Elder Preparedness: Entering the Unknown
If you have parents or grandparents who are in their declining years, you may begin to feel overwhelmed by the magnitude of changes that are taking place in their lives. It is truly a time of entering the unknown, because none of you has likely experienced this before in the roles you now occupy. Their independence begins slipping away as simple tasks—shopping, driving, preparing meals—suddenly become unmanageable because of increasing forgetfulness or a broken hip from a fall.
