Unfortunately, you are not able to turn back time. Your children are no longer the only parenting role you have. It is now including the care and decision making for your own parents. Role Reversal for aging parents is difficult for all concerned. It isn’t anything you prepared for or expected would happen to you. If you need a dose of growing up, elder care will make it happen whether you’re ready or not!
If you’re caring for an aging parent or facing the challenges of assisting a loved one or friend who is chronically ill, disabled or elderly, you are not alone.