by Doug Jones | Apr 27, 2022 | Estate Planning, Family Care
For Those Wanting to Craft Their Future Care Road Map Today I want to talk about making a plan. As Caregivers, our lives are often beyond hectic. Without a making a plan, we are virtually begging for failure. Before I share our new concept of making a plan, I want to...
by Doug Jones | Jan 26, 2022 | Articles, Family Care
The Unwelcomed Surprise We Didn’t See Coming Let me preface this discussion with a disclaimer. I’m not a doctor and have no medical training at all. I’m just reporting on a phenomenon that I see almost daily in our elder law practice and am reflecting on some of the...
by Doug Jones | Jan 12, 2022 | Articles, Family Care, The In-Between Zone
How a journal can help those in the “In-Between Zone” One thing that I like about modern technology is email. Email is a sort of modern day journal. Emails can store memories, receipts, plane tickets, and so much more. Recently I was reading my “email...
by Doug Jones | Jan 5, 2022 | Family Care, Tips for Family Caregivers
Helping Loved Ones in the In-Between Zone We hope that you had a great Christmastime and a very Happy New Year! Many of you spent Christmastime with Loved Ones, eating Christmas turkey, opening presents and just enjoying the day. Perhaps you spent a part of your day...
by Doug Jones | Nov 6, 2021 | Articles, Estate Planning, Family Care
Nobody wants to think about the end, so preplanning is often bypassed. But, what do you do when you are caring for a parent who is beginning to decline? The first step is often to help them get the best quality of care that they need at this Journey Stop in their...
by Doug Jones | Oct 18, 2021 | Family Care, Tips for Family Caregivers
Planning for the Worst when Mom is already Worried Susan’s Mom is worried… What follows is a fictional (but very typical) situation that we see every week. Susan’s Mom told Susan that she was worried as to what would happen if she developed Alzheimer’s....