Caring For Aging Parents Checklist

For Julie, the idea of moving her husband into a memory care community wasn't an easy decision. While she dedicated significant time serving as his caregiver, John was highly functional, and they weren’t sure that memory care would benefit him. But Julie wanted to be a wife to her husband, not a caregiver, so they decided to explore what memory care could offer.

Jim Rose’s dad worked as a coal miner so Jim grew up helping out on the family farm in rural Kentucky. It was hard work; they had no water or electricity.