Consider very specific needs, such as their meal preparations, their household chores, or any personal care that they may need. Also, present your loved one with options. Any person may feel more empowered and more likely to accept help if he or she has options. For example, if your loved one can no longer keep up a big house, they might choose to hire someone to help them with their chores
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 1:49
Hey, Cheryl, thank you so much for this. And these tips are so helpful. I really resonated with the one you said towards the end about letting people know that it would be easier on the caregiver if you would go ahead and do something. And I think my mom's 90. You know, she doesn't want to be a burden to us, but she doesn't want any help in the house. She doesn't want anything, not even a cleaner
Sherle polk
@ShareTheCareNet · 4:48
Hi, Deborah. Thanks for replying back to my post on Jeff. Forgot what the post was. Sorry about that. When your loved loved one resists care, apologize. Okay. But I did get your feedback and gosh. You're having a tough time with your mama. I know that. I've been there, done that. And let me tell you, I got the T shirt, but I had to really fight for that T shirt. It was hard. It was really hard
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Sherle polk
@ShareTheCareNet · 4:27
A lot of times, the caregivers who are at the senior centers, either they're caring for a senior currently, or they're looking maybe to hire, not hire. They're looking to take on another job, working with other seniors, maybe to make more money. And sometimes you'll find caregivers there who are just lost. Maybe their client maybe their client either passed away or maybe transitions over into an assisted living or nursing home. So now they're looking for another client to work for
Arty Goodman
@ArtyGoodman1 · 5:00
So it's not just a senior who looks at his or her situation and determines, I don't want a stranger coming into my home. I don't really need a professional to do this. I can rely on my own resources. In this particular instance, she cannot do that. She is incapable of doing things that she says she is capable of doing and ultimately puts herself in a position of harm. What makes it increasingly difficult is the blowback
Sherle polk
@ShareTheCareNet · 2:41
Not necessarily meaning a person for hire or an employee, but it's kind of a general word, because it could be that or it could be an immediate family member, such as a spouse, a partner child to an aging parent, or a sibling to a loved one who's a sick sister or brother. Whatever. So it doesn't necessarily mean that I was referring to a caregiver that would be hired. A lot of times, most people will take actually information or not information