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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am now seeing the flip side of some of my friends who had significant help from their parents/ILs when their children were younger. Now their parents and/or ILs are older and need a lot of assistance (to doctor's appointments, grocery shopping, with paperwork, anything and everything). Some of my friends are openly annoyed to have "so much responsibility" in caring for their elderly. I bite my tongue for it is usually the ones who had the most help early on that are complaining the most bitterly now. [/quote]
I think caring for aging parents was going to fall on your friends regardless. At least they are close enough to help them without having to travel or having to move their aging parents near them. The only time I've seen a friend get out of eldercare for their parents is when they have a sibling nearby, or their parents need so much help that they put them in an assisted living facility. The best situations are the ones where the aging parents decide to move into one of those independent/assisted living places while they're still active, so that they can make friends and get used to a place before their health starts going downhill.[/quote]

+1. This is OP. My husband already helps out his parents, who are local, a lot.[/quote]

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