# Gray Monster

> Heyo! We're Gray Monster, a free newsletter supporting folks supporting their folks as they age.

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## Posts
- [Take 5: The Top Scams Coming for Mom’s Money](https://www.graymonster.co/p/take-5-the-top-scams-coming-for-mom-s-money): How to prevent them and what to do if you don’t
- [Funeral 201](https://www.graymonster.co/p/funeral-201): An economics lesson
- [Funeral 101](https://www.graymonster.co/p/funeral-101): The logistics of losing a loved one.
- [Your New Sibling Has Four Legs](https://www.graymonster.co/p/your-new-sibling-has-four-legs): Guidance on pets and parents
- [The To-Die List](https://www.graymonster.co/p/the-to-die-list): Guidance on the logistics of grief
- [Aging Care Planning vs. End-of-Life Planning](https://www.graymonster.co/p/aging-care-planning-vs-end-of-life-planning): Understanding the difference
- [Home of the Free](https://www.graymonster.co/p/home-of-the-free): 13 questions to ask Dad’s doctor to help him stay independent
- [Help Wanted](https://www.graymonster.co/p/help-wanted): How to hire home care
- [Dementia-Care Tools And Recs](https://www.graymonster.co/p/dementia-care-tools-and-recs): A top-ten list of dementia-care must haves
- [Death Doula 101](https://www.graymonster.co/p/death-doula-101): An education on death doulas
- [Medicare, Medicaid, and Memory Care](https://www.graymonster.co/p/medicare-medicaid-and-memory-care): An overview of who pays what
- [Understanding ACCESS](https://www.graymonster.co/p/understanding-access): A breakdown of Medicare’s ACCESS program
- [In Support Of Service ](https://www.graymonster.co/p/in-support-of-service): Insights for caregivers supporting veterans
- [Wait - that’s a job?](https://www.graymonster.co/p/wait-that-s-a-job): You've never heard of an aging life care manager. We’re telling you what it is.
- [careavan](https://www.graymonster.co/p/careavan): Resources from Gray Monster’s first road trip
- [The (High) Cost Of Memory Care](https://www.graymonster.co/p/the-high-cost-of-memory-care): An overview on how to plan and pay 
- [Jesus, Take The Wheel?](https://www.graymonster.co/p/jesus-take-the-wheel): Driving conversations with aging parents
- [Medicare: The extended track](https://www.graymonster.co/p/medicare-the-extended-track): A review of Medicare programs
- [A Guide To GUIDE](https://www.graymonster.co/p/a-guide-to-guide): What is GUIDE and who is it for?
- [The Hunt Is Over](https://www.graymonster.co/p/the-hunt-is-over): Twelve caregiver resources worth knowing  
- [Moving Day](https://www.graymonster.co/p/moving-day): Transitioning Mom into memory care
- [Spring Cleaning: Caregiver Edition](https://www.graymonster.co/p/spring-cleaning-caregiver-edition): A seasonal reminder for caregivers
- [Care Costs How Much?](https://www.graymonster.co/p/care-costs-how-much): Understanding AARP’s report on long-term support services  
- [I Need A (Tax) Break](https://www.graymonster.co/p/i-need-a-tax-break): Understanding caregiver tax write-offs
- [Eldest Daughter Meets Alzheimer’s ](https://www.graymonster.co/p/eldest-daughter-meets-alzheimer-s): Managing motherhood, grief, and memory care 
- [Fraud: The Final Frontier](https://www.graymonster.co/p/fraud-the-final-frontier): How AI turned scamming into the Wild West
- [The Homefront](https://www.graymonster.co/p/the-homefront): A clinicians story about growing up with a combat veteran 
- [The Caregiver Playbook](https://www.graymonster.co/p/the-caregiver-playbook): How to call the right play 
- [It’s Not Good Grief If You're Drowning](https://www.graymonster.co/p/it-s-not-good-grief-if-you-re-drowning): Understanding anticipatory grief 
- [What Do You Mean It’s Not Covered?](https://www.graymonster.co/p/what-do-you-mean-it-s-not-covered): Not knowing the difference between Home Care and Home Health Care can cost you 
- [It Costs How Much?!](https://www.graymonster.co/p/it-costs-how-much): Decoding prescription discount cards and Medicare Part D
- [Understanding FMLA](https://www.graymonster.co/p/understanding-fmla): WTF is the Family and Medical Leave Act?
- [Home Alone 2: Not Lost In New York](https://www.graymonster.co/p/home-alone-2-not-lost-in-new-york): How to actually help your parents downsize
- [You Don’t Have To Go Home But You Can’t Stay Here](https://www.graymonster.co/p/you-don-t-have-to-go-home-but-you-can-t-stay-here): Breaking down what a senior care consultant does
- [Dad’s On The Naughty List](https://www.graymonster.co/p/dad-s-on-the-naughty-list): Understanding negativity in aging parents
- [Caregiving At Christmas](https://www.graymonster.co/p/caregiving-at-christmas): Dementia care and the holidays
- [Home Alone](https://www.graymonster.co/p/home-alone): How to talk with your parents about downsizing 
- [So Your Parents Are Old](https://www.graymonster.co/p/so-your-parents-are-old): A podcast origin story
- [A Very Geri Holiday](https://www.graymonster.co/p/a-very-geri-holiday): Travel, turkey, and TSA Cares
- [Thankful For Our Veterans And Those Who Care For Them](https://www.graymonster.co/p/thankful-for-our-veterans-and-those-who-care-for-them): Where to start when you’re caring for a veteran
- [Where There’s A Will, There’s A Way](https://www.graymonster.co/p/where-there-s-a-will-there-s-a-way): Understanding elder law and estate planning attorneys 
- [Caregiver Crash Out](https://www.graymonster.co/p/caregiver-crash-out): You can’t check this baggage
- [Does Anyone Actually Care About Care?](https://www.graymonster.co/p/does-anyone-actually-care-about-care): Care clocks the lowest score in the Longevity Preparedness Index
- [Area Agencies on Aging](https://www.graymonster.co/p/area-agencies-on-aging): What they are and why they matter
- [Medicare & You 2026](https://www.graymonster.co/p/medicare-you-2026): Same classic formula, new fine print
- [Benefits Maxing](https://www.graymonster.co/p/benefits-maxing): Understanding and optimizing employer sponsored benefits before open enrollment