The holiday season is often a time when families are reunited. In some cases, it is the first time all year when everyone is together. For adult children in north Texas and in other areas of the country, the change in a senior loved one’s condition can sometimes be shocking.
An adult child may not have realized how much an aging parent has been struggling. Even though they talk on the phone with one another several times a week, senior loved ones are often unwilling to open up about the challenges they are experiencing. It can cause panic in the family when everyone returns home and realizes an older loved one needs to make a move to a residential care home or an assisted living community. [Read more…]