Housing

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Life As a Caregiver: How to Make Tough Care Decisions

Many of us feel honored to provide care for our aging parents or ill spouses, but this honor can also present serious...

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Home is All About Heart, Especially for Older Adults

For many of us, the word “home” signifies refuge, safety, caring and warmth –a sanctuary where we belong. It’s a place that...

5 Essential Steps for the Senior Care Conversation

A Place for Mom continues to add to the conversation about how caregiving affects the lives of women. I recently had the...

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Women and Caregiving: The Hidden Health, Work, and Financial Effects of Unpaid Care in Midlife: Part 2

Last week, I wrote about an article released by A Place for Mom in honor of Women’s History Month. The article included...

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Making an Assisted Living Apartment or Nursing Home Room Feel Like Home

While change is difficult for people of all ages, deviating from the status quo seems to become even more taxing as we...

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How Involved Should Families Be When Elders Live in a Senior Living Facility?

Over the course of 15 years, five of my elderly loved ones lived, for various spans of time, in a nearby nursing...

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Paying for Assisted Living: When Siblings Split Costs, What Is Fair?

There are many options for the care of our aging parents, but most of them are costly. There was a stretch of...

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Do Parents Really Want to Live with Their Adult Children?

It’s difficult to pinpoint how many aging parents live with their adult children, but there is certainly a lot more interest in...

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Encouraging Older Adults to Socialize After the Move to Senior Living

Moving to senior living is often a difficult transition for aging loved ones. Even elders who are on board with the decision...

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What to Look for When Visiting Someone Who Lives in Senior Housing

So, you and your loved one have taken the plunge. You’ve put in the time and effort to research senior housing options,...