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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do you do when one parent is still youthful and active, and the other is declining fast?  My dad is 10 years older chronologically, but his biological age is probably 30 years older than my mom.  They don't appear to enjoy each other's company anymore.  I think they are only still married because it's too much trouble to get a divorce.  I assume I will start looking at getting Dad in soon and letting Mom enjoy her life, unencumbered and independent, for as long as possible. They have the money. [/quote]

"Getting Dad in" meaning getting him into a CCRC? Because if that's the case, you need to hurry. Once they're both in a CCRC, it's much easier to move one person into assisted living while the other person stays in IL, living their best life.

Until then, your mom should join a lot of clubs, etc. so she makes friends and has reasons to be out and an about. [/quote]

+1 If you can afford it, a CCRC is awesome!  But get dad in while you still can along with mom.  She will automatically have tons of new friends and tons of activities to do daily, all while just having to walk to go see her husband.  
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