This is a Guest Post by Vera Kessler of Beth Abraham Family of Health Services. No one told U.S. baby boomers what life had in store for them. According to a Pew Research Center report, approximately 9.75 million baby boomers are simultaneously juggling the responsibilities of caring for both their children and their aging parents, [...]
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Posted in Family, Wills on Apr 15th, 2010
Last week, Miri Rossitto did a guest post about Baby Boomers and Funeral Planning. It got me to thinking about my own way of being disposed of when the great silence finally overtakes me. I had always planned on a Viking Funeral. You know, when they put your body in a boat, set it afire [...]
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Posted in Family, Parents on Sep 1st, 2009
As baby boomers get older, so do our parents. And at some point in time our parents will no longer be able to make even the simplest decisions for themselves. This is where we step in. A lot of times we have to decide what might be best for them (even though they don’t like [...]
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