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Exactly. DCUMers lament taking care of aging parents but it's more likely that these same parents were besieged by health problems in midlife. If anything, with the high prevalence of lifestyle diseases in the US, it's no wonder that these parents end up burdening their children.[/quote]

Bless you and your magical thinking. My dad was fit and independent until his mid-80s, when he needed a hip replacement. He recovered well from that and had another 5-10 good years, when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's, which manifested itself mostly in cognitive rather than physical problems.

The bright side in all of this was his continuing care facility, where he could get PT after his hip replacement and could receiving gradually increasing levels of care surrounded by friends and professionals who knew him well.

He knew from watching his parents and my mother's parents that a decline is likely coming, and you need to figure out your best case and worst case scenarios. He and my mom wanted to live in a well-run place that they had chosen, with stuff from their beloved house that they had chosen, while they were well enough to have independent housing and make friends.

If you want to shoot for you and your neighbors all living in glowing good health until you're 85, then dying in your sleep in your perfectly maintained houses, good luck. But then you have to accept whatever else might happen instead. [/quote]

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