A Psychologist Offers Advice On ‘Being There’ For Aging Parents

Written By Marcy Olson
Watching your parents grow old, weak and frail can be challenging. Prepare for the inevitable using these three coping strategies.

Watching your parents grow old, weak and frail can be challenging. Prepare for the inevitable using these three coping strategies.

As our parents age, we find ourselves on a challenging emotional journey, one that often remains unspoken but deeply felt. It’s the journey of anticipatory grief, a complex mix of emotions and thoughts that arise as we witness our parents becoming older, weaker and more frail. This concept, often overshadowed by post-loss grief, is equally devastating.

Mark Travers writes about this journey beautifully in this article from Forbes Magazine.

Marcy Olson
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