When Retirement Is Devoted to Elderly Parents
Americans’ longer life spans mean that more families are ‘aging together,’ as researchers call the trend.
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Americans’ longer life spans mean that more families are ‘aging together,’ as researchers call the trend.
Parents are often more than happy to offer financial advice to their children. They like to feel needed and want to make sure their children are on solid financial ground. However, it’s important to turn the tables and ask about their financial plans, too.
Despite strong efforts by scammers, it is still possible to stay safe.
Let’s take one couple, Tom and Louise, who have been married to each other for over 50 years and live in the same home they bought when they first got married.
To care for one another, many retirees are living together.
Wicked stepmothers are the stuff of Grimm’s fairy tales. Widowed stepmothers are the root of real-life inheritance wars.
The first step in addressing the situation, is knowing the symptoms that can indicate that your aging parent is not eating enough, not eating nutritious food, or not absorbing the nutrients from food.
If your parents are at a point where they struggle with their financial affairs, increasing your family communication can help them get the help they need.