Care Giving Realities

Taking care of family is something many baby boomers are starting to face.  Working, dealing with grown children and spending time helping your parents  has become more work than many had anticipated.

Some parents are fully independent and can live on their own, some need support  but can still live their own home or live in a insisted living home, while other need around the clock card of a total care facility.

Many try to go it alone and this can have drastic consequences on both their parents and the caregiver.  Check out this series from the PBS show Life Part 2

Life (Part 2) Caregiving - Can caring for an ailing loved one kill you? "Yes," say health professionals. When Baby Boomers care for aging parents, frequently the last person they're thinking about is themselves. This can be deadly.


Check out the video and website for more information >>

This article provided by Mike Hassard. For ideas on financial concerns surrounding aging, downsizing go to my personal blog http://mikehassard.blogspot.com.

10 Financial Questions

Nothing can be more distressing to a child than to find out their elderly parent(s) are not longer able to make their own financial decisions or longer have the means to support themselves.


The subject of money is important one ... and like most things the sooner then better.  But how can you approach the subject and what are the right questions to ask? 


To help check the FREE worksheet 10 Financial Questions You Need to Ask Your Parents Now on the Boomers and Parents Worksheet page here>>  Please feel free to download and use!

This article provided by Mike Hassard. For ideas on financial concerns including downsizing go to my personal blog http://mikehassard.blogspot.com.

Boomers and Parents Event June 22

Come and learn some practical strategies from five different perspectives and join in a conversation at the next "Boomers and Parents Facing the Future Together" speakers series.

This event is FREE  but seating is limited check here for more details>> 

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Time Waits for No Man or Woman!

There is a common thread running through the estate belonging to an elderly parent or loved one.  Living through the Dirty Thirties – the Great Depression – has taught them to hold on to everything. 


This means then their attic, basement, or even barn, is usually full of “stuff”!  Most of which should have been disposed of many years ago.

Sadly, even is there was value to some of these items when there were originally stored, by the time you start to sort through it, the mice and mildew have likely been there first!  You may find rotted books, magazines, old papers including utility bills from decades ago, and clothing, but the only place for them now is the trash.

Financial Generation Gap

Next to religion and politics the subject of money is avoided by families like some deadly disease, and like an illness the longer you leave it worse it gets. 


After more than 16 years in the financial industry I have seen the effects on care giving families, and their parents when finances are avoided. 


So why is the subject of money so hard to discuss? From what I have seen, it is some thing I like to call the "financial generation gap".

Questions Answered

Are you ready to manage your families financial concerns, handle responsibility of moving your parents, have a plan for the selling the family home and prepared for the legal issues surrounding your families estate? 


Get your questions answered at our next Boomer's And Parent's Seminar scheduled for the evening of Wednesday June 22 at Sandalwood Retirement Resort. The event is free but we have limited seating. 

Check our events page for more information here >>.