{"id":14791,"date":"2019-12-19T07:43:36","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T12:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14791"},"modified":"2019-12-19T07:43:36","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T12:43:36","slug":"parenting-your-aging-parents-when-they-dont-want-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14791","title":{"rendered":"Parenting Your Aging Parents When They Don\u2019t Want Help"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

David Solie\u2019s 89-year-old mother, Carol, was unyielding. \u201cNo, I will not move,\u201d she told her son every time he suggested that she leave her home and relocate to a senior living residence.<\/p>\n

And it didn\u2019t stop there. Although Carol suffered from coronary artery disease, severe osteoporosis, spinal compression fractures and unsteady balance, she didn\u2019t want assistance. When Solie brought in aides to help after a bad fall and subsequent surgery, his mother fired them in a matter of days.\u00a0 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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