The Difficulties of Caring for an Aging Parent
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Becoming Your Parents Parent
By Rebecca Lippel Greenwich Citizen There seems to be an evolution to the life cycle. We begin as dependent infants and children in absolute need of our parents to protect and nurture us. The teen years appear to be a time to push away from that same protection and nurturing we crave when entering the…
Dementia Arguments
How to Win Dementia Arguments By Frena Gray-Davidson So, here are useful words and phrases to use while arguing with people with dementia. Ready? Okay, here goes: 1. Uh-huh; 2. Really? 3. I know. 4. You do? 5. Okay then. You can’t possibly lose a dementia argument using these. Oh, did I mention that no-one…
Elderly Parents and Dealing with Guilt
We feel an enormous weight of guilt and sometimes even a sense of failure for our inability to care for aging parents. Guilt, helplessness, and the pain of realizing that you may no longer be suited, or able, to give your elderly parent what he or she needs is an enormous burden for any child…
Forgiving Your Parent
Forgiving Your Parent for How They Treated You in the Past By Marlo Sollitto, AgingCare.com Every caregiver has a family history. Some of that history may be unpleasant, disappointing or even abusive. A caregiver’s experience of abuse, neglect and addiction leaves lasting scars. Moving beyond the past is never easy. But what happens when someone in your…
Leeza Gibbons
Leeza Gibbon’s On Caring For Aging Parents: Dealing With a Loved One’s Dementia TODAY Books Leeza Gibbons on the depression she faced while caring for her mother. In her book Take Your Oxygen First, Leeza Gibbons shares the story of her mother, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. With the help of medical professionals, Gibbons…
Parenting an Aging Parent
Parenting an Aging Parent and Helping Her Through New Experiences By P. Jefferson While we’re growing up, we eagerly view getting older as the pathway to life’s important “firsts” or milestones—starting school, getting a driver’s license, graduating from high school, then college, getting married, just to name a few. We recognize and often celebrate each…
How to Reduce Caregiver Stress
By Marlo Sollitto, Editor AgingCare.com The demands on a person who is taking care of elderly parents result in a great deal of stress. But if caregivers aren’t careful, they jeopardize their own health and well-being. A study of family caregivers found that those who experience caregiving-related stress have a 63% higher mortality rate than…
Daughter as Caregiver Stress & Guilt
Caregiver Stress Can Make Carers Feel Trapped: What to Do? By Carol Bradley Bursack, Editor-in-Chief ElderCareLink.com Human beings, especially loving human beings, seem to have a penchant for “beating themselves up” over imperfections. This isn’t the place to go into all the various psychological issues that make us feel we need to do everything perfectly,…