Past Due Bills
What if you find “Past Due” bills when you visit your parent(s)?
The Rejected Two-Day-Old Power of Attorney
When a person is still mentally sharp, have them sign a “Power of Attorney” where they nominate a first and alternate family member or friend to make financial and health decisions for them when they are unable to help themselves.
What Happened to Our Money?
Kathy was shocked when she read her mother’s bank statement. How could it be there was only $100 left? Where did the other $50,724 go? The family was planning to use the money to pay for care to assist Nancy, age eighty-six. She was having trouble walking and was so forgetful she could not be…
We Can’t Say No (And are Running out of Money)
That August Sunday, George and Alice were still distressed after the party the previous day. Now in their 80s, they had just celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in the back yard the day before. All the family was there: their three children Roberta, Wes, and Sara, seven grandkids, and four great-grands. The grandkids decorated the…