Marjorie P. Lee Senior Living Blog

No one quite knows why, but, for the most part, elderly Americas are quicker to place their trust in people. Maybe it’s because they grew up in a simpler time when people trusted each other more.

There comes a time when most older adults need some form of assistance to get by safely, but eldercare is a topic that can create stress and strain between parents and their adult children. It's an age-old struggle: mom or dad does not want to give up any power, but changes in abilities are making independent living difficult, or even dangerous.

The right to live in your own home without fear for your safety, privacy, or property is a fundamental and inalienable human right—set down in writing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations.

Article 12
“No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.”