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Reading this reminds me of how lucky I am and have been, but we have been through some stuff.

Dad, at age 84 had an accident with the tractor. He fell off and the vehicle ran over him, breaking his pelvis. Since the bathroom in the family home was on the second floor, there was a mad dash to get an en-suite into their bedroom on the ground floor. The next spring, having recovered he bought the smallest power saw he could find and started cutting bushes on the hill across the road from the house. He lived another ten years, passing after a stroke while in the hospital for some tests. Surrendered his drivers license at age 91 after a fender bender he knew was his fault.

Mom lived for another two years, remaining active until six months before the end. Two of my sisters basically 'dropped everything' and moved into the house to care for her. Amazing women.

My wife's father developed mobility and respiratory issues at age 90. Some may recall a thread I started when my wife performed CPR on him 18 months ago. He went into hospital and passed the next week. We started modifications to the old farmhouse (widening doors, wheelchair accessible bathroom, wheelchair ramp, etc.) but he never made it home to see the changes.

My Mother in law has been the beneficiary of the mods, as she was soon using a walker to get around as she was waiting for her second knee joint replacement. My FIL's elder sister (a spry 94 at this point) moved in with the MIL and they get along great. The house is not much more than a 1/4 mile away, so we can keep an eye on them, between my wife and I and her brother. A local lady comes in to clean once/week.
So far so good. However, I'm in my 60s and I can see this all going around again (with us) in another couple of decades.
Stay tuned.
Les