What Nobody Will Tell You About Elder Care. What makes my Action and Implementation Program unique is that I look at elder care from the caregiver’s point of view. My experience and that of many other care givers is summarized below:
I wrote many times about the need to plan as much as possible for what you have to do to provide excellent elder care. I also advocated that you get your relatives on board to give you the support you need. A recent article in a local newspaper describes a service has taken both ideas [...]
I found a great resource especially for those who are providing elder care at a distance. It is a book titled Paradise Costs by Irene Masiello. Irene describes what she went through when she tried to take care of her father who, years before, moved from New York City to a small town in South [...]
In trying to come to grips with home care for an elderly parent, planning in advance goes a long way to making the whole process less stressful. Talking to your parents about what they want is immeasurably useful. In the previous post, I looked at two suggestions that Dan Taylor uses in his book, The [...]
As Dan Taylor points out in his book, The Parent Care Conversation, the person using this excuse doesn’t want to open themselves to a law suit from relatives who will criticize them over their care for the elderly parent.
This is the central problem with home care for the elderly. As their facilities and strength diminish, how will they manage their lives, and if they can’t who will?
This is another excuse for not doing anything. Accepting this reason is fraught with danger.