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It’s Medicare Open Enrollment – Understand the Process and Make Good Decisions

Every year from October 15th to December 7th, Americans over the age of 65 have the option to change their Medicare supplemental insurance. Anyone who has ever navigated the Open Enrollment process knows that this can be confusing. As the adult child of an aging parent, you would be well served to understand the process and recognize red flags. The Medicare Open Enrollment Period Generally, Americans turning 65 must apply [...]

By |2025-07-09T20:33:12+00:00October 3rd, 2024|Medicare|Comments Off on It’s Medicare Open Enrollment – Understand the Process and Make Good Decisions
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The Struggles of Tax Preparation with Elderly Clients

Is this scenario familiar to you? Your aging client did not provide you with the documentation you needed to meet the April 15th deadline, so you filed an extension. Now, the October 15th deadline is approaching, and you still don’t have the information that you need. Filing taxes is a complex task for many, but for elderly clients, the process can be particularly daunting. Let’s look at some scenarios we’ve [...]

By |2025-07-30T19:03:36+00:00August 30th, 2024|Resources for Professionals|Comments Off on The Struggles of Tax Preparation with Elderly Clients
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Simplifying Finances: Practical Tips for Staying Organized and Managing Money as You Age

As we age, it can be increasingly challenging to stay organized, manage finances, and keep up with responsibilities. Often, this can be attributed to a combination of cognitive, physical, and lifestyle factors that evolve over time, making tasks that were once routine feel more burdensome. Cognitive decline can make it harder to remember due dates for bills, keep track of important documents, and navigate technology. Physical health issues, such as [...]

By |2025-07-09T20:33:52+00:00August 8th, 2024|Daily Money Management|Comments Off on Simplifying Finances: Practical Tips for Staying Organized and Managing Money as You Age
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Getting the Most from Your Parents’ Long-Term Care Policy

Decades ago, your parents purchased a long-term care (LTC) policy. They have invested tens of thousands of dollars – or more – to give them the peace of mind that when and if they need it, the policy will cover the cost of their care. The policy has sat, untouched, for all this time and now your parents are ailing, and they are not sure how their policy works. It"'s [...]

By |2025-10-14T18:15:54+00:00July 9th, 2024|Long Term Care Insurance|Comments Off on Getting the Most from Your Parents’ Long-Term Care Policy
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Navigating the Digital World: Making Technology Work for You as an Older Adult

In this highly digital age, technology has become an integral part of daily life, offering numerous benefits that can significantly help older adults successfully age in place by enhancing health, quality of life, and social interactions. However, many seniors often find themselves hesitant or uncomfortable with using modern technology. This discomfort can stem from a range of factors, including a lack of familiarity, confusion over technical jargon and complex interfaces, [...]

By |2025-07-09T20:34:23+00:00June 10th, 2024|Technology|Comments Off on Navigating the Digital World: Making Technology Work for You as an Older Adult
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Beyond Estate Planning Documents: The Importance of Conversations between Clients and their Agents

A standard practice when drafting estate documents is for an attorney to ask their client to name someone they can trust to make important decisions including those regarding financial, legal, and healthcare matters when they are unable to do so for themselves. Of course, choosing the appropriate person is critical. But what happens when the client has no immediate family members or close friends available or nearby? It gets complicated. [...]

By |2025-07-30T19:04:07+00:00May 3rd, 2024|Resources for Professionals|Comments Off on Beyond Estate Planning Documents: The Importance of Conversations between Clients and their Agents
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Beyond Tidiness: Exploring the Essential Benefits of Spring Cleaning for Seniors

Spring cleaning is a time-honored tradition that becomes even more important as we age. In fact, there are numerous aging-in-place benefits beyond just neatening up your living space. Let’s look at how applying some elbow grease now can help you maintain your independence. Safety Clutter and disorganization can create perilous situations for seniors. Cords and loose rugs can become tripping hazards. Items tucked away on high shelves can induce a [...]

By |2025-07-09T20:34:58+00:00April 3rd, 2024|Organization|Comments Off on Beyond Tidiness: Exploring the Essential Benefits of Spring Cleaning for Seniors
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Navigate Sensitive Conversations: 10 Tips for Connecting with Aging Parents

You are seeing signs of decline. Maybe it’s a lack of sharpness remembering things. It could be unsteadiness on a flight of stairs. The alarms in your head tell you that you need to talk to your aging parent(s) about the realities of their future living and care situation before a crisis arises. It is rarely an easy conversation. But, to ensure that your parents can maintain their independence for [...]

By |2025-07-09T20:35:12+00:00March 11th, 2024|Conversations|Comments Off on Navigate Sensitive Conversations: 10 Tips for Connecting with Aging Parents
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Steps in the Journey to Age in Your Own Home

For many seniors, the ability to remain in their home for as long as possible is a priority. For some, the set up and supports may already be in place, but for others the question becomes how do you achieve it? Determining the feasibility and longevity of that goal is a multi-step process. It requires older adults and family members to analyze the current and future potential living conditions [...]

By |2025-07-27T20:42:21+00:00February 14th, 2024|Aging In Place|Comments Off on Steps in the Journey to Age in Your Own Home
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Embrace Independence: Introducing Our Aging in Place Consulting Service

Everything we do at Life Managers & Associates is dedicated to helping seniors maintain their independence. Advance planning is the key. Over the past twelve years of supporting older adults, we have experienced it all. We started in 2012 managing the administrative and organizational needs of our clients to make it easier for seniors to tackle day-to-day activities – enabling independence. During this time, we have seen families that have [...]

By |2025-07-30T19:05:56+00:00January 8th, 2024|Resources for Professionals|Comments Off on Embrace Independence: Introducing Our Aging in Place Consulting Service
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