Finding low-tech ways to connect virtually with your senior parents is positive for you and for them. The coronavirus pandemic and social distancing leaves fragile elderly citizens more isolated than ever. Isolation is even harder for those with complex medical needs, memory issues, or decreased physical/mental abilities. Brighten the day for your loved ones by…
Do you wonder how to help your elderly parent when you can’t visit during the COVID-19 pandemic? In the past few weeks, helping elderly parents in assisted living facilities, nursing homes and hospitals has become a real challenge. To protect our most vulnerable, social distancing requirements now limit or even prohibit visitors. In many facilities,…
1. Despite preparation, timing will be unpredictable Moving your parents into assisted living is a big decision and once the ball starts rolling it moves quickly. I’ve had an active role in managing my parents’ financial and medical affairs for about 18 months. In that time, mom and my step dad began receiving assistance from…
Today, I spent a fun day out in the woods with my 82-year-old father, his older sister and her husband, his sister-in-law, and my cousin and her husband. We loaded up in one big boat-sized vehicle, along with two dogs — and headed out for a day on a remote prairie in central Oregon. “You…