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When family jokes reveal underlying fears about being unwanted

My adult children keep making jokes about putting me in a home and I know they're kidding but it makes me feel like a burden they're planning to discard.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Casual comments about aging care can trigger deep anxieties about becoming burdensome and losing family connection.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Identity in old age and approaching death?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.