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AgingParents.com
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Aging Parents Blog
Are You Estranged From Your Aging Parent?
Adult children can be estranged from a parent for many reasons. We see this as a recurring issue in consulting with adult children at AgingParents.com. Usually, we hear that the…
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Mental Health Dilemmas With Aging Parents
Maybe it started to become more visible during the pandemic. Now, there is a nationwide effort to remove the long standing stigma of mental health issues. Historically, it has been…
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3 Big Warning Signs Your Aging Parent Should Stop Driving
Few things symbolize our independence like driving a car when and where we want to. For aging parents, there is nearly always an end to that independence at some point.…
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Know This: Your Aging Parent Living At A Distance May Be At Risk
By Mikol Davis
American families are often scattered across the country. Kids grow up, find opportunities they like in other places and move away. The parents may stay put, happy to remain where…
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Son Gets Dad, 85, To Give Up Secrecy About Finances
How did the adult son of a wealthy but secretive 85-year-old father get his dad to finally reveal important information about his assets? It wasn’t easy. Many adult children have…
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How To Help Your Newly Widowed Aging Parent
Agatha, 60, had married a man 25 years her senior. He had one son who lived outside the US and was not close to his father. Agatha and her husband…
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Danger: Can You Stop Aging Parents’ Overspending, Running Low On Funds?
By Mikol Davis
Briana called AgingParents.com in distress. She was feeling panicky and angry. Her 80-year-old mother, Rhonda, had just bought another new car she could not afford. Briana explained that her mother’s…
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Aging Parents And The Truth About Their Longevity
Most of our aging parents are living on longer than they or we expected. It’s great that an elder is part of the family into one’s 80s, 90s and beyond,…
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When Is It Time To Start Helping Your Aging Parents?
For those with aging loved ones, it may be difficult to distinguish a few signs of “normal” aging from things that should raise some red flags. No one teaches you…
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Aging Parents’ Fear: Being Put In A Care Home Against Their Will
By Mikol Davis
In our work at AgingParents.com, we often hear from adult children that the elder in their lives absolutely doesn’t want to be “put in a home”. By that they typically…