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February 7, 2020

Empowering Your Family for Your Later Years

At what age do you think the job of parenting ends? Is it when your child graduates from high school or college? Is it when they get married or start a family of their own? While these events are important milestones, the truth is that the parenting role doesn’t stop until we prepare ourselves and […]

WRITTEN BY: Kathy Tutt, Family & Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Clark County

REVIEWED BY: Jami Dellifield, Family & Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Hardin County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • https://cdn.xl.thumbs.canstockphoto.com/nursing-home-senior-woman-with-her-home-caregiver-stock-photograph_csp4561399.jpg

REFERENCES:

  • Five Wishes. https://fivewishes.org/shop/order/product/five-wishes
  • Greif, G.L., & Woolley, M.E. (2015). Patterns in adult sibling relationships after the death of one or both parents. Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care, 11, 74-89. doi: 10.1080/15524256.2015.1021435
  • Hurme, S.B. (2015). Checklist for My Family: A guide to my history, financial plans, and final wishes. American Bar Association/AARP.
  • Prosch, T. (2014). The Other Talk: A Guide to Talking with your Adult Children About the Rest of Your Life. United States: McGraw-Hill Education.
  • The Conversation Project (n.d.). Your conversation starter kit. Retrieved from https://theconversationproject.org/
  • Umberson, D., & Chen, M.D. (1994). Effects of a parent’s death on adult children: relationship salience and reaction to loss. American Sociological Review, 59, 152-168. doi: 10.2307/2096138

Categories: Family and Relationships
Tags: aging, caregiving, communication, death, decision making, end of life, Parenting

May 31, 2017

New Baby, New Plans

As if there isn’t enough to think about when planning for a baby’s arrival (major lifestyle changes, childcare, creating a safe and comforting environment, to name a few), parents-to-be or those planning to start a family should take a good, hard look at their financial circumstances. Since 1960, the USDA has been issuing a report […]

WRITTEN BY: Joanna Fifner, Extension Educator, Ohio State University, fifner.2@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Amanda Woods, M.Ed. Healthy Finances Program Specialist, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension

SOURCES:

  • https://www.cnpp.usda.gov/expenditures-children-families-annual-report
  • https://livesmartohio.osu.edu/money/extensionauthors/rainy-day-savings-how-are-your-skies-looking-today/
  • http://www.insurance.ohio.gov/Newsroom/Tips/Pages/Basics.aspx

REFERENCES:

  • http://www.insurance.ohio.gov/Newsroom/Tips/Pages/Basics.aspx
  • http://www.insurance.ohio.gov/Consumer/pages/LifeToolkit.aspx
  • http://njaes.rutgers.edu/money/ffquiz/

Categories: Family and Relationships, Money
Tags: baby, decision making, family, finance

November 2, 2016

Health Insurance 101-Help on the WAY

We all have a new annual task added to our must–do list.  This task appears during November.  The task is to identify a Health Insurance Plan during the open enrollment period.  Continue reading to find tools to help you navigate the sea of paper and digital information to assist you in selecting a Health Insurance […]

WRITTEN BY: Margaret Jenkins

REVIEWED BY: Trevor Corboy

SOURCES:

  • Brown, V., Russell, M., Ginter, A., Braun, B., Little, L., Pippidis, M., McCoy, T. (2015, December). Smart Choice Health Insurance: A New, Interdisciplinary Program to Enhance Health Insurance Literacy. Health Promotion Practice. DOI: 10.1177/1524839915620393
  • https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/data-search/Search-the-Data#srch=medical%20insurance;
  • M. PAULA FITZGERALD, THOMAS K. BIAS and TAMI GURLEY-CALVEZ The Affordable Care Act and Consumer Well-Being: Knowns and Unknowns Journal of Consumer Affairs, 2015
  • https://magic.piktochart.com/output/588697-health-literacy-infogram
  • http://hslguides.osu.edu/osue

REFERENCES:

  • http://extension.umd.edu/insure
  • https://www.healthcare.gov/
  • https://medlineplus.gov/
  • https://hsl.osu.edu/

Categories: Money
Tags: decision making, health insurance

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