78. 7 Signs Your Aging Parents Need Help at Home: A Downsizing Guide

So many adult children walk into their aging parents' house for a visit and quietly start scanning for problems, worried they'll either miss something real or make too big a deal out of nothing.

This episode is about knowing the difference between a normal part of aging and a real red flag, and having the right words ready when you need them. We walk through seven specific things that tend to stand out on a visit to an aging parent's home, and what each one is actually telling you about whether it's time to start talking about what's next. 

Seeing any of these signs in your own home? Take a listen and see if they are a normal sign of aging, or something to make you start thinking harder about a downsizing move.

In this episode:

• Why dim lighting and burnt-out bulbs are often about vision and balance, not neglect
• What a growing mail pile can, and can't, tell you about how someone is coping
• The real reason aging parents duplicate groceries or stop cooking full meals
• How narrow walking paths and stacked furniture quietly become fall risks
• Why a household retreats to a single floor of the house, and what it usually means

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