How to Care for Your Parents' Money While Caring for Your Parents The Complete Guide to Managing Your Parents' Finances

Author/creator Burns, Sharon Author
Other author Forgue, Raymond E. Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBlacklick : McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Description304 p. ill 08.900 x 05.900 in.
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Summary Annotation <p><b>Because caring for your parents' health also means caring for their wealth...</b></p><p>Watching your parents decline and assuming the burden of caring for their physical needs is difficult enough, but you can't allow that to overshadow the importance of their financial needs. After all, what will happen if your parents outlive their savings? In order to be a financial caregiver, you'll need to know how to deal with legal and financial paperwork; government agencies and regulations; a host of insurance, investment, and estate planning issues; and the inevitable emotional and psychological issues that arise whenever money and family mix.</p><p>In this indispensable guide, two family finance experts who are caring for their own parents' finances provide a basic primer in personal finance for those who are involved in their parents' financial lives. Filled with checklists, worksheets, resource lists, and other essential tools, this comprehensive guide supplies the knowledge and confidence you need to</p><ul><li>Decide who should manage your parents' money</li><li>Communicate with siblings and caregivers</li><li>Establish budgets and write annual reports</li><li>Manage your parents' stocks, bonds, real estate, and other investments</li><li>Deal with health insurance, Medicaid, and other insurance issues</li><li>Protect your parents from elder fraud</li></ul>
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2002154747
ISBN9780071408660
ISBN0071408665 (Trade Paper) Out of Print
UPC 639785381723
Standard identifier# 9780071408660
Stock number0071408665 00016072

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