Independent Living Aids: The Best Products for Aging Parents to Maintain Freedom and Self-reliance
Independent Living Aids are vital to help our aging parents maintain their lives with as much freedom and self-reliance as possible. Lillian Rubin, Psychotherapist, Author, and Lecturer, in a 2007 interview, described the new phenomena of aging as "both a demographic miracle and a social disaster waiting to happen". Listen to how she frames the issues:
Young old age, middle old age, old old age are new categories. There will certainly be new physical and mental challenges at each stage of living. The social disaster comes only if we are not prepared. How can we help our parents stay as healthy and independent for as long as possible?
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