“Why you need to talk to your parents about how they want to die,” by Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon

 

Quote:

“It wasn’t easy when I found myself without any guideposts or preparation for handling my mother’s care, but it wasn’t a surprise either. We had been estranged for several years beforehand, so when I got the call at last this summer, it was merely the crap tornado I’d been long bracing for. My sole comfort in all of it was the knowledge we’d have no such messiness when it came to my mother-in-law. It turned out I was wrong.”

 

 

LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):

Maybe LTCI producers can use articles like this one to wake people up sooner, before it’s too late to avoid such problems.