Because the road of life isn't always smooth and straight.
What's around the bend?
The road has long been used in an analogy for life. There have been hundreds of songs, such as the Beatles The long and winding road," John Denver, Take me home country roads, Boyz II Men, End of the road. Books, "The road less traveled" by M. Scott Peck and poems,, The road not taken, Robert Frost and dozens of idioms and sayings such as "if you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there." As we age, the these references to the road often become more thoughtful and poignant..
What are the curves and bumps we may experience along the way? They are varied and numerous. Some are minor pot holes and some are huge craters. Some times we hit a stretch of them and other times we go for miles in the fast lane without a problem. One thing we do know, the further down the road we are in years, the more these curves and bumps affect us.
Road Hazards
- Functional decline including difficulties with Activities of daily living (bathing. dressing , grooming, eating, toileting, and mobility) and Instrumental activities of daily living ( (shopping, cooking, housekeeping, financial management and medication management)
- Mental illness (anxiety, depression)
- Caregiver distress
- Chronic illness
- Grief/loss
- Interpersonal conflict
- Life role transition (retirement, downsizing, moving to apartment, assisted living, or long term care facility)
- Loneliness/interpersonal deficits (loss of friends and family)
- Memory impairment
- Nutritional deficits
- Sleep disturbances
- Substance abuse
- Excess disability (hearing, vision loss, communication deficit)
- Pain
- Spiritual confusion
Title
Sunrise or Sunset?
The end of the day? The sunset years? The golden years?
or
New day? Next chapter?
