Elder Care ABC

By Joy Loverde Let’s say Mom and Dad have decided to move into a retirement community or move closer to you, and now they want you to handle the process of selling their home. Where do you start? Worse yet, what if you don’t live anywhere near your parents? How do you accomplish this important [...]

By Joy Loverde I finally got my message across to Mom – but it wasn’t easy.  In a nutshell, Mom told me flat out she wanted the “independence” of going to the ATM machine herself to withdraw cash.  The ATM machine in our Chicago neighborhood is located inside the nearby Walgreen’s. It’s a very busy [...]

  By Marina Injuries can happen in your home in the least expected places.  While common occurrences of injury often take place in the kitchen, there are also other areas of the home that can provoke injury.  One usually doesn’t expect furniture to be the cause of a trip to the local emergency room. In [...]

by Kaye Swain When our kids are little, trips together to the doctor are quite commonplace. Heading to the doctor’s office alone is one of those special growing up moments most will take in their late teens. Time passes, and then many of us experience another bittersweet moment. We are once again involved in accompanying [...]