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How to respond when parents plead to return to independence they cannot handle

Every time I visit my father in the nursing home he begs me to take him home and I lie and say maybe soon

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The kindest lies we tell our parents reflect the cruelest truths we must accept about time's direction.

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“Where Are You with When parents age — role reversal?”

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