On a related note, if your parents are elderly check in with them on their finances. Make sure you or someone they trust has easy access to all their money, has medical power of attorney, and that their investments make sense for their age.

Also see if you need to start putting up grab bars, shower seats, and perhaps some sort of smartwatch or voice activated emergency system.

My 84-year-old mother lived alone. Last month she fell going down the stairs. She laid on the floor for two or three days, unable to move with a broken hip and a broken arm, thinking this was how she was going to die. One of her friends got worried when she didn't return her calls, so she came over and found her, and they got her to the hospital in time.

I had plans to visit her just two weeks later, and one of the things on my list was getting her some sort of life alert system. Unfortunately that idea came a little too late for her.