Recent content by Teacher Terry

That story turned out perfectly!!

I have quite a few close friends. Although eight of my good friends have died I’ve managed to make new friends along the way.

I would notify the three credit bureaus. A few of my friends have had their identity stolen so I finally bit the bullet and bought life lock two years ago. If something like this ever happens to me they will handle everything up to $1 million. They have lawyers on staff.

I just click on attach files and then my iPhone asks how I want to do it and I click on photo library. It usually works for me but for some reason today it won’t. Now the message I get is that the picture is too big, but I tried a bunch of different pictures and they are all saying that. I...

Most of my dogs have been rescued. I adopted the little black dog 9 months ago after her mom died. She’s older and needed 2300 in vet care. She’s also very timid so I saw her on facebook and took her knowing that she might not survive the shelter. The little guy was given to me by a show dog...

Diva, employer Medicare advantage plans tend to be much better than ones that people can buy themselves.

I do what I can to stay active and well. I want to be as healthy as I can for as long as I can. But I know people that did everything right and had a much better diet, etc., than me and still became ill and died. Life is definitely unpredictable and beyond our control. I have been depressed...

Mold is one of my biggest allergies so you’re right that I was lucky that my friend realized what was happening. Mold could’ve ended up taking over a large percentage of my condo before it was noticed.

He wasn’t able to handle hiring caretakers and because he needed assistance at any time day or night it can be very difficult to find reliable people that will show up. I actually made a list of nice assisted living places and drove him around so he could tour each one and then chose the one...

I’m hoping of course to be able to remain in my own condo like my mom and my aunt did. My friend had Parkinson’s and it became very debilitating which is why he needed assisted living.

Yes, my oldest son and I had to go halfway across the country and my youngest son had to come from Vietnam. Luckily, we all made it and were able to be with him for the last six days of his life. It was beyond sad as his wife has dementia and she had to go to a memory care center, and we had...

I definitely can’t afford 8K a month either. However, most people I know were able to stay in their home until they died or shortly before. If it was a choice between being homeless and sharing space with somebody than the answer would be obvious.

In the last month, I have spent 11 K but it wasn’t on anything fun. A month ago my sons and I find out that my ex-husband has suddenly become ill and is dying so we need to fly to visit him so that he’s not dying alone and that cost 5K. It was incredibly sad and heartbreaking. No sooner do I...

Three years ago when my friend died the year before he was paying 5K/month for assisted living but when his care needs increased, he was paying 8K/a month. It was shocking since it wasn’t nursing home care. Luckily he had been a really good saver his entire life and could pay for it. He made...

Assisted living where I live is between 8–10 K/month. I’m not surprised that most people do not want to do communal living because after spending most of my life living with either a husband or children I’m really enjoying living alone. There is no way I want to share space with anyone else...