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Helping Your Aging Parents Help Themselves (Step Two)
"THE 2-STEP PROCESS TO AGREEMENT" consists of 1) helping your Vicky-D's (your aging parents) determine what they want and 2) helping them get it. A process by which, rather than you trying to convince them to do what's in their best interest, you help them convince themselves to want to do what's in their best interest - ideally the same thing!

Talking With Your Aging Parents About Planning For the Future
Have you tried to get your elderly parent(s) to discuss their legal documents only to get the response "Don't worry, I'm leaving everything to you." - or you can't get them to talk at all? If so, you're not alone!

Taking Control of Eldercare Paperwork
As an eldercaregiver, do you feel like you're playing "Whack-a-Mole" at a carnival but without the cool prize? Every time you get one issue under control such as managing your elderly parent's finances, maintaining their home, dealing with their driving (or driving them), another one pops up? If so, you're not alone.

Recognizing the Clues to Your Aging Parents' Situation
Singing Christmas carols, lighting Hanukkah candles, roasting chestnuts by a roaring fire - things most of us will be doing in the next few weeks. This is also the time of year when we see parents and other aging loved ones that we may not have the opportunity to see the rest of the year.
Keeping in Touch: How to Avoid Return to Sender
I've always been a big postcard sender and this vacation was no exception! Watching me write the cards, one of the friends with whom I was traveling, a woman in her 80's, mentioned how sad it is that she's lost contact with many of her friends over the past several years. She said she doesn't know if her friends are sick, have passed away, or moved, and she doesn't know how to find out.
Elder Caregiving: Oy, The Guilt Already!
Are you giving everything you've got and then some to be a caregiver for an aging loved one and still feeling guilty that you're not doing more? If so, welcome to the club!! Not a club you want to be a member of? Then here are some suggestions that will help you out.

Communication that Works with Aging Parent or Older Clients
Do you want to open the lines of communication with your parents? Do you sell products or services to seniors and want the most effective communication possible?

Become an Organized Caregiver: Master the Art of Herding Cats
Recently I received a call from a woman who attended my Balancing Work & Eldercare Needs seminar about a year ago asking if I would email or fax to her the information on "Mastering the Master Schedule". Apparently, with 2 kids entering middle school, she was feeling overwhelmed - much the same way she did when taking care of her father - like she was herding cats! She said she remembered how much the master schedule had helped her and her sister organize their father's care and thought it would be perfect to get her children's schedule under control, too!!

Basic Eldercare Realities
I always say that for the best results, talk early and often with your aging loved so you can resolve your eldercare issues by choice, not crisis. The earlier you start talking, the easier it is to get plans in place. The better the planning, the easier it will be for them and you in the long term.
Elder Caregiving: How to Help Family Members with Denial
Family members get so frustrated that their aging parents or their siblings are in denial. "How can they not see it?" Some people think those in denial don't see the situation clearly because they don't want to. I don't think that's it.
What’s Complaining Really About?
What I have noticed is that many of us confuse being responsible with feeling accountable. How do we do that? Let’s begin with clarifying the distinction between both qualities.

Smart Women Know, Commit and Practice Their Values
This article is about getting clear on what your values are in your life right now. Knowing where you want to spend your time and who you want to spend it with. Practicing them on a regular basis. It empowers you and helps you feel more in control of your life.

The 'Booming' Franchise Industry- Franchises That Cater to Baby Boomers
As the nation's population of baby boomers approach retirement, they are finding themselves with financial security and the luxury of free time. Their children are grown and they are embarking on a new chapter in their lives. Many are devoting time to traveling and taking better care of themselves. As they embrace their new lifestyle, they are discovering new wants and needs. Frequently, the products and services provided by franchises are meeting those needs.

Ideal Jobs for Baby Boomers
Seventy-eight million baby boomers will be considering retirement in the next 5-15 years and they are reinventing what it means to be "old" and still working. Now is the time to think about what it is you truly want in your working experience to make this transition easier and without confusion or frustration.
A Matter of Trust
Trust is the basis for all successful leaders and all successful relationships for that matter. You cannot buy trust, but it is free. Trust is priceless yet can be earned over time. Have you ever tried to request someone’s trust? Maybe it was a team member, customer or a colleague. You may have wanted a decision to be made in your favor. To overcome some initial disagreement and expedite the decision making process, you might resort to “Hey, just trust me!” That statement is worthless. Either the other party already trusted you based on your past actions or they did not trust you and your request won’t change that. Trust is not spoken, it is demonstrated. Trust cannot be requested, it must be earned.

