Taking the time to prepare and organize documents when it comes to caring for your aging parents in the short run will set you up for smoother transitions in the long run!   Since there are so many more legal, insurance, and financial documents…

  Aging parents and sibling relationships are super complicated! Throw caregiving demands on top of family conflict, and what do you get? Resentment! Burnout! And, family members not talking for months or years at a time!   But, it doesn’t have to be this way.…

  How to Talk with Aging Parents About Their Needs and Wishes   It’s tough to know how to talk with older parents about difficult topics. Are you gonna say the wrong thing and push your elderly parent away?   In this episode (#005) of…

Many people wait until there’s a crisis before having a conversation with their parents about their future. You know, planning for needs and changes in older adulthood. And this makes sense! Conversations about what life might look like down the road can be painful for…

You care about your aging parent so much and for some reason, they’re just not listening to you and your pleas for them to go to the doctor. You try and you try, but nothing you say is convincing your parent that whatever is going…

Sandwiched Between Children & Aging Parents? Pass the Mayo!    Raise your hand if you’ve heard of the Sandwich Generation! What? No hands? You’ve heard of a Millennial, you’ve heard of a Baby Boomer, but you probably haven’t heard of the Sandwich Generation. So here…