Currently, about one-in-seven middle-aged adults provides financial support to both an aging parent and a child, according to the Pew Research Center.
No one wants to lose an aging parent.
The decision, she said, must ultimately be made by the aging parent.
Did we spend enough time with an aging parent, we wonder.
And though Ms. Sturm does not have children, she is caring for an aging parent.
With an aging parent to help support, Ms. King said she was not sure how she would make ends meet.
What about an aging parent who's run out of money or faces an uncertain number of nursing home fees?
Adult children often find themselves taking care of an aging parent toward whom they feel something less than love.
My conflict was part of the strange and inevitable burden of responsibility that moves in along with an aging parent.
Or perhaps you want to reduce your hours for a while to care for an aging parent.
Here, Vicky takes on Thomas Keller's "Ad Hoc at Home" and Michael Tucker's memoir "Family Meals: Coming Together to Care for an Aging Parent".
