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The Aging Parent Master Medication List

August 15, 2017

There are no short cuts to being prepared in the world of aging parents. Medications are a prime example. Nothing short of a Master Medication List is useful. This type of list includes the two names of the medication (brand…

Sibling Conflict Over Money: Caregiving and Inheritance

August 12, 2017

This article by Alessandra Malito for Market Watch offers important insights into why the majority of parents do not reveal to their children the the details of their inheritance. As important, it describes the assumptions and attitude of siblings towards…

How to Communicate with Aging Parents about Money

July 25, 2017

Older adults have a deep resistance to having conversations with their adult children about money. Why? It arises from three psychological factors that coalesce in last phase of life to create resistive barriers to open discussions about financial issues. These…

Having Hard Conversations with Seniors

July 13, 2017

Full Article by Holly Liebowitz Rossi in Guidepost here (Excerpts from article) Choose the Right Time, Place, and Posture Avoid stressful, noisy places for difficult conversations, Solie advises. Regardless of where your conversation takes place, your body language matters immensely.…

Outdated Assumptions: Rethinking Conversations with Seniors

July 7, 2017

The aging of America has created unprecedented opportunities for professionals who work in the senior market. However, many professionals find themselves unprepared to successfully communicate with older adults and wind up frustrated and confused about “what went wrong” with their…

Updated Website Announcement

June 22, 2017

New Look I updated my website to give it a clean, uncluttered appearance. I also redesigned it functionality. You will notice right away that the goal is to help viewers quickly locate key blog posts. The same is true for…

How To Communicate Tough Choices To Aging Parents

June 19, 2017

At some point in the lives of our aging parents things slip out of control. It may be a subtle change over time that finally becomes unmanageable or the sudden arrival of a medical setback. As much as we want…

Unlocking the Communication Code of Seniors

May 31, 2017

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place—-George Bernard Shaw Despite the unprecedented opportunity afforded advisors by an aging population, many find themselves unprepared to successfully communicate with seniors. Instead, they wind up frustrated…

Aging Parents and Money

May 26, 2017

I was recently asked to write an article as a guest author for the Love & Order website on the ever awkward conversations adult children struggle to have with their aging parents about money issues. I began the article with…

Caregiver’s Context: The Big Picture

May 25, 2017

Sometimes the big picture helps makes sense of what we are experiencing. This is certainly true for caregivers of aging parents who feel overwhelmed and exhausted from the complexity and uncertainty of their work. The Caregiver’s Context Mind Map offers…