The best gift you can bestow upon your elderly parent or family member is the gift of autonomy. Autonomy, or also known as independence, is one element in the aging process that not only ensures a healthy transition from the workforce to retirement (read more) but also gives the older population a chance to fulfill the last developmental stage of their life: Integrity.
Fulfilling this stage means one looks back to the life they lived with no regrets and a positive outlook. Most of the time, autonomy manifests in our elderly family members living alone or with their elderly spouse.
This means no one is there to make decisions for them, no one to assist them, or someone to ask for help from but themselves.
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