November is National Family Caregivers Month, set aside as a time to recognize and honor family caregivers across the country. Family caregivers are in every sense of the word the backbone of senior healthcare, deserving of every ounce of appreciation we can bestow. In light of Family Caregivers Month, we
As many of us peer into the future, one of the fun questions we may be asking ourselves is where we might live in retirement. Choosing where to live in retirement is an important decision for a lot of reasons. We may want to move to that vacation spot we
When planning for retirement, many of us think of our “post-work” years as one long season of life. But as most retirement planners know, and most retirees eventually discover, planning for retirement doesn’t mean planning for one season. It really means planning for three distinct periods of life, like watching
For decades, assisted living has been seen as the ideal bridge between independent living and skilled nursing care. When mom or dad needed a little extra help with activities of daily living, such as assistance getting dressed or reminders to take prescriptions, assisted living facilities were designed to meet the
We frequently find ourselves checking out a website called the Savvy Senior for news articles and other helpful tidbits aimed at retirees and their families. The creator of that site, Jim Miller, is a senior advocate and also a newspaper columnist who answers readers’ questions. In this column that appeared
If you’re the average American, your retirement plan consists of legal documents (your estate plan) and a nest egg (your financial plan) designed to achieve two primary goals: This kind of planning works beautifully if you’re lucky enough to die in your sleep. Most of us won’t be so fortunate.
Do you hope to live in your current home until you die? If your answer is “yes,” you’re in good company. Studies by AARP and MetLife show that 90% of Americans want to stay in their current home until the end. Yet only 30% of Americans get their wish. Will
If you’re one of the millions of Americans who are scared to death of ending up in a nursing home when your health fails, is there anything you can do right now to make sure that you don’t end up in an institutional setting? Fortunately, the answer is yes. When
Is living in a nursing home on your bucket list? Is it on your top-ten list of places to visit before you die? Probably not. No one is dying to move into a nursing home. You probably don’t know anyone who wants to live in a nursing home, but you
When a loved one moves into a nursing home, his or her family typically has a flood of questions and concerns on their minds. Chances are that the biggest single concern is, “Will my mom or my dad be safe?” There’s more to resident safety than maintaining an adequate number
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