The Conversation about Aging You Need To Have With Your Parents

Then my Dad died, and my Mom started having more health problems. Eventually, she developed macular degeneration, which affects a person’s close and reading eyesight, and which made it difficult for her to drive. Soon my siblings and I were taking a more active role in taking her to doctor appointments and in making up her weekly pillbox. Aging is an insidious and progressive process. One year my Mom had a stroke, and the next year we started to notice that she was showing signs of cognitive decline. In addition to not being able to fill her own pillbox with her daily medications, she started forgetting to take her pills in the morning and at night. So my siblings and I naturally began to take more active caregiver roles, with all of us taking turns to be with her at times of the day when she needed to take her pills, to give them to her. <a href="https://medium.com/illumination/the-conversation-about-aging-you-need-to-have-with-your-parents-5ee4c389aa78">Click Here</a>