We don’t get to pick our parents but we often have to assist in caring for them in their elder years. If you have or had harsh feelings towards your parents, stepping in to help in the elderly years can be extremely difficult and in many cases, the adult child refuses to help.
When we care for our elderly parents, our lives become more complicated and difficult. While we try to provide love and care for our aging loved ones, resentment and negativity often enters our lives too. Feeling negative, behaving in a negative way and speaking in a negative fashion often creeps up on a person and it will actually make any situation worse.
Being a caregiver for your aging parents is a tough job and there are 6 typical challenges faced: constipation, lack of drinking/hydration, not eating well, not sleeping well, depression or poor mood, joint issues and energy. Add to this the fact many senior adults begin to slowly not take all of their medications as prescribed and many issues will arise.
We all have experienced some form of depression in our lives at some point, but there is a myth that depression in senior adults is normal. As people age, many different things occur that will sadden us but when does it cross the line from being normal sadness, into depression?
If you are thinking of moving into a home, building one that you can retire in, or wondering how you can make your elderly parent’s home easier to live in – there are some things to look for to make living as a Senior Adult or a person with a disability easier. Here is a list of 21 proven helpful ideas and tips.
Many senior adults avoid traveling as they get older for a variety of reasons. All travelers experience physical and/or some kind of mental discomfort when traveling but other factors in a person’s life may make traveling more of a challenge.
As adults, we realize and except that we don’t and won’t see eye-to-eye with our parents and that to argue about it or try to get our aging parents to change their point of view, is pretty much useless. We learn to listen, try to help and not react after you’ve been told the same thing for the 14th time or when you are told again you didn’t do something right.
Catastrophic reactions and odd behaviors in the elderly come when traumatic memories from the past are triggered by current situations. Most medical personnel and professional caregivers have no knowledge of a client’s history. This article gives examples and strategies.
Traditional shower design often fails to take into account the limited mobility factor that accessible walk in bathtubs address. Handicap accessible bathtubs are a comfortable and easy-to-install alternative to traditional showers and provide all the safety features usual set-ups miss.
What to expect and tips to deal with behaviors of middle stages of dementia. It will require compassion, determination and strength.