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  • We are Living Longer and so are Our Parents! - In 1935, the thought of anyone living to age 65 was foreign to thinking. Age 65 was old and if you happened to live that long, your body was worn out and death was imminent. Since 1935, life expectancy has increased almost 12 year and now age 65 is considered to be the new age 40. We are living longer and that translates to more health and human services not only for us but for our parents. Eldercare is at the forethought of any serious financial planning as well as care planning.
  • What People do when they Retire - Many people believe that they’ll be able to just completely switch gears once they retire, but the truth is, if you don’t prepare yourself now, retirement may be some of...
  • Elder Care At Home – What Are Your Options? - Many surveys have shown that people prefer to stay in their own homes as long as possible as they age. We should not be surprised.
  • What Can You Do When Your Loved One Resists Care? - Does your father refuse to change his clothes, or does your mother resist bathing or brushing her teeth? Does it feel as if your older loved one is going out of her way to be difficult? This is a common challenge in caring for the elderly, but it can be handled. People who resist help are communicating by action – or inaction. Impairment because of stroke, dementia, vision or hearing loss, or other conditions can make it more difficult for older people to communicate with words, so their gestures and actions, including refusing care, speak for them. What can you do when your loved one needs help and care, but resists?
  • How To Choose A Quality Elder Care Service Agency - When searching for an elder care service agency to take care of your loved one, there are several questions you should ask to make certain you are hiring a high quality elder care agency. 1. How does your agency screen its elder care employees? A quality elder care service agency will carefully screens all of its employees with in-depth background checks so that you can be comfortable that your loved ones are in good hands. Employees should under undergo extensive reference checks, social security validation, national and local background checks and motor vehicle records checks. 2. Are your elder care providers employees of your company? At quality elder care agency the answer to this question will be yes.
  • Warehousing Our Elderly - It is a national shame that in our culture we stick our elderly in warehouses called nursing homes, or assisted living or rehabilitation facilities. About twenty years big corporation recognized the huge money profits by exploiting end of life care. Many churches had not-for–profit homes to care for older people who could no longer live independently. But one by one they were bought up by for profit corporations.
  • How To Shift From Daddy's Girl To Dad's Caregiver - Tricia was feeling the full impact of being a member of the Sandwich Generation as her father declined in his 80’s. “Dad and I shared such fun times together when I was young – he taught me how to ride a horse, shoot a BB gun, ice skate, stand on my head. He was always so active. Last year, I had to insist that he not drive anymore. Now, seeing him shuffle around just breaks my heart.” It’s difficult for any baby Boomer to watch as parents deteriorate. And they may complicate the situation by being in denial about their vulnerable condition.
  • Five Steps to Help You Prepare for that Call in the Night - As women, we are often expected to fill multiple roles: that of loving mother, career woman, supportive wife or partner and for many, a new role – that of a caregiver to our parents or loved ones. For the last 20 years, I have helped clients plan for their “golden years” and how they will address the issues of aging and remaining independent. Here are the five steps that you can take now to get prepared: Step 1 - Get Organized.
  • Coffee for a Better Life - Coffee, a drink cherished by many; a drink avoided by others. Tea, its main rival, seems to offer a bounty of better health benefits; a drink for the New Agers and those who want to escape the decadence of the brown, caffeinated drink. The fact stands that tea can only be as beneficial as its preparation, which in some cases may have as much sugar as a can of soda. To understand coffee, one must understand the core value of tea: that the brewed leaf itself is the only healthful component. Everything else is decadence. To that, the coffee bean itself contains a number of benefits to health. But the culture of coffee, like the tao of tea, contains a lot of excess trimmings. Espresso machines, for example, produce a highly concentrated form of ordinary coffee. And then the all-consuming vice: sugar.

  • Seven Alternatives To Consider Before Getting A Reverse Mortgage - Reverse mortgages are hot. Baby boom demographics, inadequate retirement funding, and problems in the traditional mortgage market (pushing brokers into alternate products) have combined to make marketing of reverse mortgage products to senior citizen homeowners one of the hottest niches in the mortgage business. And the effort is paying off for marketers.
  • The Hidden Secret to Manage Your Workload and Reduce Your Stress -- That Nobody Talks About - Is your career wearing you out? Are you too tired to enjoy your family and friends on the weekends, or what little part of the weekend you have?
  • Is Emotional Intelligence Just The Fad Du Jour? - “I’ve been doing this for 15 years,” Annette told me. “It just wasn’t called this.” I was explaining to a counselor in Australia about the field of emotional intelligence, and she was sure she’d found it first. Likely you'll feel the same way. “Oh, I know what you’re talking about,” James tells me, as I present a proposal to coach his staff on EQ. “Team building, leadership, getting along, cutting down on the politics. Why didn’t you say so?” Emotional intelligence, also known as EQ (and EI) isn’t a new concept.
  • How to Retain Women in Your Organization, and Support Their Success - What group makes up half of our population, yet only 15.6% of corporate officers in Fortune 500 companies? What group holds half of all management and professional positions in the United States, but less than 3% of the CEO positions in the Fortune 500? Women! Moreover, studies have shown that companies with the highest representation of women (top 10%) on their top management teams had better financial performance than did the group with the lowest women's representation. Women purchase 83% of all products and services in the United States, so it makes sense that your employees reflect your customer base. In order to be successful, companies need to recognize what they are doing with respect to women, where they're succeeding and where they need to improve.

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