This article from the Washington Post’s Career Journal is interesting, it’s about drawing up a contract for a family member to take care of elderly or disabled family members:
These arrangements, which are also called personal-service or personal-care agreements, can help reduce the size of a parent’s estate and thereby improve their chances […]
OK, why didn’t you guys tell me that the first funeral you go to after a parent dies is harder than your own parents funeral?
Well, maybe it’s not always, I guess everyone doesn’t have to go to a funeral where the arrangements are identical to your own mother’s. But, for whatever reason, I shed more […]
My friend’s dad died on Friday. Actually, when I was looking up the arrangements in the paper, I noted 3 other people I know who lost their fathers last week. Weird.
Anyway, today I became the, “Let me know if I can do anything person.” As much as that phrase bugs me, it just kind […]
I haven’t said much about my dad lately, because, there is blessedly little to write about him, at the moment.
Since the holidays, he has gotten back in his routine, and, is involved with school (he’s a teacher). His back is doing well, as far as I know. But, then again, if it wasn’t OK, I’m […]
It’s been all angsty around here again. I know, I want to slap me, too, sometimes.
So, let’s do something different.
How about a survey?
Some nice students at New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service, along with the United Hospital Fund are working to engage Baby Boomers in hospital volunteerism. In order for them to understand […]
I have said before that one of the greatest gifts from my parents was their planning ahead for health care and financial decisions that must be faced as they get older.
I feel like I say it over and over, and, I realize there’s literature everywhere about how hard it is to talk about these things, […]
Just an observation:
The media proclaims the development of “multi-generational housing” as a result of people living longer, and, delaying marriage and childbirth.
But, either my dad’s family were just trendsetters over 100 years ago when aunts, cousins and grandmothers all lived there either permanently, or, temporarily, or, this idea isn’t revolutionary. Historically, the family home was […]
Today marks 6 months since my mother died.
It’s weird, usually, when time passes after a significant event, you usually say, “Wow, I can’t believe it’s already been x months since…”, or, “Wow, has it only been 6 months since…?”
This time, for whatever reason, 6 months seems about right. I don’t know if that means something, […]
At the risk of this becoming the “adults who lose their parents” blog, if you are a Grey’s Anatomy fan, last night was moving.
I didn’t get to see it, and, I don’t want to spoil everything about it for you, but, someone’s dad died. My friend, Sista Smiff, writes about her reaction to it […]
More and more of my friends are going through the illness of a parent. It really seems like there ought to be an orientation to this group we’ve joined, an all-day retreat or at least cocktails and a Power Point presentation.
When my mother became ill, I felt like the only person in the world going […]
Parents to the left of me, children to the right, here I am.
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