The New Parent Trap

摘要

With government aid dwindling, Americans who care for aging family members are facing even higher expenses. How to prepare yourself-and your savings. WHEN MARIA and Bernie Staab laid out their retirement road map a while back, travel was priority No. 1: specifically, extended trips from their Baltimore-area home to visit their grandkids in San Diego and take them to the beach and on other adventures. The odysseys were supposed to kick in next spring, but now something else is at the top of their agenda: Bernie's mother's Alzheimer's disease. The couple says her condition has worsened, and they're now scrambling to finance the $3,800 monthly bill for her care. Not only has Maria questioned her plan to retire from her job as a human resources manager, but Bernie even came out of retirement to work part-time for a while. After all, it was that or blow through their nest egg.