Posts Tagged Adult Children

  • Sandwiched, Part 2 Sandwiched, Part 2

    By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Those who may have read last month’s article are already familiar with the term “Sandwich Generation” – those who are sandwiched between caring for a parent (or other relative) AND caring for (or financially supporting) their childr...

  • Planning the Second Time Around Planning the Second Time Around

    By Curt Ford Nash Nash Bean & Ford After dating for two years in their late 60s, Jim and Nancy created a new family when they were married in a beautiful backyard ceremony, surrounded by friends and family, including their adult children from their first marriages. Following the ceremo...

  • Will You Help “Fern?” Will You Help “Fern?”

    By Dee Deuth, CSA Weerts Funeral Home Please join me and others in the Quad-City Area as we “Walk to End Alzheimer’s” on September 10, 2011. There it was again, starting so very softly. That sound of a songbird, escalating to the harsh sound of a crow. Fern was coming back down the hal...

  • Your Advocacy Connection Your Advocacy Connection

    Offering Comprehensive Care and Financial Advocacy By Deb Toal GolderCare Solutions In the year I was born, Perry Como recorded “(There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays.” It has long been a favorite song of mine. In my mind, I see the Norman Rockwell picture of Grandma ...

  • SAYING NO TO YOUR TEENAGER - SAYING NO TO YOUR TEENAGER – “It’s all in Love”

    By Teresa Babers Program Manager New Parent Services Child Abuse Council For most parents, discipline issues begin around age two and continue full speed through adolescence. This is a time where even the mild mannered obedient child may begin to resist and question the rules they have always...

  • Family Feud - Don’t Let This Be Your Legacy Family Feud – Don’t Let This Be Your Legacy

    By Curt Ford Nash Nash Bean & Ford Few things are as heart-wrenching as a dispute among family members. We expect family to be a place of love and relative harmony in our often-tumultuous world. Even the thought of such a horrible occurrence may be unsettling. But, problems in an estate...

  • Why you should not let the “fear” of moving delay your senior housing decision. Why you should not let the “fear” of moving delay your senior housing decision.

    ...And what we can do to help. By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes What will we do with all our stuff?” That is often the first expression of concern that I hear when a potential buyer of one of our senior-friendly homes thinks they may want to make the move. And the feeling of apprehension i...

  • Are We Having Fun Yet? Summer Fun with the Grandchildren. Are We Having Fun Yet? Summer Fun with the Grandchildren.

    By: Kathryn Graver Community Education Coordinator Child Abuse Council Are you the caregiver of choice this summer? Did you volunteer to help out with your grandchildren this summer while your adult children work? At first it sounded like a great idea, but now as the dog days of summer appro...