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When Aging Parents Won’t Listen: Safety Concerns Versus Independence
Mar 27 2025
What can you do when aging parents make choices that seem so risky? The independence dilemma: let it go or try to step in to keep them safe? Solutions can exist....
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Your weekly /r/Retirement roundup for the week of March 11 - March 17, 2025
Mar 23 2025
Tuesday, March 11 - Monday, March 17, 2025 Most Commented score comments title & link 137 240 comments What lessons did you learn from helping your own parents manage their stuff? Top Comments sco...
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Savings And Care Get Easier With Parents And Grandparents Under One Roof
Mar 20 2025
Multigenerational housing is being embraced by younger and older families seeking to address housing affordability, caregiving needs, and retirement security....
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Driving A 28-Year-Old Beater Made Me Love My Car Again
Mar 17 2025
While visiting my parents in Honolulu this past winter, I ended up driving my dad's 28-year-old beater for eight days. He bought that Toyota Avalon new in 1997—back when I was a college sophomor...
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What lessons did you learn from helping your own parents manage their stuff?
Mar 12 2025
My father did me the benefit of moving out of a big house and into a smaller condo when he turned 65, but that was only part of the picture. He was certainly not a hoarder, but he had So. Much. Stuff....
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The Threatening Health Risk: Loneliness In Aging Parents
Mar 03 2025
Feeling lonely isn’t good for anyone. Recent studies show the connection between loneliness in elders and dementia risk. Families need a strategy to mitigate this risk....
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The Toll: Caregiver Stress, Caring For Aging Parents
Mar 01 2025
Tending to the needs of aging parents will exact a toll on anyone doing this job. Noticing the effects and taking protective steps can save you from breakdowns....
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The Dilemma Adult Children Face: Unsafe Aging Parents Who Refuse To Move
Feb 27 2025
Unsafe aging parents who refuse to move or get help create a huge worry for their adult children. Strategy to address this is needed....
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How to Support Your Parents Without Derailing Your Finances
Feb 19 2025
Putting your aging parents' financial house in order can give you a clearer picture of where they need support and how to balance that with your own plans....
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The Benefits of Sharing a Joint Bank Account With Your Parents
Feb 17 2025
Opening a joint account provides a way to monitor an older person’s finances....
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Raising Kids Does Not Need To Be Expensive: 19 Money Mistakes Parents Should Avoid
Feb 15 2025
People love to say that raising kids costs a fortune. That’s only true if you decide to make it true. The real problem isn’t diapers or school supplies, it’s oversized houses, expens...
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15 Myths About 529 Plans That Stop Parents (and Grandparents) From Using Them Right
Feb 13 2025
529 plans are way more flexible than people realize, and if you know the rules, there are smart ways to use those funds without getting hit with penalties. Considering that as of June 2024, there were...
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Financial Squeeze: The Sandwich Generation Caring For Aging Parents
Feb 06 2025
The sandwich generation experiences stress, burnout, and financial insecurity. Learn tactics to better cope with the burden of caring for aging parents....
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Gen X strikes a balance between retirement and caring for aging parents
Feb 04 2025
Caring for parents and children can be a balance. But with a positive, proactive approach, navigating these requirements while planning for a secure retirement doesn’t have to be a high-wire act...
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Five Reasons Not to Give Your Child Power of Attorney
Feb 03 2025
When drawing up powers of attorney, older parents will most likely name adult children as their representatives. But is that always the smart choice?...
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Don’t Miss This Social Security Benefit for Older Parents
Jan 29 2025
If you had children later in life, they might be entitled to Social Security benefits when you retire....
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How Adult Children Can Help Aging Parents Prepare For Disasters
Jan 16 2025
Tragically, some elders who were mobility challenged or who had no transportation to allow them to escape, lost their lives in those fires....
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Four Financial Steps That Can Help the Sandwich Generation Cope
Jan 02 2025
People who are caring for kids and aging parents at the same time can take a hit mentally and financially, so make sure you're tapping into all available help....
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How To Handle Manipulative Aging Parents: Guilt, Money, And Power
Dec 20 2024
Aging parents can use threats, money and power plays to manipulate adult children. Recognize what this behavior means and what choices you can make to handle it....
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Caring For Aging Parents With Alzheimer’s Disease? How AI Can Help
Dec 11 2024
AI is becoming more prevalent in healthcare. A new tool for helping families with a member who has dementia is now available from the Alzheimer's Foundation of America....
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3 Steps To Take Now If Your Parents' Retirement Plan Is You
Dec 09 2024
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the expectation of taking care of your parents in their retirement, Bernadette Joy, author of Crush Your Money Goals, offers three steps you can take to help les...
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Do you have parents who are still living? How does it impact your retirement?
Dec 08 2024
Our parent could no longer safely live independently and then could no longer live with us as they need a 24-hour supervision. This parent was wonderful to us so we had no issue with them living with ...
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When Aging Parents Refuse To Move: How To Overcome Resistance
Dec 05 2024
The adult children put a lot of effort into finding a seniors' home for Mom. She got there and suddenly refused to enter. Learn about your options if this happens to you....
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Warn Aging Parents Now About Online Phishing Scams
Dec 02 2024
Holiday season is scammers’ season too. Warn your aging parents about online phishing scams and how to spot the red flags of a scam. Awareness can stop these thefts....
