Don’t put a time limit on the grieving process, advises Dr. Patrick Arbore: “It takes as long as it takes.”

You may have put the rest of your affairs in order, but have you made plans for your pets? Hopefully, by now you have created a basic estate plan by doing the following: Signing Durable Powers of Attorney to make sure that someone you trust will be able to handle your finances, and/or make medical
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As the country “matures,” an age-old issue takes on new meaning: Bullying. The word conjures up images of the big playground kid taking lunch money from his smaller victims. But bullies and bullying among seniors is part of a nationally recognized problem, according to social workers and others who work with the elderly. In Ohio,
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 I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that He didn’t trust me so much. ~ Mother Teresa We all face the five stages of grief when a loved one dies, but it can be shocking to recognize that we must actually go through a variation of these stages each time
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Writer Darlene Hutchins is the granddaughter of the late Wilma and Mirl Andersen. For more, read Managing Life’s Losses.   By Darlene Hutchins Reading sympathy cards sent after my grandmother’s death, I was not surprised how many people loved her. She made everyone she met feel special. My grandma was the youngest girl in a
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Two women reveal their difficult and very different journeys through grief and loss.

By Jim Gianelli Probate is a court process set up to assure that upon one’s death, assets get distributed to the people in one’s will (or in absence of a will, to one’s legal heirs), creditors get paid, and disputes are settled. Probate requires the estate to pay set statutory attorney and executor fees based
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By Joan Jackson When a loved one slides into dementia, the progression is not straight line. What they were able to do last month, last week, or even yesterday may suddenly no longer be possible. We often hear caregivers describe the frustration of trying to get a parent or spouse with dementia to follow through
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By Eric Hovatter Mickey Rooney, 90, recently testified before the Senate Special Committee on Aging about abuse he suffered at the hands of his own stepson. To watch the 90-year-old actor speak was both sad, humbling, and a lesson that elder abuse can happen to anyone: rich and famous, or poor and unknown. This wake-up
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By Patty Fuller One made his living performing root canals. Another is a past Mother Lode Roundup queen who’s now a grandmother and small business owner. There’s also a probation officer, hair stylist, retired banker and Vietnam veteran. It’s an eclectic mix. But beyond the fact that all are 50 and older, these Central Sierra
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