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Dementia Empowered: Confident Caregiving with Legal, Financial, and Daily Support

Does caring for an aging parent with dementia leave you feeling overwhelmed? Managing bills, using a power of attorney, and understanding the health care system is hard enough, but you may also be baffled by your family member"s behaviors. Dementia Empowered is a podcast helping family caregivers to navigate dementia care, overcome legal and financial challenges, and confidently support their loved ones. Your host, elder law attorney and dementia care coach Patrick Cawley, has worked with people

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Decisions You Make. Decisions Made for You.

Dementia Empowered: Confident Caregiving with Legal,... ·

2024/07/16

Certain decisions get made for you. How much control do you want over your life? If you know who you want to receive property from you when you pass away, you could make a choice and draft a will. If there are potential challenges that stand between you and achieving that goal, you can make different planning choices, probably involving a trust.People are walking around without making these choices for themselves. So the government makes decisions for them.Even for those who make decisions for

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44:13

Aging is a Legal Puzzle

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2024/07/09

When a former colleague called me from her nursing home bed, it was out of the blue. We hadn't spoken in years. The conversation covered a maze of legal issues. Here was a smart person being pressured by a non-attorney "Medicaid company" to sign an agreement for Medicaid planning. The Medicaid planning seemed to overlook important issues like my colleague's real estate and her goals for her estate. There are nursing facilities that partner with these "Medicaid companies" or directly tell residents

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44:27

Dementia is Not an Insult

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2024/07/01

The 2024 Presidential debate and the commentary that followed was discouraging for many reasons. One of the more disturbing aspects of the experience was how casually and heartlessly people lobbed the words "dementia" and "elder abuse" as insults at political opponents. A person living with dementia is undergoing brain changes. Skills are lost, but their humanity is not. When famous people have experienced dementia in the past, a more productive and educational conversation followed. That's what

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44:10

Family Caregiving While Working

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2024/06/24

When a co-worker announces that she will be taking maternity leave, there's a celebration. Of course her job is safe and there's a plan to cover for her while she's out. What happens when your Dad has a stroke and needs you for support and care?Employees are choosing in record numbers to retire early, pass up promotions, or find part-time work so that they can care for aging parents or spouses. Others cannot afford to stop working, so they burn the candle at both ends while juggling work and

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43:46

A Trip to the Hospital...Then What?

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2024/06/17

Going to the hospital is relatively common in the later years of life. If you fall and break a hip, you may have surgery and be admitted for a few days. What happens next? Can you recuperate at home, or do you need skilled rehab? Will you need home health or a home care agency to help you in your home? Just because a physician prescribes a medication or orders follow-up care does not mean that your insurance will automatically pay for it.There are many questions that arise about the next step for

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43:57

Taking Care of Your Feet

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2024/06/10

Your feet can send signals about a larger problem in the body. They can be the entryway for germs and infections. With good maintenance, your feet can keep you independent. In this episode, Dr. Jason Sweeley of Silver Spring Foot and Ankle discusses how to take good care of your feet in the later years of life.

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43:58

Driving in the Later Years of Life

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2024/06/03

Adult Child: "Dad, you're not safe to drive. We're taking away the car keys."Dad: "Like hell you are! I'm fine to drive!"Aging often comes with changes in eyesight, hearing, reaction time, memory, and the ability to multi-task. Certain conditions, such as diabetes or heart issues, can lead to sudden loss of consciousness. Adult children want to protect the safety and health of aging parents, and driving is a big concern. But driving is also a crucial part of a person's independence, dignity, and

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Parentcare: A Journey with Your Aging Parents

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2024/05/27

Adults are busy every day working, paying bills, planning for retirement, thinking about how their children are doing, and maintaining a relationship with their spouse or significant other. How many plan for the commitment of time, energy, and money to support an aging parent?If you ask your friends, the chances are good that some of them have had to help a parent to manage medications and doctor appointments, pay bills, and even to bathe and use the bathroom. Parentcare is so seldom discussed or

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44:21

A Transition in Where You Call Home

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2024/05/21

There comes a point for many older adults when maintaining a property is a burden they would prefer not to have. Maybe a person is concerned about safety when using stairs is necessary every day. Loneliness is reason enough for some people to make a transition to living in a community. With all of these good reasons for downsizing to a community setting, what holds people back? Stuff! Their personal belongings, furniture, holiday decorations, and all the other stuff in the house seem so

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44:25

On Whom Can We Rely?

