Kathleen Longo Published in BAM Alliance | Seven Essential Questions to Ask Your Aging Parents

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Kathleen Longo shares questions you should consider asking your aging parents in her blog titled: Seven Essential Questions to Ask Your Aging Parents  Shared by The BAM Alliance, March 3, 2016

A few years ago, my mom was diagnosed with stage four Hodgkin’s Lymphoma cancer. This prompted some quick changes for our family, as we were not prepared for a medical crisis. The first priority was to find my mother the best medical care possible, which meant a sudden move from her cabin life in northern Wisconsin to Minneapolis (where I live) so she would have access to significantly more medical resources. My parents moved in with our family during the course of her six-month treatment plan, which was both a blessing and a challenge.

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