On the Ten Commandments we are compelled to respect our parents. Love is not mentioned there nor how to show love. Love has to come from the most real place and that’s why one cannot be compelled to feel it….
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A good loving family homelife is very important, it is the legacy that will most likely be passed on if it is the background that a child has come from. Unfortunately, the opposite is also true of children who grow…
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Extending the family dinner with fun activities. For the last few years I was at home, I do not remember being able to eat a family dinner. We could not even sit around the table, due to clutter. When a…
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My first attempt at moving my mother into my own home was not a success. I had been on my own for some time and had developed my own way of doing things and knew how to live my own…
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Your parents have brought you up with love and respect. They were the ones to rely upon in your best and worst days; the ones to share your anxieties and happy moments; the ones to guide you with wisdom and patience and…
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Being a parent is one of the most difficult, yet rewarding, experiences of ones life. Once you become a parent, there isn’t any end to it. When your children are young, there are those minor day to day problems you…
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As the following poem shows, there are some ways in which children and the elderly share the same problems: THE LITTLE BOY AND THE OLD MANBy Shel Silverstein Said the little boy, “Sometimes I drop my spoon.”Said the little old…
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Personal Experience I looked after my Mum, when she had suffered a very debilitating stroke, for about three years until sadly she passed away. I was just twenty, when I started looking after her, and twenty-three years old when she…
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All the right intentions to do the right thing…always lead to bigger issues. I believe that we should be there for our parents as they were there for us. No one wants to have a parent live alone when they…
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They gave you life, raised and supported you. They were your whole world when you were young. Now you are grown and they are getting old. How can you make their transition from independence a smoother, less frightening experience? As…
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My elderly mother at fast approaching eighty nine lived almost four hundred miles away and could no longer manage the stairs. The house was badly appointed and in a dilapidated condition. There was no central heating and I could not…
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Mama thought she had a good plan. Some money she had secretly gotten from a settlement, she had me invest in CD’S, and made me Power of Attorney. In writing, I had the power to relocate her to my state…
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“One hand washes the other ” is a Jamaican proverb that describes one’s ability to help the other. This is applicable to us helping our parents. They were always there during their period of parenthood so why not be there for…
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My dad’s heart broke when he came to terms with Nana’s dementia. Slowly her mental capacity was diminishing. Most of the time she was good. She remembered things we had all forgotten. Then a day came where a neighbor called…
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The Sandwich Generation is responsible for the dependency load in today’s society. The working class is not only raising children, but they are also taking care of their aging baby-boom parents. If day care and elder care could be brought…
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One of the biggest problems today regarding the elderly is loneliness. There is nothing as heartbreaking as seeing an elderly person sitting in a chair, staring into space, like they have given up on living. This can be the case…
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When we are children our parents care for us in every way, as we grow older we begin to realize the sacrifices they made especially when we have children of our own. As we begin to understand just how much…
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Moving your elderly parent or parents into your house is a major decision that will change your life forever, whether you are single, married and living with your spouse and/or children or otherwise; that is, it will change your life…
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Family caregivers have now become more in demand than ever, in most states in the US, most noticeably in highly urbanized areas including the biggest cities. This is strongly observed in states where retirees would like to go, including California,…
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My grandmother was the epitome of an independent woman, even at the age of seventy-four. Whether it was making her own bed, washing her own clothes, or cooking her own meals, she made it clear that she could do this…
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There are many ways to protect an aging parent, first by calling them to see if everything is alright by helping them make their grocery shopping , this way they can feel they still have the autonomy on their decisions….
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Trying to balance your own family life is difficult enough, but to try and figure out how to move your elderly parent into your house can be exhausting. Your intentions are noble, since your parents sheltered and fed you for…
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As our parents age and need our help to remain as independent as possible, respecting them as the wise people who raised us becomes more critical than ever. They may be slower, more forgetful, less in tune with the current…
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How to care for aging parents Caring for an aging parents, it’s a difficult challenge. In some situations you may be the only responsible person in a family. In that case you are the person who needs to care about them….
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The most important problem that senior citizens face today is the cost of medical care. What is the use of money if you are not alive to enjoy it? Why have a home if grandpa cannot live out his last…
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If you move your elderly parent into your house, there is, of course, a certain amount of responsibility that goes along with it. Let’s face it, every situation will be different. Your elderly parent may be quite independent and healthy…
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It can be very difficult to watch our parents grow old, especially when roles must be reversed. There may come a day where the parents who have cared for you your entire life become the ones in need of assistance….
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Is it your duty to support your elderly parents financially when the need arises? Most elderly parents have social security checks coming in as a monthly income as well as other investment securities but many do not get enough to…
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Most all of us owe our parents a great debt of gratitude and even if we don’t, they are still our parents. We want the best for them and feel the need to give back a little of what they…
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There will come a day when you may need to assist our elderly parents in ways that will help them yet protect them at the same time. You may begin to notice the subtle signs that their mental capabilities aren’t…
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