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Caregiving

9 Tools Families Use to Track and Share Power-of-Attorney Paperwork Between Siblings

No app replaces a properly executed power of attorney, but a secure shared folder, a family document vault, or an…

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Caregiving

10 Signs a Sibling’s Power of Attorney May Need a Closer Look

A sibling holding power of attorney is worth a closer look, not an accusation, when you notice unexplained financial changes,…

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Caregiving, Death, Dementia, Mental health, Uncategorized

How Frontotemporal Dementia Differs From Alzheimer’s, and Why It Changes the Money and the Legal Timeline

If you have been told your parent has early Alzheimer’s and almost nothing you are watching matches that, this page…

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Caregiving, Death, Dementia, Mental health, Uncategorized

Protect Your Soul: What to Do When Caregiving Is Eroding Who You Are

You do not recognize the woman in the mirror anymore. Not in the way people mean when they talk about…

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Caregiving, Death, Dementia, Mental health, Uncategorized

Can Siblings Share Power of Attorney? Joint, Several and Successor Appointments, and What Each One Costs a Family

You have just been told you cannot see your own mother, and the paperwork your brother is holding says he…

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Caregiving, Death, Dementia, Mental health, Uncategorized

Can a Sibling With Power of Attorney Legally Stop You Seeing Your Parent?

This is one of the most painful questions families ask me, and it never arrives on its own. Somebody is…

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Caregiving, Death, Dementia, Mental health, Uncategorized

Which Texas Senior Assistance Programs Do You Qualify For, and in What Order to Apply

There is a list of programs open in a browser tab right now, and it is long, and every one…

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Caregiving, Death, Dementia, Mental health, Uncategorized

What Free Services for Seniors Actually Exist in Texas, and How to Spot the Ones That Are Not

When money is tight and the caregiving has already taken over your week, the word free does something to your…

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Caregiving, Death, Dementia, Mental health, Uncategorized

Which Texas Programs Actually Pay a Family Member to Care for a Parent?

You have cut your hours, turned down work, or left a job outright, and the household has absorbed that quietly….

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Caregiving, Death, Dementia, Mental health, Uncategorized

Is CDPAP Available in Texas? No, and Here Is the Program That Actually Is

If you have been searching for CDPAP in Texas and getting nowhere, there is nothing wrong with your searching. CDPAP…

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Caregiving, Death, Dementia, Mental health, Uncategorized

Applying for Texas Nursing Home Medicaid: How the Process Works, and Where Families Get Caught

Somebody in your family has ended up as the one holding the folder, and it is you. Nobody asked whether…

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Caregiving, Death, Dementia, Mental health, Uncategorized

Does Texas Medicaid Cover In-Home Care? How to Get and Keep the Hours

Yes, Texas Medicaid covers in-home care through 4 programs. How to get the hours for a parent with dementia, keep them at reassessment, and who helps.

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