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At Western Care Partners, we continually strive to support and educate our clients on how to handle many of the challenges we face as our loved ones age. We hope you find our blog informative! Please contact us with questions on how we can further help you and your loved ones throughout life.
The 5 Most Common Questions I’m Asked about Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security
Let’s start with the premise that there are no stupid questions. Just like with elementary school, the question you have is probably the same one
The Effects of Holding Yourself Up
He couldn’t find his way out of a paper-bag much less his own chair but the guy could still turn a bowl. My client had
Being Intergenerational: Relating to our Past, Present & Future Selves
On a very crowded spring trail, I heard a voice behind me. “Grandma! Grandma!” I had just passed a 6-year old girl with pink sunglasses,
The Promise that Can’t be Kept: An Ombudsman’s Perspective
“But I promised her I would never put her in a nursing home.” The statement lingers over the phone line in an exhale, and I
Four Tips to Making Grocery Shopping for Someone Else Easier
You’d think there’d be a mellowing out of picky eaters later in life. Personally, my taste has mellowed since youth and I am now able
What If There’s Nothing I Can Do?
Something as simple as wanting a thing that didn’t exist had her stuck. The woman on the phone knew exactly what would make her situation
Forward, Backward, Awkward
Just when my mountaineering gear was spread out all over the kitchen table, Evelyn decided that she needed eggs. That was how, at 5pm on
The Subtle, Sneaky, Important Art of Goosing the World
“I want him to know exactly the special thing he is or else he won’t notice it when it starts to go. I want him
If You’re Avoiding Planning for your Future, You’re Probably Doing it Wrong (Kind of like Sex)
“If you’re avoiding making a plan for your future, you’re probably doing it wrong — kind of like sex.” At least that’s what a wise
Bye Bye Birdie
Birdie Preacher had what you would call a strong constitution. Even on hospice, she refused to die. In her late eighties, Birdie lived with her
There’s a Very Good Reason She put a Hummingbird in the Freezer
It wasn’t that she meant to hide Christmas presents from herself or anyone else but we all knew that, once the gifts were opened, we
Sharing Space with Family on Team Mission Holiday
On a three-day, two-night roundtrip from Denver to North Dakota, my friend came up with the idea that we should write a book on how