Do you get along with everyone in your family? Lots of people don’t. Old conflicts can rise up when aging parents start to decline in health and need help. When there is conflict in families, it can sometimes escalate to…
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3 Brothers Battle Over Mom’s Care and How to Pay for It: Is There A Solution?
This is a real situation, all too common. Three brothers are engaged in pitched battle over their mother’s care and how to pay for it. Mom is severely demented and can’t care for herself independently. She had long term care…
Quick Tip: How to Improve Your Relationships With Your Loved Ones
Hello again, Dr. Davis here. We hope you are well in reading this. We want to acknowledge each and every one of you who is a caregiver, either near or far from your loved one. If you have to deal…
What If You Try To Help Your Aging Parent With Dementia And No One Listens?
Hi, Carolyn here. I hope you are doing well and getting through your day. Today we’re discussing frustrations with the healthcare directive (a document that enables you to act on another person’s behalf for healthcare decisions). Sometimes its also called…
Can Seniors With “Early Dementia” Safely Handle Money?
Hello, Are you concerned about an aging loved one in the early stages of dementia? In our consulting practice, we often come across the problem of elders who are losing capacity for decision-making, but are not completely incapacitated. We…
Busting The Myth That You Should Let Impaired Aging Parents Make All Their Own Decisions
I am compelled to share these stories with you, sad as they may be. I hope you can learn from the way others handled what was supposed to be doing the right thing. Or so they thought. Are you…
Is Caring For Aging Parents Making You Anxious?
Hello, again. Carolyn and Mikol here I’ve just been talking to colleagues here in Marin County about helping to educate our community about anxiety, a problem that affects so many. Here is some information we’ve gathered to put on our…
When Nice Aging Parents Start Behaving Badly
When Nice Aging Parents Start Behaving Badly We’re hearing from a lot of new caregivers lately. Their parents are in their 80’s and 90’s usually. The parent was doing fairly well for a time. Then things began to change. Suddenly,…
Fixing Family Fights About Aging Parents Finances
Have you had to deal with this? Some families are being torn apart about disagreements over finances, care, aging parents and each other’s roles. It often looks like this: Imagine that you have an aging loved one who has cognitive…
5 Things You Need To Do After A Holiday Visit With Aging Parents
Sometimes, there’s just no substitute for a face to face visit. Adult children may be getting a wake-up call this season when you visit aging parents. Little things you can’t learn in a phone call can come to light. Their…
The Unexpected Cost of Aging Parent Crises
Aging Parent Crisis – How To Cope Aging parents are living longer than ever and it creates a new need for their adult children: you have to know what to do with the many crises that come up. As our…
The Tough Question: Move In With Your Aging Parent?
The Tough Question: Move In With Your Aging Parent? We hope you are enjoying the beginning of spring and this time of renewal. Mikol and I have recently moved our offices to new, brighter and better space and we’re feeling…
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The Tough Question: Move In With Your Aging Parent?
Hello again. Carolyn and Mikol here. We hope you are enjoying the beginning of spring and this time of renewal. Mikol and I have recently moved our offices to new, brighter and better space and we’re feeling very renewed! Wouldn’t…
The Boomers Guide to Aging Parents: The Complete Guide
The Boomers Guide To Aging Parents, The Complete Guide…….$39 If you have more worries than handling money for aging loved ones, and your aging parent is creating frustration in other areas of life, find answers in The Complete Guide. You…
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Frequently Asked Questions About Eldercare What are healthcare directives and why does my elderly parent need it? A healthcare directive is a document your aging parent signs, giving someone else the power to make health and medical decisions if he…
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- What Rights Does An Aging Parent With Dementia Have To Make Decisions? November 21, 2019When an aging parent is diagnosed with dementia of any kind, it can be devastating and confusing to the family. For some, there is denial: ”it’s not that bad, I don’t see anything wrong with her, and let’s just let…Read more ›Mikol Davis
- Power Blackouts: Aging Parents at Risk November 2, 2019Imagine your aging parent or other loved one living alone and losing power from a natural disaster or an intentional blackout. What would they do? It’s fire season in California and with it come massive preventive power cutoffs from the…Read more ›Carolyn Rosenblatt
- Son Waited Too Long To Help His Parents: Here’s What Happened October 17, 2019Jackson, 90, wanted a consultation due to confusion about some bills he was supposed to pay for his wife Myra’s care. I met him and saw the bills for many thousands of dollars. Alarms sounded in my head immediately. He…Read more ›Carolyn Rosenblatt
- What To Do When Your Aging Parent Is No Longer Safe Living Alone But Refuses To Move July 11, 2019What To Do When Your Aging Parent Is No Longer Safe Living Alone But Refuses To Move Carolyn Rosenblatt, RN, Elder law attorney, AgingParents.com “My mom is not safe by herself but she refuses help!” “My dad can’t manage alone…Read more ›Carolyn Rosenblatt
