#elder-care

#elder-care

Someone had come to the door asking to borrow jumper cables, and when Feldman said she'd have to ask her husband, daughter Melissa, then about 6, issued a correction: You're not married.

Age tech is a rapidly growing category focused on remote caregiving, improving quality of life, and enabling older folks to stay in their own homes for longer. The US Census Bureau says around 16 million elders (over 65) live alone. While the majority are healthy, with family and friends nearby, many lack support and may be battling physical and mental decline.

not because he was in trouble but because the parents had called the school to complain about their son's scuffed water bottle and wanted it replaced. They asked for $23. I wrote a check and was tempted to add a snarky comment, but I didn't. Yes, my son should keep his hands to himself, but the water bottle is still functional. My son apologized.

If you're planning to travel with children and parents this holiday season, may the grace of whatever god you believe in descend upon you with alacrity. May you never grow weary, frustrated or borderline psychotic when your 80-something mom questions your every decision moments after you make it, or when your child loses that wildly overpriced souvenir hours after you finally agree to buy it.

Three octogenarian nuns who gained a global following after breaking out of their care home and moving back to their abandoned convent near Salzburg have been given leave to stay in the nunnery until further notice, church officials have said. The rebel sisters Bernadette, 88, Regina, 86, and Rita, 82, all former teachers at the school adjacent to their convent broke back into their old home of Goldenstein Castle in Elsbethen in September in defiance of their spiritual superiors.

What if your parents have no retirement savings? This is an issue that a Reddit user is currently dealing with. His parents are Baby Boomers who, he says, exhausted their funds five years ago - although they only told him when they were on the brink of homelessness. Because of health problems and age-related constraints that make work impossible, the user stepped in to support them and to manage their finances.

A Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) is the most popular form of a reverse mortgage. Insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), it allows cash-strapped seniors over the age of 62 to convert a portion of their home equity into cash, equal payments stretched out over a period of years, or a home equity line of credit, to use when the need arises.

"They said, 'Dr. K, we know what you are looking for, but, you know, we don't have any curry-serving facilities,'" she recalled.

If you're counting on Medicaid to pay for long-term nursing home care, the funds in your IRA may impact eligibility for coverage.