Choosing the BEST Independent or Assisted Living Community for Your Loved Ones

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As difficult as it’s likely be to persuade your loved ones that living in the family home is no longer in their best interest, the process will be much smoother if you can present an appealing alternative. The following questionnaire will help you record your impressions and observations when you tour potential facilities.  (You could [...]

Caregiving from a distance – Part 3

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D artfully shares some of their daughters’ financial stresses- including her own due to the housing market where she’d devoted 20 years of her career.  It was becoming more difficult for us to help them out financially as we had been. We told our parents we’d found a solution that would give them an exceptional [...]

Look for the Moon in the Morning

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“What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.” —Leo Buscaglia I’m a morning person. I’m sharpest in the “wee small hours of the morning…” as the song goes. So aging agrees with me. While my friends complain that now that they’re older they’re waking up [...]

Caregiving From a Distance for Mom

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D’s friend had warned us that we should be prepared for resistance.   People feel threatened with the loss of their independence.  They may not want others making decisions for them.  They might be angry that we put down a deposit on a place without asking them first.  (When it became apparent that Dad’s illness negatively [...]

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