ABSTRACT
Aging is not optional. Aging is like a vacuum; it eventually sucks all of us up. Despite medical advances and an ever-growing array of anti-aging lotions and potions, we all get old and we all die. This reality, no matter how hard we deny it, causes a tremendous amount of frustration. As we age, we lose physical and financial strength. We experience profound loss: job, role, status, friends, and spouse. Aging does not happen just to individuals, it happens to families right along with their elder members. The issues concerning relationships, the burden for care, and the stress of managing resources affect the family across the generations.
