There are a number of interesting forces aggregating out there to make the protecting of the equity in your parent's home even more challenging. Make some good decisions here and you will reap the benefit. Make bad decisions and you will deal with them for years to come. Here's how all this is playing out: Real Estate Values: The... Read more
There are going to be lots of articles in the near future about old folks driving. That's because there will be lots of old folks ... well ... driving. Eighty million Boomers moving toward sunset on Rt. 66 in Shelby Mustangs, Maserati's, Porsche 911's and F-250's. A virtual army of people who from moment to moment won't know... Read more
I love January the first. It's like the greatest day of the year. First of all, it's the great "do over". No matter what the last 365 days were like the first of January is the Great Eraser. Everyone gets a new start. So, if you're a caregiver and had a good year or you're a caregiver and had a bad year, here are my... Read more
Christmas is a fairly binary experience for most families: it works or it doesn't work. Part of not working is the absence of connection and communication. Most of working is the abundance of those two things. Below are some questions to get the connection between you and mom and dad going when the last piece of pie has been eaten and nap time... Read more
What do you get when you combine years of wisdom and experience on the job with technology capable of transporting that wisdom and experience anywhere and anytime in HD sound and video plus a shrinking workforce? You get the Seniors Full Employment Act of the 21st Century. Here's how I think it's going to work. Unless you just arrived... Read more