• A Layman’s Guide to Planning and Caring for an Elderly Parent

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Sundowning

If you’re caring for someone with Alzheimer’s, you may have noticed that their symptoms seem to worsen later in the day.

One of the many things no one prepared me for was how Alzheimer’s causes people to do some very odd things.

Kitchen fire

As our parents age, the home they’ve lived in for decades can quietly become a source of risk. The good news is that many of the most effective safety improvements are simple, affordable, and non-intrusive.

One of the most important and insanely tedious things I had to do when I took over all my mom’s finances was get online access to all her accounts. Like most elderly parents, my mom did not have online access to hardly any accounts. She paid all her bills the old-fashioned way – with checks.