5 Quick Tips to Handle the Holidays!
My caregiving journey is challenging, but I do not journey alone, and my best is enough. Family Caregiver Holidays can be wonderful. And, holidays can be stressful – especially if…
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The Trip I Didn’t Plan – Packing my Bags for Caregiving
Small indicators are often the keys that open caregivers’ eyes to their parents decline. It is a new reality about their aging and no longer being able to manage their…
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Getting rid of the holiday blues
Q: For my entire life my mother has been consistent in making Christmas very special for me. She took great care in decorating the house and buying special presents for…
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Consider ability carefully before taking on full-time caregiving
Joan Hatem-Roy, Chief Executive Officer Q: My elderly mother now requires more care than community services are able to provide in her home. My siblings seem to think since I…
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Pfizer Employees Participate in Gift Giving for Our Elders
Employees from Pfizer of Andover MA have once again risen to the spirit of holiday giving with their Wish List project. This is the 4th year Elder Services of Merrimack…
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How a Grandchild Can Receive Social Security Disability Benefits Under Their Grandparents’ Benefits
Nationally there are more than 3 million grandparents who are raising and financially supporting their grandchildren, and that number is increasing every year. Grandparents who are receiving either Social Security…
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Pets can benefit elder owners
Joan Hatem-Roy, Chief Executive Officer Q: My elderly mother’s dog passed away several months ago. She sometimes forgets the dog is no longer here and she gets very upset when…
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Dividing assets among siblings
Joan Hatem-Roy, Chief Executive Officer Q: Over the last several years my parents would talk with me and my siblings, asking if there was any specific items in the house…
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What should we consider, when moving after retirement?
Joan Hatem-Roy, Chief Executive Officer Q: My husband and I will be able to retire within the next two years. Our children are grown and living in other areas of…
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Isolation due to weather can lead to a host of problems
Joan Hatem-Roy, Chief Executive Officer Q: I am in my seventies, live alone, am healthy and stay active for most of the year. The problem I face is living in…