Marital Relationships & Caregiving
Marital Relationships – Couples plan to retire and grow old together, however, this isn’t always the path life takes. What happens when one spouse accepts the responsibility of caring for another? What happens when caring for a spouse results in stress and illness for the healthy spouse? What are realistic expectations of care? How do couples navigate in sickness and in health? Find tips to prepare for uncertainty.
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My Spouse With Dementia Doesn’t Know Me
My spouse with dementia doesn't know me. “In sickness and in health, until death do us part” are words recited at marriage ceremonies with the expectation of a long happy marriage and golden retirement. Years pass raising children, pursuing careers, and moving here and there. Children ...
The Well Spouse
Interview With Lawrence Bocchiere, President, Well Spouse Association (podcast 12:43 playing time) Interview with Lawrence Bocchiere of the Well Spouse Association to discuss marital relationships and caregiving on The Caring Generation. Click the Play button below to listen: ...
Nostalgia: A Natural Anti-Depressant
How often do you think of "the good old days" or the "good times?" This experience, called nostalgia, often makes one feel good by recalling happy events. It's the idea of Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz clicking her red ruby slippers and repeating, "There's no place like home" wishing to be t...
Caregiver versus Playmate
“Until death do we part.” How realistic is this vow when care situations threaten the long term well-being of the healthy spouse? How does a significant health diagnosis affect re-marriages late in life? ...
Living Longer The Paradox of Health and Retirement
By Pamela D. Wilson, CSA, MS, BS/BA, CG Few people I know openly talk about waiting for the grim reaper to show up at the door. Conversely the subject is daily conversation for many of my clients who are older, have several chronic health conditions and are just plain tired of living, rath...
Medicaid Protecting Assets Through Divorce
By Pamela D. Wilson, MS, BS/BA, CSA, NCGFinancial issues, especially those involving health care issues, become more prominent as we age. Divorces due to impending Medicaid or long term care issues due to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and multiple sclerosis with high costs of care are becom...
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