Stages In Senior Care and Your Parents’ Home

Are you the adult child of an aging parent, concerned about what options are available for your senior parent as they show signs of needing help living at home?  Are you wondering what resources are available to assist them to continue to live in their home  with safety and comfort or is it time to sell the family home and have them move into a Continuous Care Retirement Community or another senior residential setting?  What is the right timing and how will you approach an important conversation with Mom or Dad?

As a Senior Real Estate Specialist (SRES), I am a member of the Santa Clara County Senior Rountable where I find answers and to make contact with some resource providers available to families (adult children and their aging parents) in Saratoga, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, Campbell and adjacent communities.

Today I met with blogger Skip Frenzel with Agape Long Term Care, and he recommended a book written by Paul and Lori Hogan entitled  Stages of Senior Care.  He said the book is “a must read for anyone involved in caregiving.”  The book discusses the expanding array of options today and how to get started.  Often adult children and their aging parents are in denial about the need for help, but many others just don’t know where to turn.

I am most interested in people making informed, good decisions.  Maybe they need to sell their home soon; maybe not.  First, understand the options – call me to help you contact more resources or to discuss their situation.  When the time is right, let me help you help your parents make the best move – it’s a family thing.

Rick Bonetti | SRES | Alain Pinel Realtors | 408-857-88000

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