How will you deal with your parents’ needs as they get older?
Found this excellent article in the Washington Post today about caring for your parents as they age.
“Fewer than 5 percent of the elderly live in institutions. Nursing home use has been falling for 20 years. Overwhelmingly, the people taking care of seniors are the people who always have: their families. ‘If families were not available,’ says Lynn Feinberg of the Family Caregiver Alliance, ‘the whole health-care system would fall apart.’”
This information in this article is closely related to our other post on families tasked with caring for their loved ones. It warns about the vast number of us that are unprepared to handle taking care of, or finding care for, our loved ones. Learning your options now can make all the difference for you and your loved ones in their time of need.