Seeking Justice

home buyer Our care giving dilemma derives many of its frustrations and heartaches from our parents’ and society’s centuries-old expectations that care giving for the elderly “is the children’s job.” This assumption is still the status quo even though you have no medical or gerontological training. It assumes that you will know the following:

-when, how and how much to intervene

-how to manage insurance benefits

-how to evaluate a nursing home

-how to cope Alzheimer’s disease

-how to resolve a host of other new and life altering care giving dilemmas.

juegos If you have taken up this role, then you are certainly not alone. The informal, unpaid caregiving duties are valued at over 3 billion dollars in the US. The value of this contribution totals up to more than Medicaid spending for long term care. This does take the pressure off of government programs.

home building  But wait…We are the first generation, ever in the entire history of the world, to face the difficulties of living in a time where we may spend more years caring for elderly parents than we spent caring for our children.

How do elder-caregivers cope in a world where less than 1% of doctors are trained in geriatric medicine? Where up to 140,000 deaths annually occur from Adverse Drug Reactions yet only 720 out of our 200,000 pharmacists have geriatric training? And the entire care giving system relies on poorly paid workers with only 40 hours of training for effective and compassionate care? Add to this the inherent determination of most parents to keep their adult children from knowing anything about their medical needs or financial status and it’s easy to see why continued attempts at intervention may seem like a waste of time. They’re not. Education, planning, and communication can help overcome much of our parents’ resistance to our help.

But even though you are providing a valuable contribution to yourself, and to your elderly parents, you may be paying a price. Caregivers do suffer from anxiety and depression. Some resent the burden, but then feel guilt over the resentment. You may also be missing time from work, just as you do when you have to stay home because a child is ill. Some employers are friendly towards adult custodians of elderly parents, but some employees have not progressed to that point yet. This can be a source of additional stress.

Why Parents Refuse Help

Begin with the premise that like you, your mother treasures her independence and wants to continue making her own decisions. She realistically assumes that if she tells you something is wrong, you will want to help her and do something about the problem. If she is ill, she knows that in order for you to help her effectively, you must involve yourself in her private life, and that may jeopardize her independence. The result of your actions may mean the loss of her driving privileges, a move to an assisted living community or a nursing home. It may force her to admit she can no longer take care of herself and that she may have begun an irreversible slide into dependency. She senses that from the moment you begin to help her, nothing in her life or your relationship will ever be the same. She is absolutely right. Do it anyway. You will find a way to comfort your mother through the necessary changes, but for now, your assistance may be the only way to help assure her health and safety.”.

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