What’s Your Biggest Question about Finding Help to Care for an Elderly Relative or Parent?
March 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I talk to my mom each week, sometimes several times. At almost 80, she’s incredibly spry and active. Yet, a recent bout with the flu reminded me that won’t always be true. And, because I live in MA while she’s in NY it worries me that I can’t be there myself to help out. Yesterday, I attended a brief lecture on being sensitive to elder needs while handing care arrangements lead by a mediator who plans to specialize in elder care issues. Good stuff.
Searching the internet has been a godsend and a curse. So many new online resources- too many really to make a good choice. Then, there’s the question of which ones, in which order- free or paid. Driving service, cleaning service, healthcare advocate….A daughter could go nuts!
I think there must be an easier way, so I’m thinking about writing a guide to save me, and others, time and aggravation, in vetting online and off-line services. Maybe, even a state-by-state guide of free and paid stuff. But I’m not sure what makes sense.
What would you want to see included in a one-stop guide about elder care?
PS What does this have to do with marriage,you ask? My mother and swubby adore each other. However, I think splitting my attention and energies will definitely impact us, especially when I need to travel to NY more frequently as her condition changes. When my father’s mother came to live with them it was pretty clear that it caused a rift between them because it increased my mother’s workload enormously while my father got all the praise.
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