Ben Neiburger

Ben Neiburger

JD, CPA

IL, US
Association speaker teaching professionals how to balance careers and business interests against caregiving responsibilities for aging parents and spouses.

Ben Neiburger is an Illinois-based Elder Law attorney and Certified Public Accountant. He's also a speaker who travels the country showing associations made up of professionals, small businesses, entrepreneurs and solopreneurs how they can take care of loved ones AND keep their careers and businesses from falling apart.

As one of Illinois's top elder law attorneys Ben has worked with hundreds of clients, helping them navigate the Caregiver Storm. And his keynotes and breakouts address a key concern of every busy professional with a family.

If you are an association with members who work as entrepreneurs, are small business owners or work as busy professionals, contact Ben and he'll show them how to continue to be successful professionally while still being a committed caregiver.

He also speaks to legal, healthcare and financial planning professionals about managing this aging demographic's needs and the needs of their caregivers.

Ben Neiburger is an Illinois-based Elder Law attorney and Certified Public Accountant. He's also a speaker who travels the country showing associations made up of professionals, small businesses, entrepreneurs and solopreneurs how they can take care of loved ones AND keep their careers and businesses from falling apart.

As one of Illinois's top elder law attorneys Ben has worked with hundreds of clients, helping them navigate the Caregiver Storm. And his keynotes and breakouts address a key concern of every busy professional with a family.

If you are an association with members who work as entrepreneurs, are small business owners or work as busy professionals, contact Ben and he'll show them how to continue to be successful professionally while still being a committed caregiver.

He also speaks to legal, healthcare and financial planning professionals about managing this aging demographic's needs and the needs of their caregivers.

Protecting Your Business as You Assume the Role of Caregiver

Audience: Small business, entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, freelancers

Learning objectives

Attendees will learn:

  • How to set realistic expectations around your business as you assume a caregiver role for aging parents and spouses.
  • How to keep their career on track by seeking out the proper help and resources
  • How to avoid taking an extended leave from work when they become the principal caregiver.

This...

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The Busy Professionals Guide to Caregiving

Audience: Management, legal, financial, corporate leadership

Learning objectives

Attendees will learn:

  • To use the 10 guiding principles from Ben's acclaimed book Caregiver Storm - included for all - to keep working while also assuming greater caregiver responsibilities at home.
  • How to avoid taking an extended leave from work when they become the principal caregiver.

There is nothing more stressful than...

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Baby Boomers, the Age Wave and the Commoditization of the Practice of Law: How to Survive the Storm

Audience: Attorneys, law associations, law schools, continuing education

Learning objectives

Attendees will learn:

  • Why online services are going to kill their practice if they don't smarten up
  • How to sell value to clients that will make them choose you over less expensive options
  • Generate more revenue from your marketing efforts

There is a hurricane coming that will substantially alter (or destroy)...

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How to Make Money While Building Customer Loyalty by Helping Clients in Crisis

Audience: Professional service providers, CPAs, Attorneys, Financial Planners, Healthcare

Learning objectives

Attendees will learn:

  • How to build your business by offering extraordinary service to clients in times of crisis
  • Create customer loyalty that promotes referrals across generations

This 45 minute keynote or breakout session is a 10 point action plan for financial planners, CPAs and attorneys who...

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The Eldercare Emergency Toolkit: Taking Care of Your Loved Ones Before the Crisis

Audience: Healthcare providers, financial planners, chambers of commerce

Learning objectives

Attendees will learn:

  • The special obligation to care for spouses and parents is stressful - but manageable 
  • Mitigating stress with some pre-planning allows adult caregivers to actually enjoy the time they have left with their loved ones
  • Special resources and tips for successful care

"Honor Thy Father...

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Stayin' Alive: 5 strategies to care for aging parents, maintain sanity, and still get an inheritance

Audience: Professionals in the baby boomer generation, associations

Learning objectives

Attendees will learn:

  • How to transition from adult child to adult caregiver for you parents
  • Manage, preserve and grow your relationship with your parents as they transition
  • Learn to take care of yourself - without guilt

Watching a parents decline is one of the more difficult shifts we experience in life. It...

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Yes You Can! Maintaining your power, family, and sanity while taking care of your aging parents

Audience: Professionals in the baby boomer generation, associations

Learning objectives

Attendees will learn:

  • Legal, moral, and practical tips to transition to this new role
  • How not to become overwhelmed
  • How not to grow resentful by continuing to work and be productive outside of the role of caregiver

Being sandwiched between growing children and having to care for aging parents will cost you. It...

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