{"id":11679,"date":"2018-10-04T08:52:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T12:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11679"},"modified":"2018-10-04T08:52:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T12:52:14","slug":"without-safety-net-of-kids-or-spouse-elder-orphans-need-fearless-fallback-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11679","title":{"rendered":"Without Safety Net Of Kids Or Spouse, \u2018Elder Orphans\u2019 Need Fearless Fallback Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

It was a memorable place to have an \u201caha\u201d moment about aging.<\/p>\n

Peter Sperry had taken his 82-year-old father, who\u2019d had a stroke and used a wheelchair, to Disney World. Just after they\u2019d made their way through the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, nature called. Sperry took his father to the bathroom where, with difficulty, he changed the older man\u2019s diaper.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt came to me then: There isn\u2019t going to be anyone to do this for me when I\u2019m his age, and I needed to plan ahead,\u201d said Sperry, now 61, recalling the experience several years ago. Continue reading article here…<\/a><\/p>\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.<\/p>\n

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