Family Caregivers of Elderly Parents: Financial Tips Twitter Roundup

By Shabana Shiliwala

According to Caring.com, more than 40 million people in the United States care for someone over age 50. Some of these people are facing the challenging task of caregiving alone. The only place they may have to turn to for support is online. Although it seems like the last thing caregivers have is time, it can be worth it to spend a few minutes reading an article if it means you’ll learn even one tip to make things easier for you. You need all the support you can get. In case you missed any of my tweets for family caregivers of elderly parents, here’s a roundup of articles from around the web from The Financial Sort Twitter feed. Stay updated by following @FinancialSort.

Good tips for the #SandwichGeneration taking care of kids and parents at the same time from @NOLAnews http://bit.ly/hdMRVl.

Disagreements among siblings who are #familycaregivers? @srhousingnews http://bit.ly/dJXY6Z. Solution: third-party professional help.

How to take care of your own finances if you become a caregiver for your elderly parents @huffingtonpost http://t.co/T61nYem

How to talk with your parents about money @JeanChatzky http://t.co/Bz4oRxce

Simplifying Managing Your Parents’ Finances

Make Money Management Easier for Caregivers of Elderly Relatives - I recently read a magazine letter to the… http://tumblr.com/xfh18kqn5v

Tips for #caregivers of elderly parents to get finances in order @WomansDay http://bit.ly/gbtYOH.

Caring for #elderly parents’ finances @Bankrate http://bit.ly/eetIg9.

#Alzheimer’s patients and their #caregivers neglect to take care of their finances http://bit.ly/hrQRDW.

Tips for #caregivers helping manage their parents’ finances from @nytimes http://nyti.ms/hGnPub.

Important tips for #familycaregivers about managing #finances from @walletpop http://aol.it/hQKIqS and @dallas_news http://bit.ly/hvfovr.

Help your parents take care of their finances as they age @MONEY http://bit.ly/lxqxZe

Keep an eye on aging parents’ finances: Declining cognitive abilities lead to poor financial management. @wsj http://on.wsj.com/m4EATf

Your financial decision-making ability can deteriorate after age 65 @cnbc http://bit.ly/rkaI0H

What your elderly parents may not be telling you about their finances @SmartMoney http://t.co/ZiNmZXV

Caregiving: the challenges of taking over managing elderly parents’ finances @grsblog http://t.co/T1GJ2Lz

Financial lessons learned from taking over managing elderly parents’ finances @reuters http://t.co/IrRdvcZ

Family caregivers and executors: find out if old bank accounts are still valid @fdic http://t.co/fNfIChh

Elderly Financial Abuse and Scams

Tips for #caregivers about how to avoid #elderlyfinancialabuse from @WorkGoesStrong http://bit.ly/hmudSW.

As #parents age, protect them from financial scams by noticing if they are still managing their #money @foxbusiness http://fxn.ws/mOhIET

Keep financial scammers away from elderly parents @daily_finance http://t.co/5d6f7T3

If you are a family caregiver and need help managing your parents’ finances, The Financial Sort can assist you with working with accountants, investment advisors and attorneys, organizing your parents’ financial documents and making sense of all your parents’ financial accounts.