💛 How UNMARRIED COUPLES Can Plan for Caregiver Readiness (AARP Article)

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💛 How UNMARRIED COUPLES Can Plan for Caregiver Readiness (AARP Article)

FROM THE ARTICLE.

How Unmarried Couples Can Plan for Caregiving.

Safeguard your relationship by taking legal steps to prepare for a future caregiver role.

By Paul Wynn, AARP. Published June 18, 2025.

When Virginia Barber and Tom Ring first met three decades ago, they were colleagues sharing office space at Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa, where they were both on faculty. But their bond deepened into love after Ring’s marriage ended.

Barber and Ring, now 65 and 77, have weathered more than most. Barber, a two-time cancer survivor with a complicated medical history, and Ring, who’s faced prostate and bladder cancer, know better than to take anything for granted. That’s why, after 30 years together, they’re again sitting down with their lawyer to update their estate plans — not because something happened, but because they know something eventually will.

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https://www.aarp.org/caregiving/financial-legal/unmarried-couples-caregiving-plan/