Smart Planning 101

The continuation of Steve Frank’s family story of his mother’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis and treatment. Did you miss part 1? Click here What you will learn in this episode: Steve continues the story of the emergency move of his mother out of the house to an Alzheimer’s memory care facility; How many Alzheimer’s patients are healthy in body and what the effect of that may mean financially to families; Steve’s experience when his mother insisted on coming living with him instead of remaining at the facility and what he learned was the correct way to cope with this; The challenges of how the effects of anesthesia affect an Alzheimer’s patient; How, despite the intention and promises to never sell their parent’s house, that is what happened and how that ultimately was the right thing for his parents; How, despite his mother’s apparent lack of recognition of most things, she consciously attempted to refuse food; Steve’s feelings on letting go; How long term care insurance played a major role in his