Coping With the First Crisis

There will come a time when it is impossible to ignore that someone is no longer able to continue to be the independent person they have been in the past. The call comes in that Mother or Daddy has fallen, had a stroke or some other crisis has occurred. Rest assured that you and your other family members will cope with the decisions that need to be made. The conversation will be underway whether or not you or your loved ones are prepared.  If you are lucky the crisis will be a small pothole, not a washed out bridge. If you have had the conversations before the crisis, you will be making decisions with more information and some things will have been decided ahead of time.