Another thread mentioning that the boomers aren't interested in going to nursing homes got me thinking. I'm finding that there are older people I have encountered say in their 70s and 80s who don't appear to have done much along the lines of accepting and planning for their inevitable decline. After a long blessed life of good health they seem shocked that things are now going down hill and resistant to accept they might have to leave their home. Maybe its me but I'm doubtful that many people just die naturally in their sleep at their own home.