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Caring for Elderly Parents At Home

Considering caring for elderly parents at home? This aging in place checklist will help you weigh the pros and cons of aging in place.

Aging in Place 101: A Caregiver’s Guide to Aging in Place For those of us living life in the sandwich generation, we’re constantly balancing caring for our children with caring for our aging parents. To say it isn’t easy is an understatement; I’ve watched many friends and extended family members go through this process, and I’ve […]

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Managing Life in the Sandwich Generation

Taking care of older parents and young kids at the same time is no picnic. This post has practical tips for managing life in the sandwich generation.

Your Quick-Start Guide to Helping Elderly Relatives: Sometimes it creeps up on us slowly. Sometimes there’s a crisis – one parent’s death, or a serious diagnosis – that makes it clear: Our parents aren’t getting any younger. And as they age, they may need more help from their adult children in taking care of themselves.

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How To Discuss Grandparents’ Aging With Your Kids

Explaining aging and death to kids is never easy. These tips will help you manage discussions about grandparents' aging with your children.

I grew up with only one living grandparent, who was always quite elderly and frail; the other three had all passed before I was born. Today, my children are blessed to have three doting grandparents in their lives. But just during their lifetimes, they’ve watched their grandparents battle cancer, heart conditions requiring surgery, joint replacements,

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