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.


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

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".