Elder Rage: How to Survive Caring for Aging Parents
Posted: February 8, 2018We at Parent Your Parents think this is a terrific “true experience” article authored by Jacqueline Marcell. Jacqueline is also the Author of Elder Rage @www.ElderRage.com. Check it out! Jacqueline Marcell,...
Continue ReadingSENIORS SHOULD NEVER SUFFER . . . BUT THEY DO
Posted: January 25, 2018This is an editorial to the Miami Herald written by H. Frances Reaves, Esq., President of Parent Your Parents, in October of 2017. This was written after Hurricane Harvey and...
Continue ReadingNOT ALL HOSPICE IS CREATED EQUAL
Posted: January 21, 2018What is Hospice? First, it is a type of care and philosophy that focuses on the palliation of a chronically ill, terminally ill or seriously ill patient’s pain and symptoms,...
Continue ReadingFINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
Posted: January 15, 2018As I’ve discussed in several articles the discussion of money is a must but can also be a monster rearing its ugly head. We’ve discussed having Powers of Attorney...
Continue ReadingNURSING HOMES – HOW TO FIND A GOOD ONE
Posted: January 1, 2018I am confident most of you heard the news about the fourteen seniors who died from overheating. They were all in a licensed “nursing home” in Hollywood Hills. ‘Nursing...
Continue ReadingThe Expected is Still Unexpected
Posted: November 25, 2017On July 28th, at 1:00 am in the morning my phone rang, it was the hospice nurse informing me that Mom had died at 12:28 a And yes, our hospice...
Continue ReadingNursing Homes – Often the End Game
Posted: November 15, 2017I am confident most of you heard the news about the eight seniors who died from overheating. They were all in a licensed “nursing home” in Hollywood Hills. ‘Nursing...
Continue ReadingTough Love – Parenting Your Parents
Posted: November 5, 2017It’s not easy to parent your parents — it’s not a pleasant role — it means Mom, Dad or both are getting weaker and none of us want to admit...
Continue ReadingObservations After a Disaster
Posted: October 31, 2017If you haven’t seen the video of the residents of a nursing home in Houston, Texas sitting in waist high water simply search “video of seniors in waist high water”...
Continue ReadingLAST RITES OR LAST RIGHTS?
Posted: September 20, 2017My nephew was getting married — everyone in our family was thrilled — we love his wife, love him and love that they found each other. The wedding was in...
Continue ReadingTHE BEGINNING OF THE END, HOSPICE CARE
Posted: September 10, 2017Well, the call finally came, “Ms. Reaves, we’d like to re-evaluate your Mother. She has lost more of her core function and we think she might be a candidate for...
Continue ReadingBEST CARE OPTIONS
Posted: August 31, 2017During the journey many of us will take with an older family member there will come the juncture of whether to have in-home care, a move to a smaller place...
Continue ReadingIN HOME CARE – BE WARY, BE INFORMED
Posted: August 24, 2017It’s a good news/bad news scenario. The good news, you have enough money to have in-home care. The bad news, it’s implementation time — finding the right company or person. ...
Continue ReadingBoring But Useful: Medicare/Medicaid – They Sound Alike But Are Very Different
Posted: July 17, 2017BORING BUT USEFUL: MEDICARE – MEDICAID — THEY SOUND ALIKE BUT ARE VERY DIFFERENT Many of us think if we’re eligible for Medicare then we’re also eligible for Medicaid —...
Continue ReadingMonitoring the Monitors – Assisted Living Centers
Posted: June 12, 2017That dreaded phone call — the one where you don’t know the person at the other end of the line and he or she says, “we’re calling about your Mother.”...
Continue ReadingThe Airport Wheelchair – How to Navigate the System
Posted: May 23, 2017THE AIRPORT WHEELCHAIR – HOW TO NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM The other day, while running in Crandon Park, I came across my friend, Lilian, whose elderly Mom is in pretty good...
Continue ReadingThe Big Event – Travel Plans with Aging Parents
Posted: April 21, 2017This occasion has been in the making for over a year . . . family is coming together and it’s a happy, happy occasion. The entire time your parents have...
Continue ReadingThe Search Begins – First Steps for Choosing An Assisted Living Center
Posted: April 13, 2017You walk into the lobby and take a deep breath. How did you get here? Why is this necessary? How did my very competent ‘elders’ all of a sudden need...
Continue ReadingThe Emotional Toll
Posted: April 13, 2017NOTHING prepares you for your parents aging. Our company can assist with the financial scams and pitfalls but you’re the one who has to watch Mom, Dad, Grandma or Grandad...
Continue ReadingHospital to Rehab – The Great Medicare Scam
Posted: April 13, 2017This is one of my all time favorites — the “Hospital to Rehab” scam. Here’s how it works: A medicare, assisted living center client needs to go to...
Continue ReadingHospitals – How to Manage Your Loved One’s Care in the Hospital
Posted: April 13, 2017HOSPITALS — once synonymous with a place to go when you’re REALLY sick is now the last place you want to be unless it’s prescheduled surgery with a doctor you...
Continue ReadingThe Long Term Care Insurance Dilemma
Posted: April 13, 2017Long Term Care Insurance (LTC) is, without a doubt, the most complicated to collect. This is intentional — they do not want to give up any of the money you...
Continue ReadingChoosing Good Care Within the Medicare System
Posted: April 13, 2017When I think of an insurance scams I think of companies who profess to assist in “sex addiction” (whose not addicted to sex?), eating disorders (really — Karen Carpenter still...
Continue ReadingThe Big Move – From the Family Home and Living Alone to the Next Chapter
Posted: April 13, 2017By way of introduction, I became an advisor to families dealing with “aging parents or grandparents” after dealing with my own. The amount of legal work, CPA work, and residential...
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