They live in a continuum-of-care place and have friends and activities and help with medical issues available at the pull of a string. Meaning: Choose housing with extra assistance because you know your mom needs extra assistance, not because you think it’ll buy Mom additional years. Dear Carolyn: My neighbor, whom we used to be friendly with, suddenly dropped us. To befriend them again would be to say, "It was okay that you deserted us at the lowest point in our lives." — Suddenly DroppedSuddenly Dropped: I can’t know what I’d do.

Source: Washington Post January 13, 2019 05:00 UTC