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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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How Chronic Diseases In Aging Parents Affect Adult Children
Apr 30 2024
Boomers may not be as healthy as their parents were at the same age. This points to the need for long term care. The burden can fall on family to give that care....
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What Does It Take To Maintain Aging Parents’ Independence?
Apr 23 2024
Aging takes its toll, and can threaten independence. Help can become an essential tool to allow elders to remain at home. This is a real-life example for one elder....
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The Story That’s Sold
Apr 04 2024
Let me tell you a story about two of my friends, Adam and Benjamin (not their real names). Adam grew up under some difficult circumstances. His parents filed for bankruptcy when he was just five years...
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Nightmare: Mentally Ill Family Member Terrorizing Aging Parents
Apr 04 2024
A mentally ill family member can wreak havoc with aging parents. Families are often reluctant to take legal action to protect vulnerable elders....
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When Flying Toward Retirement, Secure Your Own Mask First
Mar 24 2024
Parents often feel compelled to help their kids pay for college, but when that could result in you moving in with them later, you should put your savings first....
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?? Retirement: What It Means for Parents of Disabled Kids (AARP Article)
Mar 08 2024
THANK YOU AARP FOR DOING THIS ARTICLE AND HATS OFF TO THESE PARENTS ??? For hundreds of thousands of retirees, focus on caring for kids ‘is just life’. By Jon Marcus, AARP. Published March...
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The Struggle to Financially Support Parents
Mar 04 2024
Today, we are answering your questions from email and social media. We discuss what happens inside a 401(k) or 403(b) if you change your type of contribution, how to know if you have a good CPA, what ...
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Fertility Benefits in Tech: Double Lines
Feb 28 2024
Want to know which FAANG benefit I am personally most grateful for? Is it the 1 month recharge? The 50% match on your entire 401k contribution? The 16 weeks of paid parental leave (for both parents!)?...
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What If You’re POA, But Aging Parents Resist You Doing The Job?
Feb 27 2024
Estate planning includes appointing a power of attorney for finances. But when POA action is needed, some aging parents resist. Know your options if it happens to you....
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What Financial Advisors Should Know About You And Aging Parents
Feb 20 2024
Financial advisors who help us manage wealth may not be fully informed about financial elder abuse. They need to know how to spot the red flags. Our checklist can assist....
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Favorite Gifts for Senior Citizens and People of All Ages
Feb 14 2024
When I was a young woman, and my parents and grandparents were still alive, I could never figure out what to give them for holidays and special occasions. "Not another sweater," they would say to me. ...
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Looking For Romance? Help Aging Parents Avoid Thieves
Feb 14 2024
Valentines Day brings up the subject of romance for those who are alone. When aging parents seek companionship online, risks of scams are there. You can help....
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Transition - how many weeks? The Gift of the Magi
Feb 07 2024
Life of the Newly Retired – I may be turning into fodder for the Progressive commercial about your parents. I was “retired” by virtue of a RIF at the beginning of this year, so while...
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What Is The New 529 Rule In 2024?
Feb 02 2024
Parents can now convert their child’s favorite college savings tool into a retirement savings tool. The question many people are asking is “How do you do it?”...
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Desperate For Pain Relief: Why Aging Parents Fall For Fraud
Jan 26 2024
Chronic debilitating pain can make aging parents fall for fake treatments and false promises of relief. Learn from this example of how an aging parent got tricked....
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How To Deal With Aging Parents Who Refuse Help With Finances
Jan 19 2024
Trying to get financial control over an impaired aging parent's finances can be highly frustrating. Learn what to do as an appointed agent with power of attorney....
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Millennials Could Soon See Their Parents Become Their Biggest Expense – and American Families are Woefully Unprepared
Jan 12 2024
Most millennials and Gen Xers have little idea of what’s going to happen when their parents hit retirement age. That’s about to become an increasingly real problem, particularly for those ...
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What Can You Do About Aging Parents’ Depression?
Jan 11 2024
Loneliness, social isolation, anxiety and depression are widespread among aging parents. Family can help. Learn steps to take with aging loved ones....
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