{"id":12847,"date":"2023-12-24T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T12:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legaltalktexas.hammerle.com\/?p=12847"},"modified":"2025-06-18T12:45:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T17:45:26","slug":"7-tips-for-friends-relatives-and-agents-valuable-information-to-help-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/legaltalk\/adult-guardianship\/7-tips-for-friends-relatives-and-agents-valuable-information-to-help-seniors\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Tips for Friends, Relatives and Agents: Valuable Information to Help Seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are 7 helpful tips for friends, relatives and agents facing the daunting prospect of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/practice-areas\/guardianship-and-social-services\/guardianship\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">helping the elderly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> among us.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Ask<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seniors, however grouchy and unreasonable, are people, too. They will not appreciate what they did not request. Therefore, ask before you do. Follow their lead if they accept your offer. If they do not accept, then take no for an answer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bonus tip for relatives: you are permitted to accompany the \u201cask\u201d with light cajoling provided it does not exceed 5 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Take Time<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seniors are already dealing with lost friends, hardened arteries, and bad Jello. Don\u2019t add to their ills by making begrudging duty visits. Sit for a while. Shut off your phone and listen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tip 3: Know Your Role.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unless you are their court-appointed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/legaltalk\/adult-guardianship\/time-machine-adult-guardianship\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guardian<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you don\u2019t get to order a senior around. The senior is still an adult with all the rights appurtenant thereto. Stay in your lane. If you are a friend, just be a friend. If you are a relative, then you have a role filled with societal expectations. Meet them or face the scorn of the world. If you are an agent, then you have a role with legal duties. Meet those or get sued and go to jail.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tip 4: Adjust Expectations.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why is it so easy to be patient with children, and so difficult to be patient with seniors? The answer is simple: expectations. You expect a child not to know things. You do not expect a senior to forget things they knew.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seniors can slow down cognitively due to medication, a physical condition, or an illness. They don\u2019t do it intentionally. You will never be able to be patient with, or helpful to, a senior if you are not alert to the changes they are undergoing. One minute they are there, and the next they have a stroke and fall 50 IQ points. You will need to constantly adjust your expectations to meet their current abilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t whisper to someone who lost their hearing aids. Don\u2019t expect someone with a cane to quickly mount a staircase. Don\u2019t scorn someone who tells you the same story 50 times.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tip 5: Keep Your Hands in Your Pockets<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A senior owns their property. Their money, their house, their car, their gold buried in the rusted coffee can in the backyard \u2013 that is all theirs. It is not yours.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is tempting to forget this tip, especially if you expect to inherit when the senior passes away. Don\u2019t give in to temptation. There is no such thing as anticipatory inheritance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many ways to take from a senior. You could accidently stash the family silver in the trunk of your car. You could sign a senior up for a 25-year solar panel lease. You could \u201cborrow\u201d money to start your own business or buy yourself a house. You could talk the senior into marrying you or changing their will in your favor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are choice words that describe people who take from seniors. The nicer ones are \u201cthief\u201d and\/or \u201cfraudster\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tip 6: Hire Some Experts<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being a good helper may require skills that you do not have. There is no shame in calling in the experts (like lawyers). If done properly and with the appropriate authority, then the cost will be paid from the senior\u2019s resources.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tip 7: Enjoy<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learning at an arthritic knee is priceless.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hammerle Morris Can Help With Your Legal Needs<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you looking for legal assistance in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/practice-areas\/estate-planning-probate\/guardianship\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">adult guardianship<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/practice-areas\/estate-planning-probate\/estate-planning\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">estate planning<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/practice-areas\/estate-planning-probate\/probate\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">probate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? Hammerle Morris\u2019 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/our-team\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">experienced attorneys<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can help! <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/lewisville-attorney\/#form\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schedule a consultation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> today to discuss your options.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virginia Hammerle is an accredited estate planner and represents clients in estate planning, probate, guardianship and contested litigation. She may be reached at legaltalktexas@hammerle.com. This column contains general information only and does not constitute legal advice.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are 7 helpful tips for friends, relatives and agents facing the daunting prospect of helping the elderly among us.\u00a0\u00a0 1. Ask Seniors, however grouchy and unreasonable, are people, too. 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