Our Elderly Parent is Diagnosed with Cancer – Keep Calm and Soldier On

The Diagnosis of Cancer in the Elderly is Psychological Trauma for All

It is a tumultuous potpourri of concerns and worry. Everyone who brings their elderly parent just diagnosed with cancer to see me will think about the following even though not all are fully expressed, and not necessarily in this order of primacy. These thoughts will definitely loom in the mind, only differing in prominence to a greater or lesser degree depending on social and economic circumstance.

It is traumatic to one