An only child, Debbie Bozedowski was always close to her parents, so it was natural for them to live with her and her husband when they got older.

“I sold my townhouse and my parents sold their townhouse, and we had a house built,” Bozedowski said. “It was a big house in St. Charles with four bedrooms. They were going to buy a house in Florida and live with me in the summer.”

Six days after they moved in, her mother suffered a brain aneurysm and died nine months later. Her dad continued living with her and her husband for 10 years. A year ago, they moved to a smaller house in Elburn.