Health care planning
Health care planning is the process of deciding what you want to include in your advance directive…
Conversation starters
The American Bar Association tool kit is an excellent and very accessible resource to help patients…
Easy activities with guests
Summer is often a time when relatives take advantage of good weather to come from afar to visit an…
Are financial documents up to date?
If your loved one has created a will or living trust, you can breathe a big sigh of relief. These…
Reducing the risk of falls
One-third of older adults who live at home fall at least once each year. That makes falls the…
When Mom worries about falling
Many older adults who have fallen believe it is best to “stay safe” and avoid falling again by…
Should Dad move in?
Combining households has many benefits: less hassle running back and forth between two residences,…
Explaining your needs to others
Are you worried that asking for help sounds like whining? You may believe you “should” be able to…
Difficult questions
As we face our mortality, whether death is in fact weeks or decades away, we inevitably come up…