Autonomy

As you may recall from previous years, April 16th has been declared National Healthcare Decisions Day. For those unfamiliar, this day is set aside to encourage us all to think about and document our wishes about medical treatments we would- or would not- want during a serious illness or at…

It’s perhaps one of the most difficult conversations to be had with an older adult: Whether it’s your aging parent, your spouse or another loved one or friend, asking them to scale back or stop their driving altogether strikes at the heart of the fear that so many of us…