Better Ways to Teach Planning for Eldercare and Aging?
Reading Time: 2 -3 minutes Last week I taught one of my half-day introductory classes on eldercare planning at a local church. There were about 20 people in the class. I was pleased that there were...
View ArticleHealthy Aging: Keep Working, Learning, and Growing
Reading Time: 3 – 4 minutes The issue that causes the most anxiety in my eldercare planning classes is MONEY. How do we pay for everything we may need when we get old? What is going to happen to...
View ArticleELDER CARE INDUSTRY: 90+ AGE GROUP TRIPLES
Single Story House via ElderAuthority One of the biggest issues facing the elder care (eldercare) industry is that we’re all hanging around longer. The over-90 age group now numbers almost 2 million –...
View ArticleUNDERSTANDING GUARDIANSHIP IN TEXAS–Part I
Listen up folks. This is an important article about something we all need to understand, even if guardianship is not even on your radar. I wrote an article about Guardianship Basics for my...
View ArticleUNDERSTANDING GUARDIANSHIP IN TEXAS–Part II
QUALIFIED GUARDIANS NEEDED! Part II is purely my opinion. I think we are in deep trouble and most of us don’t know it yet. Suzanne Cobb told me, “Becoming a legal guardian is like adopting a...
View ArticleDEMENTIA STAGES: LAUGHING
Is it dementia, or are you just fed up about all the things you hear about old age, dementia, nursing homes, and eldercare? One of the great things about doing your planning for getting older is that...
View ArticleEvery Day is Valentine’s Day for In Home Caregivers
Image by jessleecuizon via Flickr We Are All Caregivers Today is Valentines Day. For most of my life it was one of my least favorite holidays because most of my significant others would either ignore...
View ArticleLong-Term Care: Statistics & Tax Deduction 2012
Image by Stuart Miles via Shutterstock Long-Term Care Statistics Most persons in need of long-term care are elderly. 13 million people were using long-term care services in 2000, when the older...
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