Millions now manage aging parents’ care from afar (AP)

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Lynn Feinberg, a caregiver expert at AARP, works in her office on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 in Washington. As lifespans lengthen and the number of seniors rapidly grows, more Americans find themselves struggling to care for an ailing loved one from hundreds or thousands of miles away. Feinberg said the number of long-distance caregivers is likely to grow, particularly as a sagging economy has people taking whatever job they can get, wherever it is. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP – Kristy Bryner worries her 80-year-old mom might slip and fall when she picks up the newspaper, or that she’ll get in an accident when she drives to the grocery store. What if she has a medical emergency and no one’s there to help? What if, like her father, her mother slips into a fog of dementia?

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