Let me introduce you to the work of Dr. Leslie Kernisan, MD MPH Dr. Kernisan is the founder of "Better Health While Aging", where you will find practical information for family caregivers. She writes in-depth medical articles like 8 Things to Have the Doctor Check After an Aging Person Falls and Hospital Delirium: What to Know & Do. In addition, Dr. Kernisan's podcast is … [Read more...]
When Decisions to Help Our Aging Parents Are Made in Good Faith. And They Backfire.
How to protect ourselves from the cost of healthcare as we age really does require legal advice. People that I know made a decision to live in community as a multi-family household so they could help their parents. They made this decision in good faith with the best of intentions. Between the time they made the decision, started legal paperwork on the house they will modify … [Read more...]
Pre-Planning is the Key to Family Vacations With Your Senior.
How one family made it happen successfully. Elizabeth Miller of the Happy Healthy Caregiver is a colleague. On her website, you will find her podcasts and blog. Her work like mine, came about because we are caregivers. Elizabeth is part of her mother’s caregiving team. Growing up, Elizabeth and her family vacationed at Hubbard Lake in Michigan. The tradition has continued … [Read more...]
Caregiver Guilt. How Can I change It to Gratitude?
"As caregivers, we feel guilty for a million reasons." This was a tough weekend with mom. We are very different in the way we think, the way we approach life and the way we perceive people. When she gets an idea into her head that to me has little basis in reality and she obsesses about it, it's a problem. It's a problem because I get frustrated and angry and it colors our … [Read more...]
When Guardianship is the Only Alternative, How Does It Work?
One family's story of financial elder abuse. You have worked with an estate planning attorney to have all your loved one’s legal documents complete: Last Will & Testament, Financial Power of Attorney and Healthcare Directive. You have all the provisions in place in the event your loved one becomes incapacitated with the prognosis of death. Thank heavens that was done, because … [Read more...]