Sep 26, 2022 | Common Challenges, Medicare, Navigating Change and Letting Go, Paying for Care, Uncategorized
“What do you mean Medicare doesn’t cover this?” My friend Sarah was caught off guard when I told her that her parent’s health insurance program doesn’t cover her parents’ care. What I explained is that there’s a lot Medicare doesn’t cover and one of the biggest gaps...
Sep 6, 2022 | Common Challenges, End-of-Life, Feeling Guilty, Feeling Overwhelmed, Navigating Change and Letting Go, Resources
Earlier this year, I wrote a blog about how important it is to prepare for end-of-life decisions you might have to make on behalf of your parents. I wrote about advance directives, and having important conversations with doctors and family. I culled so much good...
Aug 23, 2022 | Common Challenges, Feeling Guilty, Feeling Overwhelmed, Uncategorized
It’s 5 am on a Saturday morning and I’m lying awake with that cold, sweaty, anxious feeling that comes from deep existential angst masquerading as too many things to do. I know something has to change – that there’s GOT to be another way to look at my life..to live so...
Jul 23, 2022 | Common Challenges, Feeling Overwhelmed, Resources, Uncategorized
(Article Reposted with permission from Memorywell.com) Think of it as a mom’s group for a different and less joyful chapter of life. One woman struggles to understand why her mom won’t leave her room. Another woman, whose mother now lives with her, wonders on...
Jul 2, 2022 | Common Challenges, Medicare, Paying for Care, Resources, Uncategorized
“My dad doesn’t have Medicare!” A friend said to me recently. “What?” I responded. This seemed unlikely. Pretty much everyone over age 65 has some form of Medicare and my friend’s dad is at least 90 years old. Then he explained, “Dad has something called ‘Blue Cross...
Jun 21, 2022 | Assisted Living, Common Challenges, End-of-Life, Feeling Overwhelmed, Uncategorized
This summer at a caregiving event, a man wanted to know if it would be better for his mother, who has Alzheimer’s, to live at home with family or to live in a facility. He asked me, “What’s the right thing to do?” More recently, a woman worn out from caring for her...