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The Family Funeral Guide When a loved one dies, grieving family members face the need to make dozens of decisions about funeral arrangements. Unless the family or the deceased have made advance funeral arrangements, these decisions will have to be made very quickly and while under great stress. What kind of funeral would the deceased want? What funeral provider should you use? What would your traditions suggest that you do, versus what you are legally required to do? And, as cold as it may sound, how much is it all going to cost? . . . keep reading Warning Signs - What to Look For Because we love them, we don't want to embarrass our seniors or put them on the spot, yet we have real concerns about their safety and ability to cope. We're looking for clues to how things are going. Having a checklist of "What To Look For" gives us a tool to start with and helps us focus. . . . keep reading Assessing An Older Driver How do you know whether you should be worried about your senior driver? The best way is to ride along and make a personal assessment. . . . keep reading Senior Home Safety Assessment Home accidents are some of the most common reasons why seniors make trips to the hospital or need to move to an alternative living facility like assisted living or a nursing home. One of the first steps to good long-term eldercare planning is a thorough safety assessment of the older person's home. . . . keep reading Your Senior's Net Worth Unless your parent is single (or divorced or widowed) and has few or no assets, you will have to know his or her financial situation before you can make long term care plans. Except for those with very low income and almost no assets, in the United States long term care is primarily a private pay affair. How do you know what your parent can afford? You calculate their net worth, and look at where the money is. . . . keep reading More

Quitting Your Job to Care For Your Elderly Parent Thinking about cutting back your hours, or even leaving your job, so you can take care of your aging parent? Have you looked at your family income and decided that becoming a more involved caregiver will be do-able? Before you make the leap, do you have the answers to these important questions? . . . keep reading When Does "Shouldn't Live Alone" Transition to "Can't Be Left Alone?" What are the signs that a senior shouldn't be left alone during the day? How can caregivers know when it's time to provide more than evening and weekend support to a senior who up 'till now wasn't able to live completely alone, but who could manage alone during the day? When does "Can't live alone" become "Can't be alone?" . . . keep reading Medicare and Mental Health Treatment While mental illness is just as much an illness as any other, today Medicare covers treatment for mental health issues differently than treatment for "physical" illness. These differences confuse many beneficiaries and their families. In some cases, this confusion can keep seniors needing mental health treatment from getting the help they need . . . keep reading Essential Tremor: It Isn't Parkinson's It's called "Essential Tremor," but when it first starts many with the disorder, and their loved ones, immediately worry about Parkinson's Disease. Your long-term care planning will depend in many ways on whether your elder's tremor is really Parkinson's, whether it's the more common disorder known as essential tremor, or whether it's something else entirely . . . keep reading Setting Up a Senior Sickroom When you are planning the setup of a room for your aging relative, it will pay off if you get the right start. Making changes around an elderly person who has "settled in" and doesn't like changes can be a monumental challenge. Accomplish most of these things before your senior moves into the room and you will find that your (or any other caregiver's) job will be easier . . . keep reading More