Living Arrangements
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Please consult appropriate professionals for guidance specific to your situation. You're going to tour assisted living facilities, and it's going to feel strange and maybe a little bit heartbreaking. You&
Living Arrangements
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Please consult appropriate professionals for guidance specific to your situation. Your parent is probably imagining the worst. They're picturing themselves sitting in a chair all day in a smelly room with people
Living Arrangements
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Please consult appropriate professionals for guidance specific to your situation. Your mother called you three times yesterday to ask if you were coming to see her, even though you'd been there that
Living Arrangements
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Please consult appropriate professionals for guidance specific to your situation. You already know this conversation is coming. You've probably been thinking about it for months, lying awake at night, running different scripts
Living Arrangements
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Please consult appropriate professionals for guidance specific to your situation. Dementia is a different animal than other aging in place situations. The same house that your parent lived in for forty years can become
Living Arrangements
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Please consult appropriate professionals for guidance specific to your situation. Your parent calls at two in the morning. There's a problem with the house. The power is out. They're confused.
Living Arrangements
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Please consult appropriate professionals for guidance specific to your situation. If your parent is aging in place in a rural area, you're solving a different puzzle than someone in the suburbs or
Living Arrangements
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Please consult appropriate professionals for guidance specific to your situation. The decision about what to do with your parent's pet is often the hardest part of an aging transition, and people rarely
Living Arrangements
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Please consult appropriate professionals for guidance specific to your situation. Most people know, on some level, when aging in place has stopped working. It's not a sudden realization; it's more
Living Arrangements
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Please consult appropriate professionals for guidance specific to your situation. There's a moment that happens in a lot of aging in place situations that nobody warns you about. Your parent is doing
Living Arrangements
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Please consult appropriate professionals for guidance specific to your situation. The conversation about your parent's driving is one of the ones that never feels like the right time. It's never
Living Arrangements
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Please consult appropriate professionals for guidance specific to your situation. My dad called me at work one afternoon and said he'd been eating cereal for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for three days