The term elder care has many meanings and may even conjure many different images based on your experience and what kind of interpretations you’ve been exposed to.

In many other countries, extended families live together until death do you part. Most Americans don’t follow those same traditions, however. Instead, once you move out of the nest, you don’t want the nest to move back. As a result, many seniors have been left to fend for themselves … until the time when they can no longer manage living independently because of: