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Checklist for Elders during Snowstorms

Snowstorms or not, its important to have a checklist of items prepared.
Here are a few items you may or may not already thought about.

If your elder has a home, do they need to go out in a storm? If they are anything like mine, they don’t want to go out.
Make sure they have all the [...]

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Its never too late to deal with the clutter

I stumbled upon this post from Uncluttered about dealing with someone’s stuff after they passed. Unfortunately, this has been me for the past 4.5 years  (13 if you count my great-grandmother’s things).
Everytime I try to bring up the subject with my grandmother, she throws a fit (yes, old people can have tantrums too) and cries [...]

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Be Weary when Elders Handle Repairs

Its that time of year again, when everyone would want to contribute to hanging up holiday decorations.
However, its important to lay down some ground rules, especially when elders are involved before its too late.
Whenever Gram wants to hang something, she has to wait until someone comes over to help.
This is also the rule with smoke [...]

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Planning ahead for a vacation

Sometimes even caregivers need a break.

I recently went out of town for a conference and *some* vacation. Of course I hesitated going in the first place, but after reassurance from other family members that they would check in on Grandma. I was somewhat relieved.
I made sure Grandma had everything she needed including an extra trip [...]

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How to save time and money before going to the supermarket

Lately, supermarket circulars have been finding their way to Grandma’s door. So when she call and asks me to pick something up, I had no clue what she was talking about until recently.
So I figured out that there has to be a better way. So I decided to see if the supermarkets in question had [...]

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A Loaf of Bread

They say that a slice of pizza is the barometer of NYC transit fare. What about a loaf of bread?
I am Forbidden (yes, that’s a capital F) to get bread for Grandma that’s above $2.00. She says that it doesn’t make sense to just give away money.
Often I am lectured about back in the day [...]

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Layaway: Everything old is new again

When the financial storm hit the fan over the past several weeks. Grandma asked. “Whatever happened to layaway?”
I was then lectured about how my great-grandmother got most of the furniture on layway. It was simple, you paid a little at a time, and when you made that last payment, nothing could replace the sheer joy [...]

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Eldercare and Money Matters

Savvy Ladies has some good tips on financing for eldercare. One of the points stressed is that the caregiver must also make sure their financial house is in order.

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Medicare Part D stands for “Drama”

There is not a week that goes by that Grandma isn’t inundated with Medicare Part D Prescription Plan solicitations. She has even heard from companies that she doesn’t have a previous business relationship with. She’d selected a plan a couple of years ago. Grandma got a survey to fill out for a [...]

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Sponsored Post: 7 Tips for Caregivers, Dealing with Stress

Too often, we as caregivers forget to slow down and take care of ourselves. Most times, we let ourselves slip through the cracks in order to be “on call” for those we care for. The truth is, we can’t be there for our loved ones unless we are here for ourselves.
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