Caregiving From a Distance With Aging Parents My folks were living in their single family home in Miami during the horrific 2005 hurricane season. They were 81. My youngest sister and her family lived about 15 minutes away. D & J’s son was 9 years old. You can imagine that with a child in elementary school, two full time jobs and both [...] Surviving the Squeeze of the Sandwich Generation As if saving for retirement isn’t challenging enough, add to it the financial and emotional responsibility of helping your kids and attending to the needs of elderly parents, and you’re officially a member of the Sandwich Generation. Buzz about the Sandwich Generation emerged several years back as the bulk of Baby Boomers reached age 50. [...] Tips for Alzheimer’s and CaregivingAlzheimer’s Caregiving Alzheimer’s symptoms grow worse as time progresses, the disease may have unpredictable changes; making it an extremely difficult task to care of a person with Alzheimer’s disease at home. For both the person with Alzheimer’s and the caregiver, arranging basic activities of daily living can be difficult. Eating, talking, sleeping, and finding things [...] Assisted Living and Nursing Home Care Options for Veterans and Spouses One of the Veterans Administration’s best kept secrets is a non service connected pension to help pay for assisted living, home health care and even nursing home care. Most Veterans think VA pensions are only for service-connected disabilities. However, there is a little known non service connected pension available to pay for disabling conditions such [...] keep looking »Follow Us
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