Over the holidays, my husband and I found ourselves dealing with two elderly family members with mild cognitive impairment and dementia (maybe vascular). So I’ve been doing some reading on related topics.
I came across this nice article today on AgingCare.com, which may be of interest to adult children who are communicating with aging parents:
www.agingcare.com/Articles/balancing-safety-with-independence-193276.htm
Learn to Back Off and Accept Risks While Caregiving
AgingCare.com
January 04, 2016
The author of the article wrote the well-titled book “Minding Our Elders.”
This sentence range true for me: “Anxiety over our elders’ safety can turn adult children into dictators.” There was definitely an adjustment period in helping my father cope with neurological decline.
And this sentence brought up a lot of thoughts as well: “It may mean biting our tongues while our parents enjoy taking a few risks.” I always found it hard to bite my tongue, though, when it came to the risk of falls.
Robin