Get Your Parents' Affairs in Order: A Practical Caregiving Roadmap

Attorney Nadia Gilkes answers a listener’s question about organizing aging parents’ affairs, covering powers of attorney, reviewing estate documents, and how to have difficult conversations about finances and medical care. She offers practical steps—check medications and mail, document bills and insurance, improve home safety, and consider life or long‑term care insurance if parents won’t share details—and stresses: start as soon as possible, preferably while parents are healthy. Nadia also points listeners to prior episodes on powers of attorney and a one‑sheet of quick tips.