Posts Tagged Mom And Dad

  • Your Advocacy Connection - Assisted Living: When is the Right Time? Your Advocacy Connection – Assisted Living: When is the Right Time?

    By Deb Toal GolderCare Solutions When is the right time to move? Isn’t this a lifelong question? When I was 16 years old and knew everything, I dreamed of the independence of having my own place. I was ready to move! When the day actually came a few years later, and I moved into my first apar...

  • Your Advocacy Connection – Having a Special Needs Family Member

    By Gail Glockhoff-Long GolderCare Solutions Many families have a family member with special needs. In our family, it is a sister with developmental challenges. In one of our church families, it is a person severely injured in a car accident as a teen. One classmate had a stroke very young, leav...

  • Homemade Ice Cream Homemade Ice Cream

    By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home It was one of those winters when kids – who usually had to be coaxed out of bed so we wouldn’t be late for school – loved to get up early and listen to the radio to see if school was late or canceled. And by the time the announcement ...

  • Helping Your Parents Age Gracefully Helping Your Parents Age Gracefully

    By Curt Ford Nash Nash Bean & Ford Watching your parents grow older can be a difficult thing. You’ve spent a lifetime looking to them for guidance and leaning on their advice, and now your mom and dad seem to need your help in more and more areas. The roles start to reverse, and you ...

  • 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 ...

  • Tales by Triplett - It’s Good to Believe Tales by Triplett – It’s Good to Believe

    By Patrick Triplett Several years ago my grand daughter Allison sat on Santa's knee at the mall and told him what she wanted for Christmas. Her parents were anxious to find out themselves since she hadn't told them what is was she wanted. When they asked her what she told Santa she simply replied...

  • Tales by Triplett - The Important Things in Life Tales by Triplett – The Important Things in Life

    By Patrick Triplett I’ve learned a lot during my 60-plus years on this earth. I've learned that missing a two-foot putt isn't the end of the world. Nor is a last-second Iowa Hawkeye loss. I've learned that it's not necessary to call 911 when the lawnmower catches on fire, and it's not worth yel...

  • Frank and Linda return Frank and Linda return

    By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes Some months ago I mentioned how siblings often help Mom and Dad to find the ideal retirement housing. And I described how brother and sister Frank and Linda helped their mom to resolve the issues of housing and the financing options. Mom is all moved in now and she...

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