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Siblings, Step-Siblings and Fights About Aging Parents

Blended Families Are At Risk Sometimes aging and the need for change can bring out the worst in people. It can happen in blended families with aging parents. It may not surface until the adult children are faced with issues over their aging parent in common. When new obligations emerge,…

Mikol DavisSeptember 19, 2024

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Know This: Your Aging Parent Living At A Distance May Be At Risk

American families are often scattered across the country. Kids grow up, find opportunities they like in other places and move away. The parents may stay put, happy to remain where they’ve lived most of their lives. Then aging happens. And with it, risks no one really thought about. At AgingParents.com,…

Carolyn RosenblattAugust 12, 2024

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When Does It Become Unsafe For Your Aging Parent To Live Alone?

Our elders love their independence, for the most part. Perhaps over time, their chronic health conditions start to erode their abilities to do some things independently. In the absence of a sudden event, like a fall, the slow decline in physical ability may not be obvious when family visit their…

Carolyn RosenblattJuly 15, 2024

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Why Aging Parents With Memory Loss Should Stop Managing Money

A new study published in the New York Times demonstrates some startling findings about loss of ability to make money decisions in older people. The study approaches the issue by looking at debt accumulation and reduced credit scores in elders long before being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias.…

Carolyn RosenblattJuly 8, 2024

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Spotting Fraudulent Medicare Billing—Worth Billions Every Year

According to the Federal Trade Commission, Medicare fraud costs taxpayers $60 billion a year. Fraudsters get away with it because most of the time, no one is stopping them. Here’s a real case, in which I personally spotted the suspicious billing that immediately looked to me like fraud. A family…

Mikol DavisSeptember 21, 2023

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What To Know About Aging Parents’ Emergency Alert Devices

Adult children wanting to keep aging loved ones safe often suggest that their elders wear a personal emergency device. (personal emergency response system or PERS). With the push of a button, the elder summons emergency help. Despite that fact that a lot of elders have them but won’t wear them,…

Mikol DavisMarch 27, 2023

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The Case Of The Evil Caregiver And How She Was Stopped

This is shocking, but it actually happened. I describe a real case, with names changed. The man involved was what we call an “elder orphan”. These are the ones with no kids, never married, or widowed and they do not have anyone paying much attention to them as they age.…

Carolyn RosenblattFebruary 3, 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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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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A Startling Reality: Your Aging Parent Runs Out of Money

Your Aging Parent Runs Out of Money "I never thought I would live this long". That's what Marsha's mom says about being 97. It's great that she has survived a heart attack, a broken hip 2 years ago, and a brush with cancer. Aggressive medical care got her through all…

Mikol DavisMay 13, 2022

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