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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm 70 and I agree with your mom. I run the dogs, muck out the stables, and ride my horse 6 days a week and I will do a swan dive off a cliff into the ocean before I'll go to a nursing home.[/quote] I don’t think the OP is trying to ship her mom off to a home now. I think she’s trying to get her to plan ahead. My parents are 79/80 and no where near as capable as they were a decade ago and it’s still so hard to have this conversation with them. Total denial about age and end of life. Just last month it came as a “total shock” that an 82 year old friend died in the hospital while waiting for medical clearance for a heart bypass. I hope you’re making arrangements for yourself other than a nursing home or a swan dive - or you have excellent timing to take that dive before someone else is burdened with having to make those decisions. [/quote]
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