Since your elderly loved one has taken up residence in your home, you’ve likely had to make a large number of decisions to safeguard their well-being—from medication dispensing and bathroom safety, to driving privileges and changes in their diet. But what if, more recently, your loved one is showing a decidedly decreased aptitude to make critical decisions [...]

If you’ve turned on a TV, flipped open a newspaper or even loaded a website lately, you know that politics are big right now. But are you taking full advantage of the services, benefits, and help the government can provide to you and your elderly loved one? You may not be, if you’re not aware of all [...]

Believe it or not, statistics indicate that, by 2020, as many as one in three adults will have an elderly parent or relative living in their care, a slight uptick from the current figure that estimates one in four employees are already in this situation. While understanding that you’re not the only employee in your [...]

Your family is sitting around the dinner table, discussing the events of the day. Suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, your mother makes an announcement, “I talked to your father today,” she says, completely serious.  Your first instinct is likely complete alarm, followed by fear. “Dad passed away three years ago,” you think to yourself. “What [...]