Handling Difficult Conversations with Seniors

Practice Makes Perfect: The Value of Role Playing

Practice Makes Perfect is the first of our five-part series on Handling the Difficult Conversation with a Loved One about Facility Placement. I coulsonelderlaw.com

This week, we begin our five-part series Handling the Difficult Conversation with a Loved One about Facility Placement: Tips for Success! One of the things people absolutely dread is the conversation they have to have with an elder loved one regarding facility placement. During the next few … [Read More...]

Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day: Know When to Say When

Wes Coulson shares his advice on knowing when to say when, while having difficult conversations with your elderly loved one. I coulsonelderlaw.com

Continuing with our five-part series Handling the Difficult Conversation with a Loved One about Facility Placement: Tips for Success, Wes Coulson offers this tip to help avoid a possible argument when having these conversations. Tip 2 - Rome Wasn't Built in a Day: Know When to Say When In this … [Read More...]

Ask, Don’t Tell: The Art of Gentle Persuasion

Wes Coulson shares his advice on the power gentle persuasion has by leading people in a conversation instead of just telling them what to do. I coulsonelderlaw.com

Continuing with our five-part series Handling the Difficult Conversation with a Loved One about Facility Placement: Tips for Success, Wes Coulson offers this persuasive tip when talking with your elderly loved one. Tip 3 - Ask, Don't Tell: The Art of Gentle Persuasion In this Elder Law Minute, … [Read More...]

Writing Things Down Makes Remembering Easier

Wes Coulson shares this simple, yet effective, tip of writing things down to help your elderly loved one remember conversations easier. I coulsonelderlaw.com

Continuing with our five-part series Handling the Difficult Conversation with a Loved One about Facility Placement: Tips for Success, Wes Coulson offers this helpful tip when talking with your elderly loved one. Tip 4 - Writing Things Down Makes Remembering Easier In this Elder Law Minute, and … [Read More...]

Be Brave, Be Strong, and Don’t Give Up

In the final piece of our five-part series Handling the Difficult Conversation with a Loved One about Facility Placement: Tips for Success, Wes Coulson offers this encouraging tip to help keep you focused on the fact that you are doing the right thing. Tip 5 - Be Brave, Be Strong, and Don't Give … [Read More...]

Alzheimer’s and “Taking Away the Keys”

In this Elder Law Minute, Wes Coulson wants to talk about the difficult conversation of "taking away the keys". ????? Transcript: Hi! I'm Wes Coulson from Dent-Coulson Elder Law, proudly serving clients throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area and beyond. I'd like to welcome you to our … [Read More...]

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