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Article: Kansas State University Expert Gives Tips for Talking to Parents About Aging.
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- AScribe Health News Service
- Article date:
- May 7, 2004
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Byline: Kansas State University
MANHATTAN, Kan., May 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- As children we relied on our mothers to care for us in our time of need, whether we were sick with the chicken pox or just needed an ear to listen. But many adults are now finding themselves in a reversed role -- acting as the caregiver for their own mother.
Gayle Appel Doll, research assistant professor for the Galicia Center on Aging at Kansas State University, said it can be difficult for people to accept how aging affects their parents.
"The role has reversed and children have to view their parents in a different light," Doll said. "No one wants to do that."
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