How and When Do I Talk To My Elderly Parents about Their Futures?

You’re invited to...  “How and When Do I Talk To My Elderly Parents about Their Futures?”  An open discussion for adults with aging parents.
 
If you have noticed some changes in a parent over the holidays -- forgetfulness, agitation, or maybe the house just wasn’t as clean as usual, - you are not alone!

•  What services are available to assist you and your parents?
•  Are you struggling where to start the conversation about - Finances, Will, Health?
•  How and when is it time to take the keys away? 

• Alzheimer's Association
• Caregiver Homes of Massachusetts
• Community VNA
• Doolittle Home
• Dream Dinners
• Genesis Wealth Advisors
• Golden Living Center-Garden Place
• Helping Hearts Homecare
• Hockomock YMCA
• HOPSRI-Housing Options Provided for Seniors in RI
• Partners Healthcare at Home
• Rehabilitation Center at Brigham and Women's/Mass General Health Care Center
• Sweet Grapes Inc. dba StilMee
• WITTZ END
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Joan Gagnon,  Joan has been a senior wealth consultant with Genesis Wealth Advisors since 2013 when she merged Gagnon Wealth Management, the firm that she founded in 1998, with Genesis Wealth Advisors. Joan offers clients a full service approach to financial planning with tailored investment management.  Her clients benefit from her extensive knowledge and expertise in financial transition planning and investment management.  She is a Certified Financial Planner and a Certified Public Accountant. Genesis Wealth Advisors, LLC, 532 Page Street in Stoughton, MA 02072

Peter T. Clark, an attorney since 1999 has maintained his office in Mansfield since early 2002.  He received a bachelors' degree in Community Development and Planning from the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH and juris doctorate from the Roger Williams University School of Law in Bristol, RI.  Practice areas include the preparation of wills and estate planning documents, and also complicated elder law matters such as trusts and other asset protection strategies designed to preserve one's life savings if a nursing home becomes necessary.  Clark also focuses on real estate and as both a licensed builder and real estate broker he enjoys construction matters including arbitration of builder defects cases.  He is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the Real Estate Bar Association of Massachusetts.  Clark describes himself, and his associate Attorney Michelle Tiews, as down-to-earth, approachable, and knowledgeable about the many estate planning matters facing. Law Offices of Peter T. Clark, P.C.  200 Chauncy Street, Suite 100 Mansfield, Massachusetts  02048
 
Debbie Nichols In 2005, after spending 20 years managing a small business, and seeking to own and operate her own business, Debbie purchased a Home Instead Senior Care franchise in Bristol County, MA.  Home Instead Senior Care is a twenty year old company that is headquartered in Omaha, NE with over 1000 offices worldwide in 18 countries.
       Debbie opened her office in Norton and business flourished.  The services that Home Instead Senior Care provides are personal care (bathing, etc.), dementia care (if needed), companionship, light housekeeping, meal preparation & grocery shopping, medication reminders, errands and transportation.   This service is to help seniors live independently in their homes.  It may be a private home, assisted living, nursing homes, and apartments, wherever the senior “calls home”.  Our clients are serviced anywhere from a couple hours a week to 24 hours a day 7 days a week depending on their needs. 
        Within the next few years, Debbie would move to Attleboro to be closer to her client and caregiver base, and move into larger space.   Today the office has 12 administrative personnel and over 150 caregivers on staff.   With baby boomers now aging, the business continues to grow rapidly.  Debbie manages her office and staff which is more than a full time job as we are “open” 24 hours a day.  Daily families call the office seeking help for aging parents or seniors in crisis.   Home Instead Senior Care is at 555 Pleasant St., #104 in Attleboro, MA 02703

Ellen Young is a mom, daughter, ex-wife, sister, cousin, friend, & nurse. She has worked in healthcare for over 20 years in multiple arenas from home care to the ICUs caring for the full population spectrum from pre-natal to geriatric care.
Ellen ventured beyond the bedside after she received a master’s of science in computer information systems & worked in healthcare finance & IS. She now thoroughly enjoy my current position that utilizes my accrued lifetime of skills working at Brigham & Women’s Primary Care at Patriot Place in Foxborough. Ellen loves working with the patients & using all of my skills to help them achieve their highest potential.

Helen Higgins is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with almost 25 years of experience working in the field of social work. After graduating from Boston University School of Social Work she worked in a geriatric-psychiatric facility in Turners Falls, MA. Next she worked for the Department of Children and Families in Hartford and Stamford, CT in child protective services.  Since then she has worked at Cambridge Hospital, Hartford Hospital, Milton Hospital and, for the last 12 years, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital as a medical social worker. She has been at the Foxboro Primary Care office since July 2011.