Yes, he is frail. He was placed in a nursing home this past Spring. He is only able to be back living at home because I make that possible. Medicaid and the VA provide some home heath attendant help, but I do the bulk of his care and homemaking work.

He has a laundry list of diagnoses, including stroke, COPD, heart failure, dementia, partial paralysis (which is gradually, but steadily progressing.) I don't see him surviving more than a few more years at best . . . based on my experience as a nurse. (For his sake, I hope he will not out-survive having a decent quality of life. He just barely has that now.)