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Navigating Elderly Parents | Elderly Care, Senior Living, Caregivers, Elderly Care, Age In Place, Advocacy

Trina Gonzalez - Elder Care Planning Specialist, Faith-Led Advocate

Does it feel like the script has flipped?Instead of your parents worrying about you, you’re the one worrying about them. Siblings may be hands-off or missing in action, and the weight falls on you. You’re double-checking their bills, wondering what would happen if they fell when no one was around — or worse, if they hurt someone while driving. Deep down, you want to honor their wish to stay at home, but you also worry about their safety and independence. I get it — it’s a lot, and sometimes it feels

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36. Send Me the Power of Attorney: Why a Parent's...

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2026/10/05

You are helping your elderly parent with an insurance problem, and the agent who always handled things is gone. The new agent sees a note on the account but does not know you, so they won't share much. Then you hear it: "Can you just send me the power of attorney?" I lived this while advocating for a client, and it took a few phone calls and a three-way call to get it settled.In this episode I tell you the story and why a verbal OK from your aging parent does not hold up. Permission given to one

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35. Hospitals Don't Talk to Each Other. Here Are 3...

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2026/09/28

This week my mom woke up in the middle of the night with her heart fluttering, and we ended up in the ER. She's okay now, but sitting in that waiting room, I learned something that honestly shocked me. I always assumed that once your parent walks into a hospital, all their records just show up. Every doctor sees everything. It's all connected. That is not true, not even close, and if you don't know it yet, you need to before you're standing where I was standing.In this episode I walk through

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34. Your mom fell, the ER just called. Do You Need...

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2026/09/21

Your mom fell and hit her head. Now the ER is calling. Do you need a power of attorney on file?Your dad slipped, hit his head, and he's in the ER while you're hours away. Will the hospital even tell you what's going on? Do you need power of attorney on file, or is it already too late? In this episode, a registered nurse pulls back the curtain on how hospitals really find and involve family in an emergency. Who gets the call, who gets left out, and the one thing that decides whether you're in the

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33. Someone Could Steal Your Parent's Deed, Here's...

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2026/09/14

Have you seen the commercials promising to lock down your parents' title? Deed fraud has become an epidemic, and the people behind it aren't always strangers. Sometimes it's someone in your parent's own circle, a neighbor, a caregiver, even a family member, who takes advantage once trust is built. Once a deed gets changed, someone else can take ownership of the home outright, move into it, or borrow against it, and by the time you find out, the damage is already done.Here's the part that actually

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32. Senior Living Secrets Part 2: What to Watch After...

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2026/09/07

Your parent just moved into assisted living. You exhaled. And then you realized nobody told you what happens next. Who manages the medications? What are those bed rails actually for? What does a blood clot look like in an elderly person and when do you call 911? The move is just the beginning of a different kind of watching. In part two, Cassandra Plaisir, a registered nurse and ALF consultant with 18 years in long-term care and regulatory compliance, walks us through what daughters need to know

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31. Senior Living Secrets: What They Won't Tell You...

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2026/08/30

If you're staring down the decision to move your mom or dad into senior living, nobody warns you about the stuff that actually matters. Nobody tells you what bedrails are for, who handles diabetic management and insulin, or what happens if your parent needs colostomy care, catheter care, or help with basic ADLs like bathing, dressing, and grooming. You just know you're scared, you feel guilty, and you don't know what questions to even ask.That's why I sat down with Cassandra Plaisir, a registered

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30. When Your Elderly Parent Says "I'm Ready to Check...

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2026/08/24

Your 90 year old mom looks at you and says it plainly. "I'm tired and I'm ready to check out." What do you even say back? Most families never get this far. They avoid the conversation altogether, or they only have it in the middle of a crisis, guessing at what their parent really wants because nobody asked while there was still time. That's exactly the gap today's guests spend their careers closing. Dr. Gary Lee, a hospice and palliative care physician, and Pastor Larry Wildemuth, a hospital

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29. Aging Parent, Far Away Daughter: Where to Start...

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2026/08/17

"I'm feeling a bit more empowered now." That's what my client told me after our coaching call. Her mom lives alone in France while she is in Canada. Like a lot of daughters watching a parent age from far away, she came into the call thinking distance meant she couldn't really help.This episode is that actual coaching call. We work through what questions to ask a parent who insists she's fine, what you can realistically do from thousands of miles away, and how to bring up money with siblings without

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28. Hearing Aids for Aging Parents: Is the TV Really...

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2026/08/10

Is your parent's TV always too loud? Do they say "what?" more than they used to? Hearing loss in elderly parents is one of those things everyone notices and nobody wants to talk about, until it can't be ignored anymore. In this episode I get personal about my own two ear surgeries and what it finally took to get my own mom tested. So what's the real difference between an amplifier and a hearing aid, and which one should you actually start with? I break down the options, the costs, and the one simple

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27. Six Weeks, One Infection: Advocating for Your...

