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When aging parents avoid planning for death

My elderly parents refuse to discuss their decline or make end-of-life plans and I am terrified of being unprepared when something happens.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The collision between our need for preparation and their denial of mortality leaves families stranded between love and logistics.

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