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Dealing With a Parent in Declining Health is Brutal – Use My Experiences to help You in Yours

I’ve been there and done it…twice.

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Jan 09, 2025
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Darlene and Walter Gerken

Due to diet, exercise, healthy habits and medical advancements, people are living longer. Which is great, right?

For the most part, yes.

But there is one challenging consequence: Adults in their 40s, 50, 60s and even 70s are having to care for their declining parents for far longer than ever in human history.

Skyrocketing life expe…

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