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Memorial Day and Seniors

Post category:Seniors & Caregiving
Post last modified:December 21, 2023

Memorial Day Matters For many people, Memorial Day is about parades, back yard BBQs, and flying the flag. For seniors, though, it’s much more. Many seniors are veterans. They remember every day, watching their brothers in arms dying on the battlefield next to them — many lost family members and friends. Half a million of the country’s oldest residents served in WWII, and millions more served in Vietnam and Korea. Across those three conflicts, hundreds of thousands lost their…

Benefits of Hiring a Personal Assistant/Daily Money Manager

Post category:Organizing & Productivity
Post last modified:January 11, 2024

Enhance Your Life: Top Benefits of a Personal Assistant & Money Manager Hiring a personal assistant who's also a daily money manager can make your life much easier. They help with a variety of tasks. If one of these scenarios sounds like your situation, you may want to consider hiring one. You've worked hard your whole life, saved and invested wisely, and now it's time to enjoy life. Instead of spending your days working, you currently spend your days…

November is National Caregivers Month

Post category:Seniors & Caregiving
Post last modified:March 19, 2024

In addition to National Alzheimer’s Awareness month, November is National Caregivers Month. The purpose of this is to recognize the challenges family caregivers face and to support them. To get an idea of the importance of caregivers, let’s take a look at what a day might look like. Mornings Most family caregivers are mothers with school-age children. Mornings are a juggling act of getting the kids ready for school, making sure their partner has what they need, and getting…

Aging without Family – It’s Not as Scary as You Think!

Post category:Seniors & Caregiving
Post last modified:December 1, 2023

A growing number of Americans are retiring and aging without a spouse or adult children to help them. In fact, research by Dr. Maria Torroella Carney, chief of geriatric and palliative medicine at Northwell Health in Great Neck, New York, states that 22% of people over 65 are “solo seniors” or “elder orphans.” And that number is only going up. In 2016, Carol Marak set out to make life easier for these people. She started the Elder Orphans Facebook…

Resources to Simplify Your Life

Post category:Organizing & Productivity
Post last modified:January 12, 2024

How many activities and responsibilities do you manage in a day? Whether you’re running a business, juggling family priorities, or both, tools and resources help simplify daily life. As a daily money management and organization professional, True Assisting proudly offers these resources to simplify your life. Many of them we use ourselves. And we’ve included some book suggestions, too. We love books! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission if you click…