Getting Old

Our family has been experiencing a grandparent getting older. In December, my grandad (Pa Jim) fell in his house. He lives a lone and 4 hours away from the rest of the family. Anyways, he was on the floor for probably 3 whole days. We called, but he didn't answer his phone. We finally got a hold of his neighbor to go check on him. It was scary, and we weren't sure he was going to make it. He got out of the hospital in February and then moved to a rehab center. We moved him here with us in Arkansas. He has been living in Harding Place since the beginning of April.
A couple of weekends ago, our whole family, including him, went to a dinner honoring my belated grandmother. I sat next to Pa Jim and explained everything that was going on because he couldn't hear. Well, a couple of days later I had to go over to his house because the remote wouldn't work. He told me every detail about that dinner including what he ate and drank, but he couldn't remember that I was there. How crazy is that? I hope I'm not like that when I get old. I think I would rather die early than have my family so stressed about when I might leave this world.

I want to die in my sleep.