How to Start a Conversation About Elder Care And Senior Living
Posted Nov 24 2010 12:00am
If you’re headed off to see your parents for Thanksgiving or other seasonal holidays, you may find that there are surprises in store for you. Adult children arriving from a distance are often shocked at how their elders’ health has failed. Even though parents who have not seen their adult children for a time can perk up and seem to be doing better than they actually are, generally a few days of this is all they can sustain, until their true health and living problems begin to show.
If you’re headed off to see your parents for Thanksgiving or other seasonal holidays, you may find that there are surprises in store for you. Adult children arriving from a distance are often shocked at how their elders’ health has failed. Even though parents who have not seen their adult children for a time can perk up and seem to be doing better than they actually are, generally a few days of this is all they can sustain, until their true health and living problems begin to show.
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