Aging Parents & Inheritance: When a House Isn't Worth The Caregiver Cost
The Caring Generation®: Family Caregiving Expert Advice & TipsShow Notes
The promise of owning an elderly parent's home may be attractive for family caregivers. Caring for aging parents may involve more work than you think, especially if a parent has dementia or Alzheimer's. Along with being a caregiver, you may give up income, health insurance, retirement savings, a social life, and the right to call your own shots because of depending on an elderly parent for income and a place to live.
Trading your life to care for a parent, with a future promise to own real estate, may not be practical if your parent needs the home's equity for a reverse mortgage to pay their bills or to sell the home to pay for assisted living, memory care, or nursing home care. It's impossible to predict the future, and a promise today may need to be broken tomorrow.
So while giving up a job or career to live with and care for parents might seem like a good plan, caregiving expert, educator, and consultant Pamela D. Wilson offers caregiver advice to help families have practical discussions about family caregiver strategies and elder care.
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