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Aging Well | Last Active: Apr 8 6:25pm | Replies (154)

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There is one other consideration that may already have been mentioned: If we move closer to one of our children, and that person is also advanced in age (60 is advanced in age!), and that person is in an intact marriage, one or both of those two might need a great amount of care suddenly, just about the time the van driver asks you to sign his 'Everything got here and nuthin's broke' forms.

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babbsjoy | @babbsjoy | Apr 1 11:14am

@gloaming
What a good point! I’m 64 and my husband is older than I am. As my dad’s care needs escalate and I grow more and more exhausted, it isn’t lost on me (especially since I have severe osteo of the spine), that if I’m incapacitated, there would be no one to take care of him. A couple years ago when I had Covid, I could double mask and glove and set out his meds with times clearly marked, and food, and call him from “quarantine” upstairs for reminders, and he was fine. I cleaned his room and did his laundry with PPE on and while he sat on our covered porch outside. But he has declined in many ways and that would not work now. Having to make some back up plans…..