For many, caring for an aging parent is a daily juggle. It is estimated that up to 7 million people in the United States help care for an older relative long distance, a number expected to double in the next 15 years as the elderly population grows. If you are the designated caregiver in your family and you live more than an hour away from the relative who needs help, Orly Avitzur, medical …
The time spent caring for aging parents is burning out a significant portion of the working population, say officials with a home and community health service provider, leading a national social media charge for funding.[...]
Caring for an aging parent may be the highest calling of your life. But it also can rob you of time, money, and your own experiences. In some cases, these personal sacrifices can create bitterness and …
How to care for elderly parents is a major concern for many families.  It can be physically and emotionally overwhelming to both the parent and child.  Andrew Novick, Esq., CFP®, VP of Client Service at Condor Capital, a fee-only investment management firm in Martinsville, NJ, feels that families who discuss options and agree to a plan will be better able to handle unexpected events.  Novick …
Here are five ways to better ensure your elderly loved ones are getting the best care possible at the end of their lives.
Dr. Hillary Lum was undecided about her medical specialty until her work in the geriatric track of her residency helped her decide she wanted to focus on caring for the elderly.
I am one of the millions of Americans who currently take care of an elderly parent. It’s almost impossible to get through the red tape required to qualify for services. Can you imagine how much harder this will be when the Republicans start to hand out …
“A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents — and Ourselves” (Knopf), by Jane Gross: Decades after screen star Bette Davis famously declared that “growing old is not for sissies,” Estelle Gross expanded on the woes of the ailing aged with her lament that people live too long and die too slowly.
TRENTON — A free, day-long course on caring for the elderly is being offered by the Burlington County Sheriff’s Department.
Nurs Health Sci. 2011 Mar 15;
Rejeh N, Heravi-Karimooi M, Vaismoradi M
The purpose of this study was to explore Iranian nursing students’ perspectives regarding caring for elderly patients. A qualitative design, based on the content analysis approach, was used to collect and analyze the perspectives of 25 senior nursing students who were providing care for elderly patients in the medical and surgical wards of two teaching hospitals in Tehran, Iran. After using purposeful sampling to select the participants, semistructured interviews were held in order to collect the data. During the data analysis, two main themes and six subthemes emerged. The first theme was “the barriers to caring for elderly patients”, with the subthemes of “policies and rules of the organization”, “a lack of educational preparation”, and “an inappropriate physical environment”, and the second theme was “the facilitators to caring for elderly patients”, with the subthemes of “religion and cultural norms”, “role modeling”, and “previous exposure to elderly patients”. This study informs international audiences of the factors that influence the quality of care of elderly patients so that strategies can be devised in order to prepare nursing students to meet the physical and psychological needs of elderly patients.
