59: Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
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The Independent Self
The author has parents who are doing great, but they're both about 70 years old. He says it's going to come to the point not too far in the future where they won't be able to live completely independently. And what happens at that point? Do we stick them in nursing home? "It shouldn't just be, okay, now I need to take care of my elderly parents," he says.
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