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2026/08/03

My mom just had surgery and started noticing something wasn't healing right. When she called the office, the front desk told her there were no appointments for six weeks, until September, and only the surgeon who did the procedure could see her. She's eighty two. She was worried, she was doing everything right, and the system still told her no.So we pushed back. I explained exactly what we did, from getting the photo the office had requested (something she couldn't do herself, since it was a spot

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26. Will Your Aging Parent Lose Their License Over a...

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2026/07/27

That letter from the DMV lands in the mailbox and your stomach drops. Your elderly parent's license needs a vision recheck before it renews, and your mind jumps straight to the worst case: is this the end of driving for them, and the start of a much harder conversation?But is it actually the end? There's one word in that letter that changes the whole story, and most families never stop to ask what it really means before the panic sets in. In this episode I unpack it, along with what actually

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25. Caregiver? This Free Tool Just Found 129 Elderly...

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2026/07/20

If your parents are getting older, you've probably had that quiet, nagging thought: how are they going to pay for everything they need? Between food, medical costs, and the day-to-day of just living safely, it's easy to feel like you're supposed to have all the answers, especially when you're the daughter everyone looks to.Here's the good news. There's a free, government-backed tool called BenefitsCheckup.org, from the National Council on Aging, that does a huge chunk of that research for you. Type

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24. 5 Places to Update Your Elderly Parents Emergency...

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2026/07/13

Picture this: something happens to your mom or dad today. Would paramedics know her medical conditions? Would anyone know who to call? Most families never think about it until they're standing in the middle of it, scrambling for answers no one has. Today I'm walking you through five places to update your parent's emergency information, so the right people can find it the moment they need it. It's about an hour of your time, and it could change how quickly your parent gets help in a crisis. You don't

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23. Blind at 85 and Thriving Alone — Independent...

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2026/07/06

If your elderly parent is losing their sight and still living alone, are you lying awake wondering if they are safe — or are you already assuming the only answer is moving them in with you? Alma is 85 years old, has had vision problems since she was nine months old, manages her own insulin and medications without help, and is thriving in independent living. She is not isolated. She is not struggling. She is the one welcoming the new residents and organizing the pancake breakfast run to church. This

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22. Agotamiento al Descanso: Nuestra Historia del...

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2026/06/29

¿Y si la respuesta para que tu mamá o papá pudiera quedarse en casa por más tiempo viniera de un lugar que nunca hubieras imaginado? Hoy estoy sentada con mi propia cuñada Marlene y su mamá, mi Abuela, para contarles cómo nuestra familia dijo que sí al centro de día para adultos mayores — y lo que pasó después. Porque las familias que navegan este camino no siempre hablan un solo idioma, y el amor tampoco. Antes del centro de día, Abuela estaba agotada y sin fuerzas — cuidando a Abuelo las 24 horas

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21.Caregiver Burnout to Rest: Our Adult Day Care Story

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2026/06/24

If you've ever wondered whether adult day care is really worth it — or even where to begin — this episode is going to answer that in the most personal way possible. I sat down with my own sister-in-law Marlene and her mom, my Abuela, to talk about the moment our family said yes to adult day care for Abuelo — and what happened next. Because the families navigating this journey don't always speak one language, and neither does the love that drives us to show up for our parents. Before adult day care,

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20. Adult Day Care: What It Is, What It Costs, and...

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2026/06/22

Is your aging parent living independently — but spending too much time alone, isolated, with nothing to do and nobody around? You are showing up, checking in, worrying — and you know it is not sustainable. In this episode, I am breaking down adult day care: what it actually is, how it works, what it costs, and why it might be the missing piece in your parent's care plan that nobody told you about. I also share a personal story — people I love, people who have been in my life for twenty-five years —

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19. He Said No. She Planned Anyway. The Truth About...

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2026/06/20

Your mom or dad is stubborn. The decline is real. And you are out here trying to plan for their future while they insist they don't need help yet.Dottie was married 55 years. Her husband was strong, independent, and not exactly the type to ask for help. When Parkinson's and a stroke changed everything, like so many of our parents, he struggled to accept that things were changing. But Dottie kept planning anyway. In this episode, she shares how her family navigated senior living options together,

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18. Your Aging Parent Needs a Dog. The...

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2026/06/08

What if the simplest upgrade to your parent's health, mood, and daily routine weighed six pounds and had strong opinions about walk routes? Sounds ridiculous. Except it's not. The research on dogs and aging adults is actually wild and if you haven't heard the numbers yet, you are going to want to sit down.In this episode we are getting into the surprisingly powerful case for getting your elderly parent a dog — or maybe a cat, because the cat stat almost made me fall off my chair — and why this one

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17. How Faith is Aging in Place at 102 yrs! Elderly...

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2026/06/01

Have you ever looked at someone who is thriving in their 90s or beyond and wondered — what are they doing that we're not? Today's episode is one of those rare conversations that will leave you encouraged, challenged, and maybe even inspired to pick up the phone and call your mom or dad.I sat down with my neighbor, Faith — who is now 102 years old — and she is sharp, warm, full of life, and absolutely overflowing with wisdom. She still walks every day, arranges flowers at her church mission, and

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