The long-term-care puzzle: Elder Care Expo designed to put pieces in place

[5 May 2008 - MinnPost - By Kay Harvey] Making choices as we — or our parents — age about where to live, get the care we need and how to pay for it are just part of life. But for many elders and their adult children, the first question is, "Where do we start?" Julie Groshens has been there. When her aging mother faced a series of decisions, she and her nine siblings, one a geriatric social worker, thought they had all the resources a family would need. But in years of trying to navigate the system, they found it a frustrating task. The lesson they learned, she says: "It's not an easy thing." More