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Retirement planning requires a budget, create yours now

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Caregiving Post-Pandemic

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Aging Family Members And Real Estate, Pay Attention!

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Setting Up a Care Team

Guest article provided by: fadingmemoriespodcast.com Whenever I meet someone new who has a family member with Alzheimer’s, the first thing I tell them is to assemble a caregiving team. Well,…

Relocating Without Family

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Assessing Needs is a Key to Caregiving Success

Seeing a loved one’s mental and physical decline with age can be distressing. Knowing how to manage your senior’s needs will provide better quality of life for you both. Assess how much independence remains so you can meet your loved one’s needs efficiently and effectively.

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Talking to Loved Ones About End-of-Life Arrangements: How to Make the Most of the Conversation

One of the hardest things about getting older, and seeing your parents or loved ones grow older too, is facing the difficult conversations about end-of-life care and arrangements. It’s natural to be reluctant to have these conversations. Talking about death makes it feel all too real. However, uncomfortable it may be though, avoiding the topic could cause much more grief and anxiety after someone passes than having the discussion now. Use these tips to bring up the topic in a sensitive way for a more relaxed, productive conversation. (more…)

How to Get to Know Your Loved One’s Neighbors

Being a long-distance caregiver poses many challenges. You want to be close to keep an eye on your loved one, but that isn’t always possible. No matter how far away you are, there are ways you can help ensure that your loved one is well looked after. (more…)

How Apps & Services Can Provide Effective, Long-Distance Care of a Senior

When you live a considerable distance away from a beloved senior, yet are responsible for his or her care, you’re a long-distance caregiver. You may desire to live close to this person, but there are many reasons that you live far away. You cannot help the fact that work and your family are keeping you away from your elderly relative, but this doesn’t signify that you can’t help manage his or her life from a distance. (more…)

4 Realistic Ways to Thwart Caregiver Stress

They say there is no rest for the wicked. This can also be said of the incredibly good. Caregiver stress, a condition that the US Department of Health & Human Services describes as having “harmful health effects” affects men and women who provide care for others, including aging parents. (more…)