Intergenerational Issues
Linda Thompson
2487 S. Gilbert Rd., #106
Gilbert, AZ 85296
(480) 899-8647
Linda is the founder and President of Life Path Solutions, Inc. She works with families, singles and career professionals in all stages of life to plan for the unexpected. Linda speaks about the need for a safety net for life and how to plan for life's unexpected "gotcha's." The Baby Boomer generation tend to spend more time planning their next vacation than they do planning their lives. Linda believes that creating this safety net to be the biggest investment they will ever make for their own future security.
Therefore, Linda provides guidelines and options to help people prepare their own safety net. Her topics are high-content common sense wisdom mixed with a good deal of humor and real-life choices. Her approach to those not-so-pleasant and all to often avoided (but necessary), details, will help people understand what they need to think about to secure their families' and their own futures.
Her 12 year hands-on experience as a working caregiver to her Mother provides the passion for her talks on caregiving. Because the "sandwich generation" is at the caregiving decision point, Linda believes they need to take care of themselves in order to be able to care for others. When a caregiver needs care, there's a crisis, and she talks about how to avoid those crises before they happen.
Linda is a professional speaker, author, small business consultant, and serves as board administrator for the Arizona Assisted Living Homes Association.. Linda is a member of the Alliance for Holistic Aging, the National Association of Women Writers and the National Association of Women Baby Boomers. She lives in Chandler, Arizona with her two cats, Sam and Ginger.
As Good As It Gets?
Since the beginning of time, parents have always wanted their kids to have a better life than they had. The question is: how much better can it get?
Retire?
A lot of people, in both the public and private sectors, are spending a lot of time visioning, planning, and developing programs for us post-retirement Boomers. Someone is making decisions about your future...but has anyone asked you what YOU want?
A Generation Gap?
We have an almost obsessive need to put things and people in nice neat little boxes with a name on each. Then we assume that everyone in that box thinks, learns, talks and acts, and therefore is the same. That's what's happening with the generations.
What Happened to the Boomers?
In the late 60s and early 70s, Boomers set out to change the world, and the world was changed forever. As one, they protested, marched and spoke out for whatever they passionately believed was right. Then something happened.
Become Our Parents? No way! Not me!
The next time you think, “I remember my Dad saying that,” don’t be surprised. As difficult as it is to believe now, one day your kids will be saying the very same thing. It happens to all of us at some point. It isn’t good, it isn’t bad, it’s just life!
Return of the Commune?
When looking at assisted living communities, are Boomers thinking to themselves, “Gee, Mom and Dad are going to love it here. It has all the amenities they could ask for. But there’s no way in h&%# I’m ever going to live here!”
The Challenges of the Aging Orphan
More and more Boomers are finding themselves alone in the world. Whether through choice or adverse circumstances, they find themselves in the same boat—and that boat is: who will look after them when they can no longer look after themselves?
The Boomer Caregiver
With every passing day, the role of the family caregiver increases in importance. As our elder loved ones reach the point they are no longer able to care for themselves, adult children gradually assume more and more responsibility for their wellbeing.
