Tag: elder
10 Essential Questions to Ask Your Aging Parents
You can’t predict when something might happen to your aging parent. Whether an unexpected illness leads to a hospitalization, or a fall requires rehabilitation at a nursing home; in these instances it’s vital that your parents have their essential legal documents in order so that you have a good picture of their state of affairs….
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5 Sage Tips for Caregivers from A Place for Mom Advisors
Senior Living Advisors are the “heart and soul” of A Place for Mom’s service. Located throughout the nation, advisors provide local support and information to families who are searching for elder care. Our advisors act as empathetic listeners and knowing guides, empowering seniors and families to make informed and confident senior housing decisions. Since our Advisors…
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6 Financial Planning Mistakes to Avoid
Dealing with money is difficult. Compound interest, complex interest, addition, subtraction, decimals and dollar signs. Are you already dizzy? I am. The stakes are high, too. In today’s society we need money to secure the most basic essentials—even food, water and shelter. It’s easy to see why planning financially for retirement is so important. Retirement…
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Collective Wisdom: Priceless Advice from Older Americans
Our elders have decades of knowledge and wisdom to pass on to future generations, but will we listen? Professor Karl Pillemer of Cornell University is on a mission to make sure we heed our elders’ sagely advice. Professor Pillemer, who specializes in gerontology and human development, has made it his life’s goal to document seniors’…
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Play for the Gray: Older Americans Month 2012
The U.S. has devoted a month to honor and celebrate elders each year since 1963, when President Kennedy proclaimed May to be Senior Citizens Month. Now, nearly 50 years later, the month-long awareness event lives on as Older Americans Month. This year’s theme, selected by the Administration on Aging, is Never Too Old to Play….
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