If your mum and dad are sweet little old grey-haired folks who are going to have a healthy active old age before slipping away peacefully in their sleep then go-ahead and move them in. If you think reality may be…
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Aging parents come in three types: Active, Inactive and High Dependency. There are no minimum or maximum age limits for each level of old age and you may not even appreciate the first level until your parent has left that…
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Everybody has heard of child abuse but how many are familiar with the term Elder Abuse’? Elder abuse is as prevalent as child abuse but much less publicized. It occurs in five different forms – physical, emotional, sexual, financial or…
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Parents are the masters of self-sacrifice. They managed to bring you up, they got by, made do and kept the wolf from the door without your help. After you left the family home and became financially independent they may have…
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