Dementia Empowered: Confident Caregiving with Legal, Financial, and Daily Support

Are family dynamics, financial stress, and caregiving challenges turning your holiday season into chaos?

The holidays often bring families together, but they can also highlight unresolved issues with …

All across America, busy working adults are balancing pressures at work, raising children, maintaining a home and marriage, and saving for retirement. The balancing act fails when an aging parent's h…

"Everybody's thinking about it. They have it on their minds. But they don't want to talk about it."

Brian Kennedy is a financial advisor who runs clients through various life scenarios and asks "What…

If you're over the age of 65 and you are discharged from the hospital, there is a 1 in 5 chance that you will be back in the hospital in the next 30 days.

Going to the hospital is an intense experie…

Whether it's your banking, your shopping, your calendar, or how many steps you took today, so much personal information depends on a device and the internet. Keeping up to date with rapidly evolving…

Do women have different planning considerations than men? Absolutely. Women generally live longer than men by over five years. Women are more likely to experience dementia and other chronic illnes…

What does it mean to be a good ancestor? We have a clearer idea of what it is to be a good parent or grandparent. Seeing the impact of your decisions over generations requires a long-term vision.

Peo…

There is a dizzying array of taxes standing between people and their goals to make life better for the next generation. We work hard to make a living, but we have to play defense when it comes to ta…

A grandchild sits with rapt attention listening to his grandfather describe the feeling of World War II anti-aircraft fire hitting the grandfather's plane. A grandmother describes what living during…

While estate planning is the safety net when a person's health declines, there are emergencies that require immediate attention.

Making sure that smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms are funct…

William is having difficulty finding common words when he speaks. His friends have noticed that he cannot follow a conversation. He can't remember people he's known for decades.

William's friends an…

Compared to a generation ago, information and strategies to maximize health and longevity are widely available. Is your primary care physician working those strategies with you?

Most primary care prac…

How you plan for decision-making if you get sick, how your life savings is distributed, how much tax you pay, and how you protect assets are all issues fixed by law.

Elected officials gather informati…

This is your whole life. It's improving the lives of family members with your hard-earned savings. It's managing incapacity if you get sick.

There are many moving parts to protecting what is yours a…

Imagine owning a business and wanting to retire, but you can't. You're stuck, without a buyer in sight. This is a failure of planning.

Later in life planning starts before you're old, and an exit pl…

While any illness in the later years of life can cause emotional turmoil for family members, none seems to cause as much anguish as dementia.

Relationships are never the same. The loss of memory an…

A 100 year old woman is given some supplies and general directions. She creates art that brings forth a cherished memory of picking mushrooms with her grandmother in Poland.

As a lesson on overcoming…

Mount Athos is a mountain on the Athos peninsula in northeastern Greece where monastic communities have existed for a thousand years. The inhabitants live long and healthy lives. Their secret?

Accord…

Every professional working with older adults is a social worker at least part of the time. We ask questions about family dynamics. We ask "What if..." and find solutions and resources for people. W…

You may have a parent or a neighbor who has been sidelined by a stroke, a fall, or a surgery. You know that person has travelled the world, read lots of books, or has a passion for music. Now what?

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