Learning how to talk to a parent with dementia takes both resilience and time. Dee Marques shares eight key strategies to help you deal with the communication process more easily. Dementia is an incredibly cruel syndrome, and is equally hard for both the person affected by the ...
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Your parents are probably aware that they are facing some new challenges thanks to age, so staying away from discussions about their future might seem like the safer option to them rather than admitting to reality. Instead, state your concerns calmly and with love and tenderness to help to rea...
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Your parent can guide you. At the level of the everyday and the concrete, you can ask what they want help with or worry most about doing now that their partner/spouse has died. You can help turn that worry into action. For my mom, immediate tasks were lawn mowing and snow removal, ...
Setting up a power of attorney for a parent with dementia could help you avoid a costly and messy guardianship proceeding. Here’s how to do it BYStephanie Watson April 12, 2024 at 8:00 AM GMT+8 Don’t assume that being the child will give you automatic control over your parent’s fi...
It may be obvious to family members that an aging parent or relative needs assistance at home. But the senior may view the situation differently and refuse help. When older loved ones resist support, it’s still critical to ensure they receive it. Here are ways to open up the dialogue....
Parentification is a term used to define the role reversal that happens when you act as a parent to yourownparent. This is often seen in adult children, especially when there is a diagnosis of dementia involved. It is common to want to protect your parent from risk and harm. However ther...
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Speaking candidly about money with your aging parents may appear to be an insurmountable task. Fortunately, Cameron Huddleston has some tips.