The passwords, the account numbers, the finances, the bills…and so much more. Perhaps you need to help your parents, or you’re the spouse who hasn’t managed the finances, or you are the financial information backbone and it’s all become too much. If any of that is true, we have help.

Keeping Track helps you do just that, with all the numbers, names, locations, medications, and details that someone managing daily life and finances would need. We’ll tell you lots of stories about how and why someone else needs to know all this, in an accessible way. We know it’s hard to share, it’s personal, and it may be in a mess, but organization will help, along with knowing what information needs to be shared.

It’s not written in stone, it’s written in a modifiable spreadsheet, which we explain, step by step. You’ll also see how other families approach the topic. We understand, sensitive information. The authors have both been through this, one more successfully than the other. We get it. And we will share the way that worked. Technology helps, and technology complicates. We’ve been there.

Don’t wait for that emergency call: “Dad’s not doing well. Can you come right away?” to figure out how to pay the next month’s rent on your parent’s apartment. You might see your own situation in one of the stories and find the right words to broach the subject to a reluctant parent or spouse. Or maybe you just need the right place to put all those details.

This book is for you, the daughter/son/niece/nephew, you the spouse, and you the current bill-paying guru of the home. Organization always helps.