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2024/05/14

The actor Bradley Cooper is producing a documentary called "Caregiving." He shares the lifelong admiration that he had for his father. When his father was dying from cancer, Bradley was a caregiver, even bathing his own father. Many adult children can identify with this stage of life. Some adult children will be unable to provide care for aging parents because of geographical distance, family or job responsibilities, or the extensive needs of the parent. While there are levels of care and

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44:25

Navigating Senior Living Options

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2024/05/06

Mom lives alone in her home. After Dad died, Mom is lonely, getting confused, and prone to falls. Dad managed the bills and household finances, and Mom is at a loss. For those of us who serve older adults, the red flags are piling up.The adult children may also be concerned, but they have no idea where to start with resources or living arrangements to support Mom. In this episode, Angela Merkel of Country Meadows Retirement Communities discusses the risks of living alone in the later years of

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44:27

Varicose Veins: Something to Worry About?

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2024/04/29

As the weather warms up and the shorts come out of storage, there will be a common sign of older adulthood on display: varicose veins. Those dark purple or blue lines on your legs have a fascinating story behind them. They are probably linked to your age because of what happens to valves inside the veins. They may be linked to your gender, your occupation, or your lifestyle.But for some people, the mind races to poor health outcomes. Do these veins mean that a heart attack or stroke is coming?

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Care Management for Stressed-Out Families

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2024/04/22

The so-called Sandwich Generation has a lot on its plate. They are adults who tend to their job responsibilities while raising children and giving those children the best start in life possible. They look after their parents who are getting older and becoming less independent as they used to be. When the parent starts needing a great deal of support, the adult child scrambles to monitor medications, pay the parent's bills, and ensure that the parent is safe and eating. The adult child in the

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What Would You Do If You Knew for Sure?

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2024/04/15

A fascinating study in England has found a significant link between performance on a simple visual exam and the eventual diagnosis of dementia. With emerging treatments to halt the progression of dementia being dependent on early detection, the most astounding part of the English study is that it detected patterns of dementia twelve years before a memory test would detect the disease. If the future will bring testing for dementia a decade or two before the symptoms become life-altering, an

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44:02

Figure It Out Now.

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2024/04/09

Planning for the later years of life is building a shield for yourself and your family. Building a shield necessarily means that you think about a threat or a challenge coming your way, you think about how you would like to protect yourself from that threat or challenge, and you take action to build something that will protect you.The costs and challenges of the later years of life are mostly predictable. There are tools in the legal toolbox that you can use to build your shield against these

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An Overview of Medicare

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2024/04/01

For most of our lives, we have employer-based health insurance. It's how we pay for doctor appointments, hospital visits, and labs. When you approach the end of your working years, there are some very important factors to consider because Medicare becomes your health insurance. The timing of your enrollment in Medicare is critical. Even after enrolling in Medicare, there are times during the year when you may wish to make a change in your coverage. The type of Medicare plan you choose may depend

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44:10

The Political Courage We Need

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2024/03/25

In challenging times, personal responsibility and political courage can prevent a catastrophe. What challenges are we facing? The population of people over the age of 65 is swelling. It is very likely that older adults will need long-term care. Long-term care is expensive and generally not covered by Medicare. So the hard-working Middle Class faces a financial disaster if a member of the household has a stroke, dementia, or any number of mobility-limiting conditions. Medicaid is the social

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45:08

Enrich Your Life with Service

Dementia Empowered: Confident Caregiving with Legal,... ·

2024/03/18

Psychologists call it "role theory." For every role you have -- parent, coach, friend, coworker -- there is a source of purpose and meaning in your life. Older adults tend to lose roles as they see children move out, they retire, and they become less involved in their community. Volunteering not only provides a new role and a new purpose for older adults, but also research shows that volunteers report lower levels of stress and greater amounts of life satisfaction. Volunteers report less

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44:05

Preventing Frailty of Body and Mind

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2024/03/11

Legal planning should address incapacity and protect your life savings from costly long-term care. But life planning should aim to extend the years of your independence and enjoyment of everything that brings you joy. It is very common for older adults to lose muscle mass and bone density, leaving them prone to life-altering injuries and unable to perform simple tasks like carrying groceries or laundry. Having the physical stability and strength to golf or play with grandchildren is just the

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Free Resources to Keep You Healthy and Independent

Dementia Empowered: Confident Caregiving with Legal,... ·

2024/03/05

In the practice of elder law, there is a long parade of people with chronic illnesses, cognitive decline, and impairments to their mobility. Good legal planning can make the necessary support and care much easier. But what if people could invest some time and energy in a program that prevented the decline in health from ever happening?In this episode, Amy Jacobs from the YMCA Center for Healthy Living explains the various programs that are offered free of charge to the community. These programs are

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