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FINANCIAL

• Review and adjust retirement savings • Review benefciary designations • Make sure insurance needs are adequate • Consider long-term care insurance • Review title to all property and fnancial accounts to insure accuracy

• Update digital documents; share print copy with someone you trust

EMPLOYMENT

• Keep updating skills

• Evaluate training needs to stay current • Refect on balance in work, family, lifestyle

HOUSING

• Plan for peak housing costs – child care/aging parent needs • Review eligibility for property tax exemptions

• Assess physical barriers to safely age at home – stairs, accom-modation of mobility devices • Start to “declutter” – donate items to charity

CAREGIVING

• Learn about caregiving and self-identity • Ask family and friends for help

• Remember to care for your own physical and mental health

• Develop a fexible and adaptable approach • Find a caregiver support group • Maintain social, spiritual and recreational activities • Seek out community services

• Learn about technology in caregiving • Research respite services, home care and day programs

• Research palliative and hospice care • Consult with employer about services/fexibility

• Learn about Care Circles of Westchester

40’s – 50’s

What is a Care Circle?

• Volunteers share caregiving tasks for an older person • Creates the physical/emotional support families need • Increases wellness and reduces isolation • Contributes to communities by fostering the idea of “neighbor-helping-neighbor” • Lessens or eliminates the need for paid caregivers

I n t h e M i d d l e

Care Circles. Caregivers need care, too.

B E C A U S E L I F E I S A J O U R N E Y

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