Attorneys are not therapists. Or magicians. Or fortune tellers. Yet, often clients think we are. As a reminder, here are some things your attorney can and can’t do.
1. Your attorney cannot make your decisions for you. Your attorney can provide you with the information you need to help you make an informed decision. We can’t [...]
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Category Archives: For Caregivers
What An Attorney Can and Cannot Do
Recording for How & Why to Avoid Guardianship and Conservatorship
I had the pleasure of speaking with Barbara Friesner, of AgeWiseLiving, on her AgeWise Living Radio Show about Why and How to Avoid Guardianship and Conservatorship (click to listen to the recording.) You may want to turn the volume down on your computer before clicking the link to the show, since the audio starts right [...]
Caregiver’s Corner – Resources from Around the Web
All the links will open in a new window, so feel free to click as you read knowing you won't lose this page.
Shambala Sun , the Buddhist magazine, focuses their recent issue on caregiving and illness. They have an audiodownload by Frank Ostaseki whose mission is to seed "our culture with innovative approaches to [...]
Finding the Right Living Situation for Your Aging Parents – It’s Not All or Nothing
Today's post is written by Generational Coach Barbara Friesner of AgeWise Living. Barbara works with the family members of the aging person, not the elder themselves. I typically work with the family and the elder, but I consider the elder to be my client.
Barbara's post outlines the many different living situations open to a [...]
Beware of “Grandparent Scams”
Authorities are warning of new scams targeted at the elderly. The latest attempt to defraud seniors is a phone call from someone pretending to be a grandchild who is in trouble.
“Don’t tell anyone, but I need help. Send money.”
The plea to keep things quiet from other family members can make the scam successful, [...]
Elder Mediation – Another Resource to Help Families with Issues of Aging
Even in close families, issues can come up that need an outside party to help deal with them. Caring for an aging parent while dealing with siblings (and their spouses) can make a difficult task even harder. Inheriting property from parents that you now own jointly with several siblings can seem like an unwelcome gift [...]
Siblings and Caregiving – Making it Work
We are lucky to have another guest post by Barbara Friesner of AgeWise Living, a generational coach who works with families around issues of aging, care-giving and helping siblings maintain or improve their relationships while one or more of them is caring for an aging parent. Barbara has generously offered my readers a 10% discount [...]
Is It Time to Be Concerned? Talking to Your Aging Parents
I am thrilled to have today's post written by Barbara Friesner, author of The Ultimate Caregiver's Survival Guide. Barbara is an expert on issues affecting Seniors and their
families. She has been featured on NY1 TV's "Focus on Seniors",
"Coping With Caregiving" and on radio shows across the country.
As care
manager, first for her grandmother and now [...]
More Questions to Ask Your Parents
I posted earlier about questions to ask your parents, and I'm noticing that more and more people are asking me that. You can review the categories on the right hand side of this site to get an idea of the things people should have in place, and below are some more questions that can get [...]
New Caregiving Website with Videos
Videocaregiving.org is a new visual education center for family caregivers.
The videos are designed to be short, simple and direct, and are able
to be accessed easily by the user at any hour of the day or night. Many
of the videos follow a documentary format that uses real people and
follows real situations.
When you hear somebody [...]
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