Authorities are warning of new scams targeted at the elderly. The latest attempt to defraud seniors is a phone call from someone pretending to be a grandchild who is in trouble. “Don’t tell anyone, but I need help. Send money.” The plea to keep things quiet from other family members can make the scam successful,… Continue Reading
Category Archives: For Caregivers
Elder Mediation – Another Resource to Help Families with Issues of Aging
Even in close families, issues can come up that need an outside party to help deal with them. Caring for an aging parent while dealing with siblings (and their spouses) can make a difficult task even harder. Inheriting property from parents that you now own jointly with several siblings can seem like an unwelcome gift… Continue Reading
Siblings and Caregiving – Making it Work
We are lucky to have another guest post by Barbara Friesner of AgeWise Living, a generational coach who works with families around issues of aging, care-giving and helping siblings maintain or improve their relationships while one or more of them is caring for an aging parent. Barbara has generously offered my readers a 10% discount… Continue Reading
Is It Time to Be Concerned? Talking to Your Aging Parents
I am thrilled to have today's post written by Barbara Friesner, author of The Ultimate Caregiver's Survival Guide. Barbara is an expert on issues affecting Seniors and their families. She has been featured on NY1 TV's "Focus on Seniors", "Coping With Caregiving" and on radio shows across the country. As care manager, first for her… Continue Reading
More Questions to Ask Your Parents
I posted earlier about questions to ask your parents, and I'm noticing that more and more people are asking me that. You can review the categories on the right hand side of this site to get an idea of the things people should have in place, and below are some more questions that can get… Continue Reading
New Caregiving Website with Videos
Videocaregiving.org is a new visual education center for family caregivers. The videos are designed to be short, simple and direct, and are able to be accessed easily by the user at any hour of the day or night. Many of the videos follow a documentary format that uses real people and follows real situations. When… Continue Reading
More Men Taking Over the Caregiving Role
The image of a caregiver for an aging parent or relative is usually a woman in her 40’s or 50’s who is raising her own children, probably working outside the home, and then trying to care for her aging loved one at the same time. But according to a recent article in the New York… Continue Reading
Will You Be Responsible to Pay for Your Parent’s Care?
If a parent needs long term care – either at home or in a nursing facility, children may watch as their parent's savings dwindle to pay for the care, which can cost upwards of $5,000 – 10,000.00 per month. If the parent ends up meeting the eligibility criteria for Medicaid (called MassHealth in Massachusetts), then… Continue Reading
Carrier Alert Keeps Seniors Safe
When I was a child, and my Nana was still alive, we visited her often. When we walked up to her door, her mailbox was to the left, and it has a sticker on it that said "Carrier Alert." After seeing it many times, I finally asked my mom what it was for. She explained… Continue Reading
Is your parent a beneficiary of your estate?
Some of my clients have their parents listed as primary or contingent beneficiaries of their estate. This may be a purposeful decision, or it may be because they named the beneficiaries many years ago before they had a spouse or children, or because their parent would inherit if a spouse predeceased them. Unless having your… Continue Reading