Reddit reviews Parent Talk

Read this book. I deal with this question pretty much every day and point people towards this book. There's sooooooo much you need to know as your parents get older and the books covers a lot of it. It also explains things like medicare/medicaid in an easy-to-understand format. I like how it also tells you to not be a hero. If your parents get too much for you to handle it helps you bring up the idea of them going into assisted living. I can't count how many situations I've seen where the kids think "I can handle this. Plus mom doesn't want to go to a "home"" and then one day you're at work and mom falls, or you screw up her meds, or some unforeseen event puts them in the hospital.

Anyhow, I recommend the book highly. It helped me out a lot.