Money. It's Important.
There are many resources available that can help your aging parents. There are physical therapists who can help them keep active and fit. There ire nutritionists and cooks who can plan and prepare food that is tailor-made to enrich their bodies and brains. There are mental health professionals that can diagnose and prescribe treatment related to mental conditions that occur. There are assisted living facilities, nursing homes, and hospices that can provide everything from food to activities to therapists to social opportunities and comfort and symptom relief away from home. There is insurance that you can buy that will cover almost every aspect of the aging process up to, and including, the Very End. And there are lawyers and financial professionals who can advise and assist you in all the legal and financial issues that you may encounter, from retirement and savings accounts to taxes to power of attorney documents to final will and testament. And many more. But every single one o...