A Daughter’s Guide to Hiring the Right Aging Care Professional

Common Challenges

Recently when I was talking to a friend about daughterhood, she asked me, “Why isn’t there someone I can pay to help me figure out how to get the best care for my mom? You know, someone who can help me navigate the system.” That’s a really good question. There are, in...

Are You Ready to Make Healthcare Decisions for Your Parents? Six Steps to Prepare You Now

End of Life, Free Download

A reality of our healthcare system is that it’s really good at keeping people alive way past the point that they’re aware of being alive. As a result, our parents stand a good chance of ending up in either a healthcare crisis or end-of-life situation where they can’t...

The 4 Most Frequently Asked Questions About Medicaid Home Care

Insurance/Paying for Care

I love hearing from readers. Sometimes they write to tell me that a particular blog has helped them and that makes me very happy. But a lot of the time, they tell me about problems that aren’t easily solved and ask questions that aren’t easily answered. Here’s one I...

The 3 Unexpected Stages of Daughterhood

Overwhelm

I have spent the last few weeks talking to new Daughterhood Circle leaders. And, even though they live all over the country – from New Jersey to North Carolina to Texas and Minnesota — it’s AMAZING how many of the things they experience are exactly the same. I...

4 Things You Can Do to Make Caregiving Less Tedious

Overwhelm

I once had a therapist tell me that I had “the most disordered thinking” of anyone he had ever seen. In light of this diagnosis, I probably deserve a gold medal for getting out of bed most mornings. My secret to staying semi-sane is to keep really, really busy and to...