What happens when aging parents in failing health refuse to accept in-home care or move to a safer location? For their adult children, especially those living far away from mom or dad, there are often no simple answers. Sometimes, as described in this recent Wall...
Experience is often the best teacher in life. Reading about a difficult situation is one thing, but actually living through it provides an unmatched level of wisdom and insight. Today, we are highlighting a powerful case in point regarding the heavy realities of...
Members of the so-called “sandwich generation” often feel trapped by unique pressures. They must balance the escalating costs of raising children while simultaneously managing the care of aging parents. Today’s 40- and 50-year-olds frequently find themselves with...
Stereotypes about older adults abound, and one of the most prevalent is that the majority of seniors are just plain stubborn. Once we get to a certain age, the prevailing wisdom goes, we become set in our ways, unwilling to try new things or new ideas, with our heels...
When we read about the onset of dementia, we assume its symptoms will develop gradually over a period of months and even years. We think that, if it happened to us, we’d have time to adjust. But with the unpredictable nature of dementia, that’s not always true. A few...
Here at AgingOptions, through our partnership with Life Point Law, our staff has helped prepare thousands of estate planning documents. One of the most essential of these is what’s called a financial power of attorney, or FPOA. It’s a document that stipulates who will...
