“This past year, my siblings have been tussling with our elderly parents. I try to stay out of it, but I am getting pulled in. It’s getting to be about that time where we think they really would do much better with a higher level of oversight, in terms of their medical needs and the usual dramas of what they are eating, and whether or not they are managing their medications properly.

“They’ve been holding up well living in their home, but every time one of us brings up the topic of downsizing, or making a move to a senior living center, nothing positive comes of it.

“I see this with others in our extended family, and I see it with friends who are essentially fighting with their parents at a time when you’d think things might be easier. The older folks just don’t see that their day-to-day

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