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Living in a Retirement Home: Is it a Positive Thing?

Kathy Barthel | Posted 10.03.2012 | Canada Living
Read More: Retirement Communities, Healthy Living, Elder Care, Seniors, Sandwich Generation, Canada Living News
Kathy Barthel

When is it time for you parents to move to a retirement home? The decision to move from the home you've lived in for years to a new community where you may not know anyone is certainly difficult. The important thing is to feel that you are making progress and that helping your parents transition to a retirement community is a positive thing. It is.

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Are Our Elderly Parents the Entitlement Generation?

Kathy Barthel | Posted 02.28.2012 | Canada Living
Read More: Retirement, Caring for Elderly, Elderly Parents, Taking Care of Parents, Elder Care, Entitlement, Caring for Seniors, Seniors, Canada Living News
Kathy Barthel

To say that Sam's parents are demanding may be an understatement. He says they're the entitlement generation. The lawnmower is out of gas, call Sam; Dad fell and cut his head, call Sam; I mixed up my walker with my friend's walker, call Sam. Where do the demands come from?

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