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Help them make a list of pros and cons of giving up driving. Some pros include saving money spent on insurance, maintenance, and gas. Some books about broaching difficult topics with elders [...]

Be sure that from the beginning you make it clear you have the person’s best interests at heart by being compassionate and preventing this conversation from becoming a battle. Use “reflective [...]

Driving is a privilege and freedom which most people do not want to let go of, especially as they age.  When it becomes necessary to have a discussion about giving up driving with a loved one, it [...]

Question:     Should I let the person I have designated as my personal representative know about my estate plan? Answer:    Your personal representative—referred to as an executor in some [...]

Question:  Our father is in a nursing home, but we would like to bring him home on Thanksgiving and Christmas day so we can all be at the table together.  Will that disqualify him for Medicare [...]

Question:     How do I talk to my family about my estate plan?  We’ll all be together this year for the holidays and I thought now would be a good time. Answer:    Talking to your family and [...]