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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t want to be the bearer of bad news…but it’s likely too late for your parents.  Seems like around 75ish, elderly suffer from decision paralysis.  They will say all the right things, but it’s too late for them to actually do it.

Save your sanity and stop trying to make it happen and spend your time finding the facility they will have to enter when an emergency forces the issue.[/quote]

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There will be an emergency of some sort and you will have to drop everything and go take care of it. It will take weeks and you’ll feel guilty and angry. [/quote]

My parents had decision paralysis their whole lives, so it's hard to say if 75 was a meaningful marker in our case, but I will say health began to steeply decline around 70 and by 75 I can't imagine them doing anything like a move on their own.  My siblings and I are waiting on a fall to force the issue.  It sounds horrible, but they are adults (according to the law anyway) and we can't make them do anything.[/quote]

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