Just wanted to ask if being a caregiver yourself, will you prepare your own needs for caregiving in your future? I could write an essay about the lessons I've learned and now want for myself in my own future if I get sick and need care. Yet I'd love to hear from you first. Thank you!
personally i I don’t think I will have much money left once my husband passes. My retirement plans went down the drain when he got early onset Dementia However I can plan best I can but I will do things I want as I am only 61
who knows. You could get hit by a 🚌
Growing old is expensive. I know I had major sticker shock then it came to my Dad hiring around the clock caregivers. Sticker shock when Dad decided the house was just too daunting for him to manage, and he moved to Independent Living. Sticker shock later for Memory Care. And the sticker shock of the cost of Depends :P Thank goodness Dad saved for those rainy days, as it was now storming out there.
I was hoping when I retired I could do some sightseeing, but now I am holding all my retirement funds hostage.
I have an "Elder Law Attorney" who guided me toward a Revocable Trust, Medical Directive, updated Power of Attorney, and Living Will. I still need to get sig other's name on my checking account in case something happens to me and I can't write checks for bills, he can. And vise versa.
A caregiving Agency will be on speed-dial later down the road. Since I have no children/siblings, this is my only recourse. Sig other will probably need to do the same thing as no way would he ask his grown children to take care of him. He also has savings ready for his rainy days.
Been downsizing within the four walls of the house. Now we can actually see our unfinished basement floor thanks to a trash hauler. I don't need my 3-speed bicycle my parents got me for high school graduation.
I know eventually the stairs in this house will do us in, so I have been scouting out retirement communities. Can't wait too long, as we both are in our 70's.