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We appreciate how valuable everyone's time is,

and that is why we try and make each episode here at all home care matters

something that will hopefully

matter to you. On today's show, we are going to discuss tips for talking with your parents

when the time comes that they may need more care. For most of us, our parents were and are our

role models. They were there to help us learn how to ride a bicycle without training

wheels. Mom was the first one who made sure we had breakfast and our lunch for school. Dad was the

one that taught us how to fish and taught us how to tie a tie. Mom was the one who nurtured us

when we were sick. When we found the person we were going to marry. Our parents

were there to give us advice. And if you're a woman, your dad was most likely the one that

walked you down the aisle to your future husband. Mom was there to help you when you had

your first child to calm the anxieties and uncertainties of parenthood. Our parents were and are the ones who have helped

to shepherd us through childhood and into adulthood, and for most of us, they are still doing it

today as we enter new stages of our lives. That's why having to talk with them about possibly

needing help and needing care is so difficult.

Suddenly, we find that the roles are being reversed,

and most of us don't know how to go about having this discussion.

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