Comments on: My Top 5 List – Things I Wish I Had Known http://www.transitionagingparents.com/2009/05/08/my-top-5-list-things-i-wish-i-had-known/ Providing insight and information to adult children of aging parents so they may "thrive and find joy" in every stage of life! Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:20:36 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Top Five 2009 ‘Transition Aging Parents’ Posts http://www.transitionagingparents.com/2009/05/08/my-top-5-list-things-i-wish-i-had-known/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Top Five 2009 ‘Transition Aging Parents’ Posts Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:32:27 +0000 http://www.transitionagingparents.com/?p=122#comment-324 [...] 2.  My Top 5 List – Things I Wish I Had Known [...] [...] 2.  My Top 5 List – Things I Wish I Had Known [...]

]]> By: Kaye - SandwichINK http://www.transitionagingparents.com/2009/05/08/my-top-5-list-things-i-wish-i-had-known/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Kaye - SandwichINK Sun, 31 May 2009 03:26:27 +0000 http://www.transitionagingparents.com/?p=122#comment-23 Great article, Dale. I'm so glad it's part of the Boomers & Seniors Blog Carnival! :) I was so blessed that my parents went through many of what you've dealt with and decided they did NOT want me to have to deal with it as much. So they planned ahead, made a living trust, set up a power of attorney and living will, and started adding me into the process before they needed me. This made it so much easier for me to keep going once it did become necessary. Having phone numbers is something I have to keep updating. I was just talking about that to a friend today, so we are exchanging the numbers we have for a mutual friend who may need help down the road. Preparation is so key, and this article is a great help towards that :) I'm definitely bookmarking it. :) Great article, Dale. I’m so glad it’s part of the Boomers & Seniors Blog Carnival! :) I was so blessed that my parents went through many of what you’ve dealt with and decided they did NOT want me to have to deal with it as much. So they planned ahead, made a living trust, set up a power of attorney and living will, and started adding me into the process before they needed me. This made it so much easier for me to keep going once it did become necessary.

Having phone numbers is something I have to keep updating. I was just talking about that to a friend today, so we are exchanging the numbers we have for a mutual friend who may need help down the road. Preparation is so key, and this article is a great help towards that :) I’m definitely bookmarking it. :)

]]> By: Missy Buchanan http://www.transitionagingparents.com/2009/05/08/my-top-5-list-things-i-wish-i-had-known/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Missy Buchanan Sat, 09 May 2009 15:15:32 +0000 http://www.transitionagingparents.com/?p=122#comment-13 These two Top 5 lists are terrific. As an author and columnist writing about older adult issues, it's great to discover others with a similar interest. Blessings, Missy Buchanan Author, Living with Purpose in a Worn-Out Body: Spiritual Encouragement for Older Adults (Upper Room Books, 3rd printing since May 2008) Columnist, Aging Well, United Methodist Reporter These two Top 5 lists are terrific. As an author and columnist writing about older adult issues, it’s great to discover others with a similar interest.

Blessings,
Missy Buchanan
Author, Living with Purpose in a Worn-Out Body: Spiritual Encouragement for Older Adults (Upper Room Books, 3rd printing since May 2008)
Columnist, Aging Well, United Methodist Reporter

]]> By: Mr. Jason Mark Young, MS http://www.transitionagingparents.com/2009/05/08/my-top-5-list-things-i-wish-i-had-known/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Mr. Jason Mark Young, MS Fri, 08 May 2009 18:59:40 +0000 http://www.transitionagingparents.com/?p=122#comment-12 What stood out to me was your pointing out that you found and utilized a number of key friends/contacts to call upon for help, recommendations, and support. It points to your strength in making the choice to get help. Simply admitting that one needs help can be difficult enough, much less making such an effort to incorporate them into your plan and then recognize their role in your success and thanking them so sincerely. Wonderful post Dale, thank YOU. What stood out to me was your pointing out that you found and utilized a number of key friends/contacts to call upon for help, recommendations, and support. It points to your strength in making the choice to get help. Simply admitting that one needs help can be difficult enough, much less making such an effort to incorporate them into your plan and then recognize their role in your success and thanking them so sincerely. Wonderful post Dale, thank YOU.

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