Elder Care ABC Created by caregivers for caregivers

By Joy Loverde
Mom and Bill’s long-distance move from Florida to Chicago taught me numerous invaluable family-caregiving lessons which I wrote about in twenty-four blogs. I’d like to share with you the highlights of what I learned in the hopes that you can bypass some of the unexpected twists and turns of the aging parent relocation [...]

by Joy Loverde
We’ve all been raised to be polite, and never discuss the subject of money with our parents. Instead, we wonder, worry and wait. How will they pay for in-home care? How much of my own money am I expected to spend if they need help?

Sticker Shock

While parent-care expenses vary significantly [...]

By Joy Loverde
Mom and Bill’s long-distance move from Florida to Chicago taught me numerous invaluable family-caregiving lessons which I wrote about in twenty-four blogs. I’d like to share with you the highlights of what I learned in the hopes that you can bypass some of the unexpected twists and turns of the aging parent relocation [...]

By Joy Loverde
Mom and Bill’s long-distance move from Florida to Chicago taught me numerous invaluable family-caregiving lessons which I wrote about in twenty-four blogs. I’d like to share with you the highlights of what I learned in the hopes that you can bypass some of the unexpected twists and turns of the aging parent relocation [...]

By Joy Loverde

A reader recently wrote:

My mom is losing her cognitive ability and of course she doesn’t see it as well as I do. I know it is more efficient if I take over tracking her bills, medical information, prescriptions, etc. but it’s hard because she still wants control and sees me [...]

Mom and Bill’s long-distance move from Florida to Chicago taught me numerous invaluable family-caregiving lessons which I wrote about in twenty-four blogs. I’d like to share with you the highlights of what I learned in the hopes that you can bypass some of the unexpected twists and turns of the aging parent relocation process.

Once [...]

By Joy Loverde
Last time we learned about an 80-year-old woman who  had a stroke, and whose family decided to move her across country to live them. The woman is mobile, intelligent, and the only side effect she suffered from the stroke is a slight droop in her right jaw.  The 80 year old Mom and [...]

By Joy Loverde
Mom and Bill’s long-distance move from Florida to Chicago taught me numerous invaluable family-caregiving lessons which I wrote about in twenty-four blogs. I’d like to share with you the highlights of what I learned in the hopes that you can bypass some of the unexpected twists and turns of the aging parent relocation [...]