Julie’s Blog

What exactly is therapeutic fibbing? When I first started working with the elderly, there was a practice of being very honest with people with dementia. Brutally honest. If they were calling for their mother, you would 'reorient' them and tell them their mother died...

This is a much better alternative to court I have written a few articles about siblings who don't help their aging parents. What happens when siblings, or even the parent themselves, disagrees about major decisions? It is time to call in an elder mediator. Just as a...

How you can be a little kinder toward the elderly. In the last few months our world has changed radically from what we once knew. No one could have guessed even in February of 2020 that we would have a global pandemic and mass demonstrations about race inequality at...

If a loved one died, would you have the resources needed to settle their estate? A relative of mine passed away suddenly of a heart attack in his early 50's. He was single and no one else knew what insurance company he used, which bank and brokerage firms he had...

Making sure your parents are safe is more difficult from out of town but it can be done. Your older parents may say they are "fine" but you suspect that is not true. If you think things are not as rosy as they claim but you live a drive or plane ride away, there are...

Four Solutions I once heard the saying, ”Why can one mother take care of four children, but four children cannot take care of one mother?” When it is time that a parent needs help and roles between parent and children are reversed, relationships between siblings can...