Taxation & Estate Planning

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Shambala Sun , the Buddhist magazine, focuses their recent issue on caregiving and illness. They have an audiodownload by Frank Ostaseki whose mission is to seed "our culture with innovative approaches to end-of-life care that reaffirm the spiritual dimensions of dying."  On July 6th he will be taking questions from people about caregiving and practicing with an illness. 

There was a recent article about the beneficial effects of relaxation techniques and Montessori methods on people with Alzheimer's and dementia.  This article goes into more detail on what Montessori methods are and how they can be used when working with people with Alzheimer's.  (Thanks to AgeInPlace.com for pointing the article out to me.)

Babyboomer Knowledge Center has a recent article on talking to your parents about when to stop driving.  Given all the talk in Massachusetts about retesting older drivers, you may be having this conversation sooner than you think. 

AgeWiseLiving, a fantastic resource for caregivers, offers a caregiver success kit along with teleseminars, and a radio show.  I will be speaking on the show on July 29th about guardianships so subscribe to my site (by putting your email address into the box on the right) to get notification of the show. 

And remember the instructions by the flight attendants to "put on your own oxygen mask before helping someone else with theirs."  Take time for yourself every day and don't wait to ask for help when you need it.