The Essential Key to Managing Stress
How do you know you are stressed? For most of us, we can tell by our mood and behaviour. For others, the symptoms may be less obvious. Here are some signs and symptoms to be on the look out for and the ONE thing needed to manage your stress effectively.

Be Here Now
We're overloaded, overworked and over stimulated. Join Eileen as she discusses the four truths about time and offers some tips for staying sane and staying present despite our overwhelming schedules.
Full Time Home Based Jobs
How would you like to work from home? No hustling out the door 10 minutes late, no fighting your road rage or battling for the last seat on train, no fast food lunch and no noisy co-workers. Sounds like heaven doesn't it?
How to have financial conversations with your parents
Having a will and a final plan in place is recommended as soon as we enter into adulthood. Or at the very least, when a major life event has occurred such as a marriage, birth of a child or maybe even an inheritance. As depressing as tackling issues related to our own mortality is, it’s a given and it’s better to deal with these issues sooner rather than later.

Banish The Fear of Selling Forever
If your franchise prospects and franchisees are like most…they are lacking the ‘selling gene’. Here are 2 steps guaranteed to give your franchisees the courage they need to begin getting comfortable with selling…immediately.

Other aging parents Related Articles

The (Aging) Parent Trap
When people think about midlife (and the crises that surround it), they don't always consider their unique relationship with their aging parents. That adds a whole other dimension to the mix!
Helping Your Aging Parents Help Themselves (Step Two)
"THE 2-STEP PROCESS TO AGREEMENT" consists of 1) helping your Vicky-D's (your aging parents) determine what they want and 2) helping them get it. A process by which, rather than you trying to convince them to do what's in their best interest, you help them convince themselves to want to do what's in their best interest - ideally the same thing!

Recognizing the Clues to Your Aging Parents' Situation
Singing Christmas carols, lighting Hanukkah candles, roasting chestnuts by a roaring fire - things most of us will be doing in the next few weeks. This is also the time of year when we see parents and other aging loved ones that we may not have the opportunity to see the rest of the year.
Caring for Aging Parents: How Do I Know the Right Thing to Do?
I get asked this question a lot from my Generational Coaching clients: When making decisions for my aging parent, how do I know what is the right thing to do? The first question you will always ask is “What is in the best interest of my aging loved one”?

Elder Caregiving: How to Help Family Members with Denial
Family members get so frustrated that their aging parents or their siblings are in denial. "How can they not see it?" Some people think those in denial don't see the situation clearly because they don't want to. I don't think that's it.
Parents Can Accelerate their Children's Ability to Learn
Parents can accelerate their children's ability to learn and resolve conflict constructively - by mastering the Skills of Listening. Will Rogers accurately describes the fact that most parents have never evaluated their ability to listen to their children. He says, "The trouble with people is not what they know. It's what they know that ain't so." The fact is that 95% of parents may not listen to their children.
You Have the Right to Age...Grace-fully!
You Have the Right to Age Grace-Fully! When did America become a nation afraid of aging? I worry about what we're teaching our children about growing old and our acceptance of aging...with grace...fully! I remember my beautiful grandmother. When she laughed, the world sang! She didn't have silicone breasts or a botoxed forehead, and when she gave me a kiss it didn't feel like it came from a swollen sucker fish! As a grandmother myself now, I think the best aspect of aging is perspective. It allows you to approach life with grace. I am much calmer now and seem to have more

How to Cripple Your Kids
We've been hearing more about “helicopter parents” in the last few years. Is this just a healthy concern for the well-being of our children? Can we help them be excellent by giving them all our time, advice and resources? Well, unfortunately it’s pretty easy to show that students with helicopter parents tended to be “less open to new ideas and actions, as well as more vulnerable, anxious and self-consciousness, among other factors, compared with their counterparts with more distant parents.
The Quest for the Mythical Fountain of Youth
Just like Ponce de Leon and the search for the mythical Fountain of Youth, big things are happening in regenerative medicine and anti-aging technologies, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post as it will reveal that clinical evidence is mounting that human aging can be arrested or reversed with drugs that induce telomerase production.
A Problem with Today\\\\\\\'s Parenting
Many parents try to be far better parents than their parents were, yet their children grow up feeling lost and empty. Discover why in this article.
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