A death in the family is one of the most stressful events you will experience. As you grieve, you face multiple administrative tasks. First, you must make final arrangements. Then you go through probate to settle your loved one’s affairs. And in between, you manage the many little details following a death. However, if you use a checklist for death in the family, you can manage all these responsibilities.
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Are you a caregiver for your aging parents? At the very least, are you concerned about them as they age? Wouldn’t it be lovely to help your parents without any objections?
As if! What if you have stubborn aging parents?
When talking with your parents about aging issues and suggesting help for them you will most likely have many “brick wall moments.” This is when a reasonable suggestion or a suggestion made from a place of love is met with strenuous resistance, to put it mildly.
Either the parent puts up a brick wall and won’t entertain the idea. Or you will want to hit your head against a brick wall in frustration. Oftentimes, both are true.
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Are you a caregiver for your aging parents? At the very least, are you concerned about them as they age?
Oftentimes, children want to help their parents but the parents won’t communicate with them on what they need. When children want to help their aging parents plan for the future, they are met with resistance or “Brickwall Moments.”
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