What do you give to a person who has everything? What do you give to a person who does not need anything at all? These descriptions often describe the elderly person on your gift-giving list. Elderly people who still live in their home surely have every item that they need and want from years of ...
We adult children can help our elderly parents without offending them, but it requires sensitivity and a lot of tact. My parents are in their late seventies. They’ve worked hard all their lives and, even though they still live in their own home, they are starting to slow down a little, and are beginning to ...
One of the many issues often facing families’ today centers around having to care for an elderly family member who is suffering from memory loss. Adult children are fraught with very hard decisions to make. Elderly parents may become so debilitated they no longer can run a household. They may have to move in with ...
The U.S. Administration on Aging defines elder abandonment as “the desertion of an elderly person by an individual who has assumed responsibility for providing care for an elder, or by a person with physical custody of an elder.” Causes of abandonment vary depending upon culture. Traditional societies may abandon the aged to increase the chance ...
Many children of elderly parents will do anything they can to keep their loved ones out of a long-term nursing home or care facility, including taking them in to provide care for them in their own homes. Almost 85% of families take care of their elders in the home either full time or part time, ...
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