Write about. Helping mom/ dad other famiy members When they were sick or in need
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When my mom were sick i do half of my mom work like cooking food ,washing clothes ,hang clothes on wire etc. I help my mom to take medicine
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Most older adults don’t need much help from others.
In fact, many of them are quite busy assisting others and otherwise contributing to their families, communities, and/or workplaces.
But of course, many older people eventually do need some help from others, especially if they live into their 80s, 90s, or beyond. After all, only a minority of people transition from being fully independent to deceased, with no intervening period of needing assistance.
(Wondering how to get an older person to accept help? That’s covered here: 6 Steps to Take When Aging Parents Need Help – Even if They’re Resisting.)
When an older person does start to need help, it tends to be close family members — assuming the person has family — that step in: spouses, adult children, siblings, nephews or nieces, grandchildren, and so forth. In fact, family members are by far the number one source of “long-term care supports and services” for older adults.
Sometimes providing this eldercare support can be fairly straightforward: a little help with transportation, or arranging for some assistance with shopping or household chores.
But in other cases, family members find themselves having to take on quite a lot. This is often due to health issues affecting the older person’s ability to remain independent and manage various aspects of life.
Some situations that commonly bring this on include:
An older person starting to develop dementia, such as Alzheimer’s or a related condition
Advanced chronic illnesses that limit daily function and/or cause frequent hospitalizations, such as advanced heart failure, advanced chronic pulmonary disease, or a progressive neurological condition
Sudden disability after a fall, stroke, or other health emergency
Difficulty recovering from a hospitalization, especially if the older person experienced delirium or other complications
Advanced age, which can eventually bring on general frailty and loss of physical strength. Very advanced age also tends to bring on more noticeable age-related cognitive changes, and is a strong risk factor for developing dementia as well.
Most people are happy to be able to help an older parent or other loved one in need.
But it’s also common for people to find it…difficult. Especially when the older parent is reluctant to accept help or make changes. (Which is probably the norm rather than the exception.)
Trying to help an older parent tends to bring up lots of different issues that people haven’t prepared to address. And many people must continue to tend to their jobs, children, and other responsibilities, as they also start trying to figure their new caregiving role.
Over the past several years, both in my in-person doctoring work, and as an aging health expert writing online, I’ve seen countless people struggling to sort out just what their older parent might need help with, and how to help.
So in 2019, I created an online program to help people with this: the Helping Older Parents Membership.
As part of the related Helping Older Parents Course, I created a list of the key domains that family caregivers usually have to address at some point.
Since most of our members find the list really useful, I thought I’d share it below.
9 Domains to Consider When Helping Older Parents with Elder Care
Here are nine types of issues that tend to come up, when helping older parents.
Your own family doctor or medical care provider would be a good resource to help
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