Category Archives: Care Management
Caregiver Compensation Agreements: The Hidden Solution to Caring for Loved Ones
Caring for an aging relative is difficult—and often underappreciated—work. Many people who serve as caregivers often feel as if they have two jobs—their full-time day job at the office, and the part-to-full-time job of caregiver at home. As their parents age and decline, most of these caregivers end up not only giving up more… Read More »
How to Prepare to Care for Aging Parents
If you are the child of parents who are currently over the age of 65 you’ve probably given a little bit of thought to the day when one (or both) of your parents may need Long Term Care. Understandably, most adult children prefer not to think about the day when their parents may not… Read More »
Support for Caregivers of Blended Families
Our firm works frequently to help divorced or remarrying couples update their estate plans to protect their new blended families, so we know just how significantly the stress of divorce, family upheaval, and tighter finances can impact a family, and how those effects can last years into the future. We have seen firsthand how… Read More »
Family Caregivers Search for Resources and Support
As people in the U.S. continue to live longer, and as our aging population grows, more and more adult children are finding themselves straying from their own goals and career paths in order to provide caregiving services to elderly parents or grandparents. It should come as no surprise to our readers that, according to… Read More »
Finding A Trustworthy In-Home Caregiver May Not Be As Easy As It Sounds
As American seniors age and find that they need more and more help with daily tasks, many of our parents and grandparents are choosing NOT to go into nursing or retirement homes, opting instead to age at home with the help of in-home care. Of course, deciding that you want to age at home… Read More »
Are You A Caregiver?
Many children of adult parents don’t even realize that they are caregivers. Using our checklist below, answer each question to determine if you are a caregiver: Do you do any of the following on a daily, weekly or monthly basis? Take your parent to doctor’s appointments Help your parent with household chores Call to… Read More »
Providing Care for Divorced or Remarried Parents
Divorce is difficult on a family no matter what the circumstances. Even when a divorce is best for all involved, there is always an amount of stress and emotional trauma involved. In fact, it has recently become apparent that the effects of divorce—stress, family upheaval, and tighter finances—can last years into the future. Our… Read More »
Elderly Daycare Can Help Prevent Caregiver Burnout
Many of our clients provide care for elderly loved ones; some even providing constant, around the clock care. Care giving is a demanding, overwhelming, and often grossly underappreciated job. In addition to giving up their own time and interests, caregivers have to watch someone they love slowly regress and lose the ability to do… Read More »
What To Do When You Discover That Mom or Dad Is Not Okay
In this day and age many families are spread across the country, with these winter holidays being their only chance to see each other during the year. This means that many adults are planning a trip this holiday season to visit aging parents they haven’t seen in months—or possibly haven’t seen in over a… Read More »
Mom Needs In-Home Care. Should I Employ One Myself or Through An Agency?
Most seniors want to avoid going to an assisted living facility or nursing home for as long as possible. One way to accomplish this is to hire a caregiver who can provide for your family members needs in the home. The two main ways to hire a caregiver are directly or through a home… Read More »