Aging comes with additional responsibilities, challenges, and accommodations that often require long-term planning and discussion. Even though this is an inevitability for all of us, almost 50% of adult children say they didn’t do enough to take care of their aging parents for their “Golden Years.” That’s why the professional caregivers with SYNERGY HomeCare have…
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READ MORECaring for Myself While Caring for My Aging Parents
During Disability Awareness Month it’s an opportunity to shine lights on the Sandwich Generation that is faced with the biggest juggling act of their lives. In addition to caring for their spouses, children, careers and own selves, they’ve taken on caring for their aging, often disabled, parents. Whether the parents are living with their adult…
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READ MOREWhen do my aging parents need help?
Blowing out 50 candles isn’t easy, physically or mentally. It was a different kind of birthday for me. I turned 50! The big five-oh! Why did I feel so old? I went full circle with the thought of being old. From, “Oh my god, what’s happening to me?” to “I don’t feel any different.” But…
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READ MOREPrevent your aging parents from hypothermia
Cold temperatures can be scary for your aging parents but the truth is that you worry about them. Are they warm enough? Are they eating right? Did they pay their heating bill? Are they feeling alright? What if there’s a power outage? When you can’t be with your aging parents, you worry, especially when…
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READ MOREShould you move your aging parents into your home during the pandemic?
The Pros and Cons
The COVID-19 pandemic has a lot of people on edge, particularly those who are concerned with the well-being of loved ones at high-risk of contracting the virus. The CDC states “The risk for severe illness with COVID-19 increases with age, with older adults at highest risk. Severe illness means that a person diagnosed with COVID-19 may require hospitalization, intensive care, a ventilator to help them breathe or may even die.”
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READ MOREWhat is Benevolent Probing and how will it help my aging parents?
As the adult children of aging parents, you may be hyper-alert to your parents’ physical and mental health. In-person visits are opportunities to assess your loved ones and to pick-up on signals of cognitive decline. As the holidays roll around, COVID-19 has caused another potential risk in the health and safety of aging adults as they are less likely to have in-person visits from loved ones who can pick up on red flags of declining health.
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READ MOREPrevent isolation from preying on your elderly parents’ emotional health
A story of hope for adult children and their parents
Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit our lives like a runaway train, you probably worried about your aging parents living alone, wondering, “Are they healthy? Taking care of themselves? Eating enough? Taking their medication on schedule?” What about the guilt of not visiting them as often as you probably should?
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READ MOREAdult children: prevent isolation from preying on your parents’ emotional health
Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit our lives like a runaway train, you probably worried about your aging parents living alone, wondering, “Are they healthy? Taking care of themselves? Eating enough? Taking their medication on schedule?” What about the guilt of not visiting them as often as you probably should?
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READ MORETop 10 signs your parents need help at home
According to the Pew Research Center, about 52 percent of those with parents ages 65 to 74, and 64 percent with parents 75 and older lend a hand because their parents need help. But what are the signs parents need more assistance than you can provide?
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READ MORESigns Your Parents May Need Help at Home
Whether you live close to your parents or are keeping tabs on them from afar, it may be difficult to recognize when they are in need of support at home. Facing the reality that your parents are aging and vulnerable can be hard and you may find yourself in a state of denial for a period of time.
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