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Legacies

• Article - How to Help Your Parents Create a Lasting Legacy

  Practical projects and treasured memories your whole family can create to help your parents accept and feel proud of all they've accomplished in their lifetimes.

• Article - Your Parents' Legacy: A Beginner's Guide

  How to help your parents accept and be proud of all they've accomplished in their lives.

• Checklist - 8 Ways to Preserve Family Memories While You Can if Your Parent Has Alzheimer's

  Learn about the 8 ways to preserve family memories if your parent has Alzheimer's. Start by digitizing old photos or by filling out the family tree.

• Article - How to Write a Meaningful Eulogy

  How to Write a Meaningful Eulogy. Giving a eulogy for a parent who has recently died isn't easy, but it's something you'll never regret doing.

• Article - How to Talk to Your Elderly Parents

  How to Talk to Your Elderly Parents. Tips on talking to your elderly parents to help you avoid conflicts and misunderstandings.

Blog Posts

• Blog Post - Alzheimer's Memories: Are You Recording Them?

  Chronicling your Alzheimer's caregiving experience: the joys and benefits.

• Blog Post - R. I. P. Leroy Sievers, Who Taught Us to Talk About Cancer

  The legacy of NPR blogger Leroy Sievers, who died this week, is that he taught us to talk about cancer openly and honestly.

• Blog Post - It Takes a Neighborhood (Part II)

  Taking care of an elderly neighbor can enrich the lives of everyone involved.

Questions & Answers

• Question - Can you provide me with a list of "end of life" questions to address with my family?

  A comprehensive list for end of life questions will be appearing soon; in the meantime, this site can help provide some structure for your discussions.

• Question - How can I help my father, who is bedridden and has numerous health problems, face the end of his life?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - How can I convince my dying mother to write a "goodbye" letter to her grandchildren?

  Should your parent write a goodbye letter to loved ones? Expert advice about whether to nudge her to write a goodbye letter as part of her legacy.

• Question - How should my father balance estate planning, tax planning, and Medicaid planning?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

Tips & Reflections

• Reflection - What I Wish I'd Known About Preserving Memories: Artist/Filmmaker Eleanor Coppola

  Eleanor Coppola, author of Notes on a Life and wife of Francis Ford Coppola, on the importance of preserving memories of your parents now.