Four weeks ago my mom contracted a stomach virus and was sent to the hospital to recover. While she was there the Doctors discovered that she also had a urinary tract infection. After a week in the hospital she was sent to a nursing home for rehab. When I visited her there I noticed that [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Moving Mom to Assisted Living
Posted in Aging parents, eldercare, long term care, tagged assisted living, memory impaired on March 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Preparing Yourself For The Family Meeting
Posted in Uncategorized on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Once you have created an agenda for the Family Meeting and discussed it with your parents and their trusted adviser, you are ready to have the meeting. Although it seems like a very difficult and perhaps impossible task, I assure you that once the Family Meeting occurs, everyone in the family will be thankful. For [...]
Elder Mediation Resolves Family Conflicts
Posted in Aging parents, Elderly parents, eldercare, tagged Elder Mediation, Family Conflicts on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“My daughter is insisting I move in with her,” complains Martha. “She just wants to control my life and take away my freedom,” she continues.
Jenny, Martha’s daughter worries that her mother keeps falling, and fears one day she will break her hip or hit her head.
“I’ll take my sister to court before I will let [...]
