It’s strange having to care for your parents as you get older. Stepping in and helping them make decisions about their healthcare or their finances. Watching them lose their memory or their health. Both of my parents, and both of my grandmothers, are and were active adults. My mother continues Read more…
This is an interesting post to publish today, as I’ve been released from physical therapy… again. Suffice it to say that more sitting and less movement during the pandemic led to tendonitis. Combined with all of the work I’ve had done on my right knee and hip, this meant my Read more…
Not to be bleak or anything, but nothing makes you think more about your mortality and your finances when coping with the death of a parent. Over the last few months, I’ve insisted that I know more about my remaining parent’s financial situation while also examining our own fiscal positions Read more…
This is a personal post for me. My father has been dealing with dementia for the last four years now, and he’s getting ready to move into a memory care facility. The irony of my job is that several dementia-related projects have crossed my desk in the last year, allowing Read more…
As my dad has never had the best memory, even when he was younger, this is a topic that I’ve been curious to research, especially now that he’s in his 70s and showing the early signs of dementia. In particular, I wanted to see what science says about sites like Read more…