{"id":769,"date":"2010-06-18T10:35:32","date_gmt":"2010-06-18T17:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/?p=769"},"modified":"2010-06-19T10:28:36","modified_gmt":"2010-06-19T17:28:36","slug":"aging-parents-its-not-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/aging-parents-its-not-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Aging parents &#8211; it&#8217;s not easy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Both my biological parents are deceased but my stepmom (of 50 years) is here with her second husband, the one who had stomach cancer surgery at the VA Hospital. He is out of the hospital and on a very restricted diet and they are leaving for home (Nevada) next week. \u00a0She insists she can drive but also says she can&#8217;t read the road signs until she&#8217;s right under them. \u00a0Denis says he will drive them home next week, but what if they say no? \u00a0She is supposed to take care of her husband but forgets certain things and some of them matter. \u00a0It&#8217;s very clear she is not as able as she needs to be but what am I supposed to do? \u00a0They live alone and shouldn&#8217;t. \u00a0They both think they&#8217;re still 25. How do you convince them they should not be driving, and that they should move to a senior-assisted place? \u00a0This is difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both my biological parents are deceased but my stepmom (of 50 years) is here with her second husband, the one who had stomach cancer surgery at the VA Hospital. He is out of the hospital and on a very restricted diet and they are leaving for home (Nevada) next week. \u00a0She insists she can drive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dear-diary","category-family"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Both my biological parents are deceased but my stepmom (of 50 years) is here with her second husband, the one who had stomach cancer surgery at the VA Hospital. He is out of the hospital and on a very restricted diet and they are leaving for home (Nevada) next week. She insists she can drive\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jenny\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/aging-parents-its-not-easy\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"My Blog | Jenny Jones\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Aging parents \u2013 it\u2019s not easy | My Blog\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Both my biological parents are deceased but my stepmom (of 50 years) is here with her second husband, the one who had stomach cancer surgery at the VA Hospital. He is out of the hospital and on a very restricted diet and they are leaving for home (Nevada) next week. She insists she can drive\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/aging-parents-its-not-easy\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-06-18T17:35:32+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2010-06-19T17:28:36+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Aging parents \u2013 it\u2019s not easy | My Blog\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Both my biological parents are deceased but my stepmom (of 50 years) is here with her second husband, the one who had stomach cancer surgery at the VA Hospital. He is out of the hospital and on a very restricted diet and they are leaving for home (Nevada) next week. She insists she can drive\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/aging-parents-its-not-easy\\\/#article\",\"name\":\"Aging parents \\u2013 it\\u2019s not easy | My Blog\",\"headline\":\"Aging parents &#8211; it&#8217;s not easy\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/author\\\/jenny\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/#organization\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-06-18T10:35:32-07:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-06-19T10:28:36-07:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"commentCount\":10,\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/aging-parents-its-not-easy\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/aging-parents-its-not-easy\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Dear Diary, Family\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/aging-parents-its-not-easy\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/category\\\/family\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Family\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/category\\\/family\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Family\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/category\\\/family\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/aging-parents-its-not-easy\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Aging parents &#8211; it&#8217;s not easy\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/aging-parents-its-not-easy\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Aging parents &#8211; it&#8217;s not easy\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/category\\\/family\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Family\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"My Blog\",\"description\":\"Jenny Jones\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/author\\\/jenny\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/author\\\/jenny\\\/\",\"name\":\"Jenny\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/aging-parents-its-not-easy\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/aging-parents-its-not-easy\\\/\",\"name\":\"Aging parents \\u2013 it\\u2019s not easy | My Blog\",\"description\":\"Both my biological parents are deceased but my stepmom (of 50 years) is here with her second husband, the one who had stomach cancer surgery at the VA Hospital. He is out of the hospital and on a very restricted diet and they are leaving for home (Nevada) next week. She insists she can drive\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/aging-parents-its-not-easy\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/author\\\/jenny\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/author\\\/jenny\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-06-18T10:35:32-07:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-06-19T10:28:36-07:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/\",\"name\":\"My Blog\",\"description\":\"Jenny Jones\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Aging parents \u2013 it\u2019s not easy | My Blog","description":"Both my biological parents are deceased but my stepmom (of 50 years) is here with her second husband, the one who had stomach cancer surgery at the VA Hospital. He is out of the hospital and on a very restricted diet and they are leaving for home (Nevada) next week. She insists she can drive","canonical_url":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/aging-parents-its-not-easy\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/aging-parents-its-not-easy\/#article","name":"Aging parents \u2013 it\u2019s not easy | My Blog","headline":"Aging parents &#8211; it&#8217;s not easy","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/author\/jenny\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/#organization"},"datePublished":"2010-06-18T10:35:32-07:00","dateModified":"2010-06-19T10:28:36-07:00","inLanguage":"en-US","commentCount":10,"mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/aging-parents-its-not-easy\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/aging-parents-its-not-easy\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"Dear Diary, Family"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/aging-parents-its-not-easy\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/category\/family\/#listItem","name":"Family"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/category\/family\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Family","item":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/category\/family\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/aging-parents-its-not-easy\/#listItem","name":"Aging parents &#8211; it&#8217;s not easy"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/aging-parents-its-not-easy\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Aging parents &#8211; it&#8217;s not easy","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/category\/family\/#listItem","name":"Family"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/#organization","name":"My Blog","description":"Jenny Jones","url":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/author\/jenny\/#author","url":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/author\/jenny\/","name":"Jenny"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/aging-parents-its-not-easy\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/aging-parents-its-not-easy\/","name":"Aging parents \u2013 it\u2019s not easy | My Blog","description":"Both my biological parents are deceased but my stepmom (of 50 years) is here with her second husband, the one who had stomach cancer surgery at the VA Hospital. He is out of the hospital and on a very restricted diet and they are leaving for home (Nevada) next week. She insists she can drive","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/aging-parents-its-not-easy\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/author\/jenny\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/author\/jenny\/#author"},"datePublished":"2010-06-18T10:35:32-07:00","dateModified":"2010-06-19T10:28:36-07:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/","name":"My Blog","description":"Jenny Jones","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"My Blog | Jenny Jones","og:type":"article","og:title":"Aging parents \u2013 it\u2019s not easy | My Blog","og:description":"Both my biological parents are deceased but my stepmom (of 50 years) is here with her second husband, the one who had stomach cancer surgery at the VA Hospital. He is out of the hospital and on a very restricted diet and they are leaving for home (Nevada) next week. She insists she can drive","og:url":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/aging-parents-its-not-easy\/","article:published_time":"2010-06-18T17:35:32+00:00","article:modified_time":"2010-06-19T17:28:36+00:00","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:title":"Aging parents \u2013 it\u2019s not easy | My Blog","twitter:description":"Both my biological parents are deceased but my stepmom (of 50 years) is here with her second husband, the one who had stomach cancer surgery at the VA Hospital. He is out of the hospital and on a very restricted diet and they are leaving for home (Nevada) next week. She insists she can drive"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"769","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"Article","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"location":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2021-04-09 18:27:42","updated":"2025-12-08 03:45:32","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/category\/family\/\" title=\"Family\">Family<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tAging parents \u2013 it\u2019s not easy\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog"},{"label":"Family","link":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/category\/family\/"},{"label":"Aging parents &#8211; it&#8217;s not easy","link":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/aging-parents-its-not-easy\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":772,"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769\/revisions\/772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}