By A Place for Mom Staff

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...

Dad may be able to live independently but Mom may need assisted living or memory care. Living separately can put a strain on your parents’ relationship as well as their relationships with family members. What can you do to make the arrangement work? Sharon Daily, LCSW-C, a social...

As you consider senior living care for your parents, the last thing you want is for them to end up in a worse situation than before. After all, you’re helping them move out of their home to keep them healthy and safe. But how can you be sure that they’ll receive the very best...

Last Updated: August 22, 2018 Driving is a mentally and physically complicated process requiring a number of tasks from the person behind the wheel. It’s necessary to be alert, to be able to concentrate and react quickly any time something happens while you’re driving...

Last Updated: August 10, 2018 Moving a senior parent is a challenge like no other. Not only are emotions highly charged, but the complicated logistics of deciding how and when to conduct the move to senior living can add even more pressure to an already difficult experience....

If your parent has been in the hospital because of chronic illness, injury, stroke or surgery, the next step may be a period of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation can take place at home, but often your parent’s situation may require a stay at a rehabilitation center in a skilled...

Life can feel lonely for seniors who are blind or visually impaired. But VISIONS, a nonprofit rehabilitation and social service agency in New York, is working to reverse that isolation. Through the agency’s Intergenerational Program, students and teens travel to the homes of...