware of “The Sweetheart Scam” Targeting Aging Parents During Covid Isolation

Beware of “The Sweetheart Scam” Targeting Aging Parents During Covid Isolation By Carolyn Rosenblatt, RN, Attorney, AgingParents.com Covid restrictions for those over 65 have greatly impacted lonely seniors stuck at home. Widowed aging parents may suffer most, with no one to touch them, be with them, or pay much regular…

Carolyn RosenblattJanuary 31, 2021

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