Keeping Your Parents Engaged and Mentally Active to Ward Off Long-Term Memory Loss
After years of hard work, your parents are entitled to slow down and take it easy. But slowing down shouldn’t mean disengaging. Staying connected,...
Downsizing Dilemmas: How to Help Parents Clean Out
Michael Norman started discussing downsizing with his parents when they were in their early 70s. But, he explained, they “loved their ’60s ‘Brady...
Sandwich Generation Tips: How to Balance Caregiving with Work
The sandwich generation is caring for children and older loved ones, and they’re increasingly squeezed between the two.
4 Things To Consider Before Moving Parents Into Your Home
As your parent ages, you might be wondering what the future will look like when it comes to their health, their care and their living situation. If...
Retirement Planning Checklist for Medicare Open Enrollment
Each year, Frank Nelson issues the same advice to seniors living in California’s North Bay region counties: When you start seeing Halloween...
Plan Ahead to Avoid Financial Shocks
Should You Leave an Inheritance for Your Children?
Parents pass a lot down to their children: eye color and dimples, values and beliefs, family heirlooms and stories. They may also pass down wealth. A...
Your Road Map to Maximizing Senior Independence as You Age
Independence can mean different things to different people, but if you’re like most of us, you want to stay in charge of your days, choices and...
Finding Grief Support for Parents in Senior Living Communities
Senior living can offer parents grief support and opportunities to make new friends.
How to Talk to Your Parents About Senior Housing
Looking for a strategy for having the conversation about senior living with your parents? Here's an expert interview to help you start off on the...
Should You Use a Retirement Planning Calculator to Estimate Health Care Costs?
Only one-third of older Americans have taken steps to save money they’ll need in retirement for out-of-pocket medical expenses, according to AARP....