We want autonomy for ourselves and safety for those we love. - Atul Gawande

No, the more familiar and widely dangerous issue is a kind of silent disengagement, the consequence of specialized technicians sticking narrowly to their domains. “That’s not my problem” is possibly the worst thing people can think, whether they are starting an operation, taxiing an airplane full of passengers down a runway, or building a thousand-foot-tall skyscraper.

Your chances of avoiding the nursing home are directly related to the number of children you have,

Old age is not a battle. Old age is a massacre.