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" No one can control the aging process or the trajectory of illness. "

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" Career-driven millennials are strategic about working obsessively while they are single and earning enough money to afford advanced education. Most are patient enough to wait until 30 or later to develop their dream. "

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" Family caregiving has become a predictable crisis. Americans are living longer and longer but dying slower and slower. "

" In the case of my husband, we found that facing a life-threatening illness prodded us to make a dramatic change in our lives. "

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