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Should Siblings Take Out Life Insurance on Parents Before Inheriting $10M? - 487
Nov 30 2024
Should Terry and his siblings take out a whole life insurance policy on their parents before they inherit their folks’ $10 million worth of farm land? Is Terry on track for retirement? That&rsqu...
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Thanksgiving Table Talk: 7 Family Conversations About Aging Parents (And How To Start Them)
Nov 29 2024
After Thanksgiving, it’s often time to talk about aging parents’ needs. Here are 7 questions adult children should discuss to ensure family caregiving plans are in place....
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Sandwich Generation: Are You Prepared To Care For Your Parents?
Nov 27 2024
As we age, our parents may need more help and care. Are you prepared to be part of the sandwich generation, caring for your own children and your parents?...
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Setting Boundaries With Aging Parents: Care Without Losing Yourself
Nov 27 2024
Some parents can be very demanding. This is hugely stressful for adult children. Learn to set boundaries so you protect your own mental and physical health....
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Aging Parents & Finances: A Financial Talk Every Family Should Have
Nov 23 2024
As our parents age, it’s natural to start worrying about their financial well-being. But how do you approach a conversation about money with the very people who raised you? We get it. It’s...
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How To Have Difficult Conversations With Stubborn Aging Parents
Nov 21 2024
Maybe you’ve been meaning to talk with them for future planning. Resistance gets in the way. Consider these tips to get the difficult conversation going....
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Here's How To Discuss Money Effectively With Your Parents
Nov 14 2024
Meet Ari Taublieb ? If you didn’t already know, Ari and I work together at Root Financial, and we thought it was finally time to launch a podcast series together. In our very first episode, we d...
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Retirement with kids still in school, older parents.
Nov 13 2024
Curious if anyone who retired or thinking of it with kids still in school? We are older parents (59, 53) with middle school child. We both plan to retire from full time careers to opportunities of par...
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Siblings, Step-Siblings And Difficulties With Aging Parents
Nov 02 2024
Blended families with step-siblings can face challenges when a step parent becomes impaired and needs help. Success requires cooperation with all in the blended family....
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Financial Fraud Targeting Aging Parents Is Organized Crime
Sep 30 2024
Multi-national organized networks of criminals know how to get to vulnerable people. Learn how to stop them....
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Gen X: We Need to Talk About Your Retirement
Sep 29 2024
Juggling kids, aging parents and work? No wonder you don't want to talk about your own retirement. But there are four key areas you should be discussing now....
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Subconsciously doing thing my parents and grandparents did.
Aug 31 2024
When I was young my mum had the radio on all day at home, as did my grandma. It was a childhood memory I never really thought about. I never paid it attention until my daughter came by and said why do...
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No One Wants To Be Told No
Aug 19 2024
No one wants to be told no. Of course that’s true. But parents forget it. Little kids spend the first few decades constantly told no. Why? It’s easy for parents to say no. We have a rule i...
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Vulnerable Aging Parents And Greedy Offspring: Be On The Lookout
Aug 19 2024
It is not a rare thing that as wealthy aging parents decline, some relatives seem to come out of the woodwork....
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10 Most Expensive U.S. Retirement Communities
Aug 09 2024
Sixty-seven percent of parents expect to pay at least some of their children's higher…...
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Parents Prioritize College Savings Despite Shortfall
Aug 09 2024
Sixty-seven percent of parents expect to pay at least some of their children's higher…...
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Financial (and life) management without close relatives
Jul 26 2024
My wife and I are in our mid-60's and retired. We (supposedly ;-) have enough money to last us through our lifespans, We do not have any children or close younger relatives and we both have parents wh...
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Will You Make The Same Mistakes About Aging That Your Parents Did?
Jun 26 2024
Aging well is not simply a matter of luck. We do have solid research that tells us how we can make our last decades better and healthier. That takes work....
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How to have inheritance talk with parents/children
Jun 15 2024
Honestly I wasn't sure of the best place to ask such a thing, but logic brought me here because the demographic of retiree is the one who has the wisdom to answer this question. Maybe you've been thro...
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Why Aging Parents With Memory Loss Must Stop Managing Money
Jun 13 2024
New research confirms earlier studies showing that financial decision-making capacity declines first before cognitive impairment is obvious. Take protective steps early!...
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Four Things You Need to Know About Your Aging Parents
Jun 07 2024
When it comes to estate planning for your aging parents, knowledge about their wishes and finances is power....
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Are Your Aging Parents Taking Sedatives? Know The Dangers
Jun 07 2024
A geriatrician warns against aging loved ones taking commonly prescribed sedatives. Authorities in geriatrics say elders should avoid them....
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My Parents’ Retirement: A Look At Their Financial Journey
May 31 2024
In a poignant reflection, Ken Cutler of HumbleDollar paints a vivid picture of his parents’ financial journey – a story ... Read more...
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Broke, Unemployed, and Living With My Parents
May 31 2024
I moved in with my parents when I was 27. The football wallpaper in my bedroom was gone, and the bed was bigger. But it was still the room I slept in for the first 18 years of my life. While most of m...
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Mental Health Awareness And Dilemmas With Aging Parents
May 23 2024
There is a nationwide effort to remove the long standing stigma of mental health issues. Families can do much to protect elders with depression and other issues....
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11 Tips for Talking to Your Aging Parents About Their Finances and Future Care
May 02 2024
Such a sensitive subject requires a careful approach....
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