By A Place for Mom Staff

Our lifestyle goals and living needs may change as we age, but one thing remains the same — a desire for security and simplicity. Thanks to home automation, you can increase your home’s security and simplify your daily living tasks. Learn more about how home automation devices...

Last Updated: July 1, 2019 From reducing stress to having time for reflection — caregivers receive many personal rewards from journaling. Learn more about the top 10 benefits that journaling provides caregivers, from author and caregiver, Margery Pabst. Journaling: 8 Benefits and...

Felix Unger and Oscar Madison may have milked the “incompatible roommate” scenario for laughs, but it’s no laughing matter if your mom is part of an “Odd Couple” at her assisted living community. Having roommates whose personal habits or personality traits clash with your own can...

An increased life expectancy has changed the life insurance market over the past few decades. More and more people are enjoying life past the traditional retirement age and therefore, the value of obtaining life insurance for older adults continues to increase. Even if you’re...

When Dad and Mom named you health care proxy and your sibling power of attorney, the division of responsibilities and roles seemed wise. What happens, however, when your sibling won’t open the purse strings to pay for the care you think your parents need? Learn more about how to...

It is often assumed that the opportunity for obtaining life insurance coverage is past its prime if you are a senior. While it’s true that life insurance premiums get more expensive as you age, it’s never too late for seniors to consider life insurance. Whether you’re 50, 60, 70...

Last Updated: May 10, 2019 Being a caregiver is one of the most difficult jobs. Caregivers struggling with geographical distances between senior loved ones can make regular communication while caregiving even more stressful. The Family Caregiver Alliance states that nearly 43.5...

Senior living costs are growing more slowly than the cost of healthcare. SEATTLE — April 23, 2019 — A Place for Mom, the largest senior-living referral service in North America, today released the findings from its 2018 National Senior Living Cost Index. According to the Bureau...

Last Updated: February 18, 2019 Are you procrastinating your estate or legal planning? A Place for Mom’s legal expert, elder law attorney Stuart Furman, explains how estate planning procrastination can impact your financial and medical options in later life and why planning...

The benefits of a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) or “life plan community,” may sound appealing to those considering the needs of a parent or senior loved one. In a CCRC, residents are able to age in place if and when their needs progress from assisted...