Tool to Help with Money

"Get a handle on your finances the free and fast way. Mint does all the work of organizing and categorizing your spending for you. See where every dime goes and make money decisions you feel good about." www/mint.com

As caregivers, we have little time to take care of such important matters as finances.  This website from Intuit looks like it could be very helpful.  It organizes and categorizes your spending, so that you know where you stand with money.  Providing care for someone is very expensive, no matter how you provide it.  If you provide it yourself,  you may have the consequences of lost wages.  If you hire someone in your home, that is expensive.  If you choose placement in a care facility, that, too, is expensive.  This website could be a good tool to help us stay on top of our money and the decisions we make on how to spend it.

And, just a reminder, if you are thinking about a long-term care facility, I urge you to call.  For most of them there are waiting lists, and some have chosen to just do short-term rehabilitation instead of long-term care.  We need, as caregivers, to be proactive in arranging the type of care that our loved one needs, or will need.