As any caregiver will tell you, providing in-home care for aging parents or for loved ones who are dealing with cognitive memory loss, is more than a full-time job. Often, fatigue, stress and financial strains can become an issue for even the most patient caregivers. That can reduce not only the quality of care that you are able to provide, but negatively affect your own health, too.
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When you are the child of an aging parent, you face a conundrum. Put yourself in your father’s shoes for a minute. You have dedicated your whole life to caring for family. Now, due to the natural order of things, every day that goes by it seems one more task slips from your fingertips. That is a hard pill to swallow.
Though we always want to expect the best of new acquaintances, it’s becoming increasingly common for seniors to find themselves victims of people they thought were trustworthy. While that’s certainly more the exception than the rule, senior citizens have become a favorite target of many of today’s scam artists. The new senior housing bubble is a primary focus of those trying to cheat seniors out of the money they’ve worked so hard to save up, and there are several other types of scams and fraud that these predators rely on.
It’s never easy to talk to your parents about permanent senior care—even if the conversation is precipitated by an immediate necessity. But the whole process can be easier when you understand all of the care options that are available, and the costs that are associated with each.
You always expected that this day would come– your parents need more care and attention than you can provide at home. You just didn’t expect it to come so quickly. But you can still stay ahead of the curve even if you haven’t put much thought into long-term care until now.
If you’re a primary care provider for an elderly family member, especially if you’re a long-distance caregiver, one of your greatest concerns is likely how to make sure that your loved one is safe on their own. Just like you, our skilled nursing team understands that older adults are the segment of the population at greatest risk of suffering a serious, and even life-threatening, injury from a fall.
At ERH, we know that so many of our residents spoke with their families as they were making the decision to move into a senior living community. But for every older adult that chooses to move into a retirement community in Cincinnati, there’s another who chooses to remain at home.
We know that, in many cases, adult children are the ones with the most questions about senior healthcare.
At ERH retirement communities, many of our residents work together with their children to make decision about their healthcare, and have made a collective decision to move into senior living. However, there are still many older adults who are led to join our communities as a final recourse after experiencing a life-altering event.
