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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
Here's what happens in most cases:

1. Senior refuses help. 
2. Senior has a series of accidents, and suddenly realizes they need help. 
3. Family has to scramble to find it.

The people who claim they'll kill themselves when the time comes, NEVER DO. As posters have said, it's psychologically very challenging to go through with such an act. Only extreme pain and despair makes people want to die, and this is why assisted suicide laws exist (or should exist).

It's so predictable it's laughable. OP and myself and countless others cannot force our parents to plan for the future. Also, WE OURSELVES are likely to end up feeling independent long after we shouldn't, just because it's what our human brains do. It's very hard to give up independence. Most of us will have to be convinced to give it up. Let's all hope we can be reasonable when the time comes.[/quote]

Bingo. Finding a nursing home at the last minute is expensive and stressful.  My parents didn't care though. That was our "duty" to them. They watched us struggle and did nothing. They never planned ahead because they wanted to live in their home forever. They ate organic vegetables after all. They were healthy until they weren't. I will never do that do my own children.[/quote]

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