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Caring for your elderly parents while still looking after your own family can be a tough time for all concerned

NO MATTER how grown up you are, the realisation that the time has come to “parent your parents” can be very unsettling. The central standard by which you have lived your life is now stood on its head. That figure of strength for so long in your family is fragile and vulnerable.