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How to Limit but Not Deny Spending by Someone with Memory Deficits

Dear Carol: My dad is very independent, but he has early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. He lives in an independent living community, does his own...

Dear Carol: I’m a new reader, so while you’ve probably answered this before, maybe you’d still help me out. My mom is...

Dear Carol: For years, I read your column as a caregiver for my mom who was in her nineties. Since her death, I’ve...

Sex and death: It’s odd that these two topics of conversation should bring so much anxiety to parents and children. One addresses...

Dear Readers: Discussing our older parents’ financial situation can be difficult and fraught with emotion on both sides, yet it’s a vital...

In my view, everyone over the age of 18 ought to have appropriate health care and financial documents that will assign a trusted...