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[quote=Anonymous]One thought-try volunteering with elderly who have dementia-the really challenging ones. You have romanticized what the future would look like. You need to see the stark reality many of us face with aging parents over many year. Experience a few times and imagine it being your reality day after day for many years. Have any friends with challenging elderly parents? Offer to be a volunteer "buddy" for a while...long enough for the person feel comfortable enough that the good behavior for guests wares off. You get to paint a Normal Rockwell painting in your head of all you missed, but perhaps that painting needs to be adjusted. Yes, some people do have parents who age pleasantly and then pass, many of us don't. Go see what that life is like. Get a glimpse. There is a crisis right now of how best to care for all these people and how to afford it all. Honor your parent's memory by doing some volunteer work and see the harsh reality. [/quote]
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