November 10, 2009

Comfort Keepers of Wallingford, CT Would Like To Point Out A Few Important Tips Concerning Healthy Aging Senior Citizens, Non-Medical Companions and In-Home Personal Care For Our Elderly Parents And Their Family Caregivers

By Carol Carbutti

 

Tips for your Aging Parents

 

Carol Carbutti, the owner of Comfort Keepers in Wallingford, CT wants you to realize that you are not alone while caring for your senior parents.  Statistics show that you are one of 50 million Americans in the same boat.  Whether your elderly mom or dad are living at home with you or in another non-medical location their care will be a challenge. You and your family caregivers will have to prepare yourselves for a time consuming and emotional experience.

 

Tips for the Son or Daughter

 

Now caring for your in-home healthy aging senior parents can be a very draining and exhausting ordeal.  A support system between your brothers and/or sisters, friends and professional caregivers will help lighten the load.  Caring for aging parents is impossible to do on your own, especially if you work full time.  You must come to the realization that at some point in time, one or both of your retired parents might have their normal thoughts, behavior, and attitudes changed radically by disease.

 

If this happens, caring for your elderly parent can be like dealing with a complete stranger.  For your own emotional and physical health, you will need an occasional break.  Hiring a part time caregiver and companion can give you time to recuperate from your hectic schedule.  There are many stressful situations where you might need help like when your own senior parent doesn’t recognize you or thinks you are somebody else.  Its times like these that you need everyone to pitch in.

 

Tax Implications

 

When you take on the responsibility of the main caregiver for your elderly parents it is very important to consult their accountant and/or attorney.  You and your senior aging parents should make sure a will is drawn up and they should examine all the estate laws in detail.  You will see that this is time, energy, and money well spent.  When all of the legal paperwork is done you will be free to give loving care to your active retired parents.  Now depending on your circumstances, you may find that you can claim your elderly parents as a tax deduction.

 

 

Taking Away the Car

 

This usually happens before the house is taken away.  There are many things that have a negative effect on an older senior driver.  Diminishing eyesight, physical handicaps, and mental disease can all make it very dangerous for an aging mom or dad to drive, both for their own safety and the safety of others.  Very seldom does the elderly parent voluntarily give up their car keys.  Often times it is best just to make the car disappear overnight.

 

Taking Away the House

 

Get ready for the battle of your lifetime when you determine, for their own safety, that your aging parents must be moved to a senior care facility.  A home can be a very dangerous place for an elderly person who forgets things easily or has physical limitations.  Falling down the stairs or leaving the stove burner on can have devastating effects.

 

You Are Not a Parent

 

While you are a caregiver for your aging parents, you can never be a parent to your parents.  The best that you can do is respond with love to their needs as they responded to your needs when you were young.  Always remember that caring for your aging parents requires patience, patience, and more patience.

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