Having Tough Conversations By Becky Cholewka, Esq.
Many families will gather together during the holidays. When coffee and dessert is being served may be a perfect opportunity to bring up a tough conversation such as: Does dad need to stop driving? Does mom need to have her memory tested? Is it time to consider assisted living or nursing home options? Understandably many […]
More Tips on Tough Conversations for the Sandwich Generation
Becky Cholewka: Here are a couple more tips that I’d like to share about having tough conversations with family members. Throughout my estate planning practice, I know that there are many, especially sandwiched‑generation families, who are dealing with their aging parents, and want to make sure that they’re doing so in a loving way, but […]
How To Talk To Mom or Dad When Safety Has Become an Issue
Becky Cholewka: Hi everyone. I wanted to offer a few more tips for having really tough conversations with family members who have reached their senior years. As parents approach their senior years, sometimes we need to make sure that they are in a safe environment, which may mean that sometimes they’re going to need to […]
Nursing Home Cliques?
Just because you may be old and gray, you can still act like a teenager – in one of the worst ways. A column in the New York Times tells of a woman’s shock to find out that when her grandmother went into an independent living facility, she quickly found out there was a pecking […]
New Advance Directive For Dementia?
Many people have advance directives in which they instruct medical personnel what they want done for them or not done for them in case they cannot give instructions themselves due to incapacity. View image | gettyimages.com A usual advance directive might say that if the person is terminally ill, he or she does not want […]
Cost Of Nursing Home Now Near $90K A Year
The median cost of a private nursing home in the United States rose 4.4 percent this year, bringing the average yearly cost to $87,600. This information comes from a cost of care survey conducted yearly by the insurer Genworth. It was reported in a story on jdsupra.com. The median cost of a semi-private room was […]
