As a family caregiver, there are some important questions you need to ask yourself, particularly if you’re feeling a good bit of stress. Periodically check in with yourself to keep finding solutions for yourself. Are Your Relationships Suffering? Family relationships and friendships can suffer greatly if you’re expending too much of your personal energy on caregiving duties. These relationships are…
Helping a Parent with Diminishing Eyesight Of all the senses, loss of vision can be the most devastating. As vision wanes, people find themselves wondering if they will be able to continue to lead an independent life. If a family caregiver is already lending a hand, they may wonder at what point they will need more assistance than friends and…
With the Holidays coming up, many adult children will fly in for a few days to visit their aging parents for Thanksgiving and/or Christmas. The following is a true story. Imagine that you get off the plane, get your bags off the carrousel and go find your Uber ride to Mom and Dad’s house. It’s 11:30PM when the car drops…
As adults, we value our independence above almost everything else. After all, we fought for the first 18 years of our life for our independence. After making our own decisions for more than 50 or 60 years, it’s hard to give that up. As an adult child of aging parents, we want to help them, but we also want…
