Dealing with loved ones who become disabled carries a number of stresses and concerns for family members. These people can no longer care for themselves and may need a great deal of help doing the most basic daily tasks. They may not even be able to make decisions for themselves. When this happens, guardianship may …
You may have heard the statistic that 50 percent of marriages end in divorce. This statistic is true, and remains stable, but here’s an additional statistic that the base numbers don’t show: divorce among those over the age of 50 has doubled over the 20-year period between 1990 and 2010. 600,000 people over the age …
The further we get into the digital information age, it seems, the more opportunities there are for unscrupulous individuals to take advantage of innocent people. Elders are particularly at risk for these schemes and scams, as they haven’t grown up with the technology of the day and tend to be more trusting and less suspicious …
