Elder care hits hard; seek insurance advice and plan early Paul Fain, CFP® “Old age comes at a bad time! When you finally know everything, you start to forget everything you know.” (source unknown) The Grand Dame of our family (we’ll call her “Ella”), 93 years old, has had a rough past five years:…
What you think you know, but you didn’t until you needed it… by Kathy Patty For the past few years, I have been taking care of my mom. In July of 2017, she fell and broke her hip and was in rehabilitation for two months. Then about six months later, our family noticed her…
Dear Brother and Sister, Recently I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the Caring and Coping caregiver workshop put on by Alzheimer’s Tennessee. I want to share with you some of the things I learned. We have to learn to live in her reality now. She is not going to remember what she…