Our new aging parents community site has just launched and we're very excited about all the possibilities.

We have set up a forum where we can all go in and talk about those things that matter the most to us.

Let's face it. Taking care of our parents is not easy. In fact, the challenges are almost astronomical at times.

But together we can help each other.

Do you have a problem and you need help?

Come on over to the Aging Parents Authority Community Site and tell us about it.

Aging Parents Community Site

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Caregiving Journey Changed My Life | Caring & Sharing – For eleven years I pleaded with my elderly father to allow a caregiver to help him with my ailing mother, but after 55 years of loving each other – he adamantly insisted on taking care of her himself. Every caregiver I hired to help him …

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• How to Help Aging Parents With Respect Being respectful of your aging parents is sometimes hard, especially if they are being a little "childish" at the moment. However, there are ways we can still tactfully get the necessary jobs done without raising the anger meter. One example is to go with our aging parents to doctors' appointments......
• Finances and Your Aging Parents Image via Wikipedia Finances is a subject you may not want to discuss with your aging parents.  However, there are many issues you need to be thinking about before a crisis hits your family.  You need to know about your parents' bills and investments as well as helping them......
• 3 Steps for Smoothing Your Aging Parent's Move to Your Household Sometimes guaranteeing  that your aging parents  receive the very best attention means  moving  them in with you.How can you make such a move smooth and pleasant?  1. Prepare a private room, or rooms, for your parent.This is  just as important for everyone else in the household as it is for your  aging......
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• Great Holiday Gift - Help Your Parents Get Off Junk Mail Lists. Know what your parents could really use this year for a holiday gift? Help stemming the flow of junk mail and credit card offers that stuff up their mailbox day after day! There are a lot of people out there who just toss this stuff every day, not knowing that......
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• Personal Greater Good In our spiritual darkness class, I like to encourage people to speak freely, but it is not a venue for bashing on anyone or criticizing how they deal with things. I will try to offer only constructive advice and will try to keep it relevant/asked for. Unlike many other spiritual groups,......
• Special Needs Kids: Tips for Choosing a Pediatric Home Care Agency It is a stressful time for parents of a child with special needs when the child has been ill, hospitalized, or finally coming home for the very first time. The nurse case manager may be a wealth of information but it can also be very overwhelming for parents. Here are......