Keystone Blog
Grandchildren and Gifts
From the moment your child broke the news about a baby on the way, you welled up with excitement, love, and hope. During the baby’s first year, you were captivated by smiles, first steps, and the appearance of features that looked just like you. The bond...
Nourishing Hope for 2021 and Beyond Part II
How strong is your hope for 2021? How about for your twilight years? As we discussed last week https://keystoneelderlaw.com/nourishing-hope-for-2021-and-beyond/, hope is more than just wishful thinking. Hope for your future involves having a vision, feeling...
Nourishing Hope for 2021 and Beyond
2020 was a turbulent year. As we open a new calendar, we have a natural inclination to view this alteration in the date as an opportunity for a fresh start. Somehow, the advancement of one number in the marker of time we call a year makes it easier to place certain...
10 Tips for the Baby Boomer
Are you at least 57 and not older than 77? If so, you are a Baby Boomer. This message is for you. As a person in the middle of the baby boomer generation, I refer to all of us as “middle aged.” Some of us have not yet retired, or maybe never will. Even the...
Are Your Holidays Missing Their Happy?
Is Your Holiday Missing Its Happy? 2020 has been a turbulent year both personally and professionally for many people. Losses of loved ones, jobs, and homes may have occurred. Changes to our usual daily and holiday routines have left us distressed, angry, depressed, or...
Caregiving Stress: When the Children Don’t Notice
Holiday season is often a time when out-of-town children visit their parents for the first time in a while and notice that one of their parents has declined since they last saw them, and caregiving stress is improving. COVID-19 has made traveling more difficult for...
Mental Health and Legal Planning
While the festive decorations go up, carols play, and warm greetings arrive from friends in the mail, there are usually reminders that the holiday season is not a happy time for everyone. For some people, holidays are a reminder of loved ones lost or a trigger...
Family Caregivers Deserve Our Gratitude
2020 has provided all of us with a greater appreciation for the presence of loved ones in our lives, familiar routines, and financial stability. These aspects of daily life may regularly require adjustment for individuals serving as family caregivers. A...
Planning for Loved Ones With Special Needs
Parents and grandparents devote a considerable amount of their time and life savings to making sure that their children and grandchildren live the best possible life. Often the care provided by a parent or grandparent continues well after a child becomes an...
Dementia and its Shadow of Grief
Last week’s column discussed the concept of loss and our response of grief to the absence of someone or something important to us ( https://keystoneelderlaw.com/end-of-life/grief-and-the-path-forward/ ). There are some situations in life which cause grief which is...
