Parentcare: A Journey with Your Aging Parents

Adults are busy every day working, paying bills, planning for retirement, thinking about how their children are doing, and maintaining a relationship with their spouse or significant other. How many plan for the commitment of time, energy, and money to support an aging parent?

If you ask your friends, the chances are good that some of them have had to help a parent to manage medications and doctor appointments, pay bills, and even to bathe and use the bathroom. Parentcare is so seldom discussed or considered until adults are in the thick of it. By then, it can be overwhelming.

So many adult children are spread thin while addressing the parent's needs. The adult child neglects his own health, relationships, and employment just to keep up with Mom or Dad's needs. Like anything else in life, having a plan for parentcare turns out far better than winging it.

This episode examines the mindset that will be important for the child to have, some challenges to expect, and how to start the journey of parentcare in a way that gives the parent the best life possible without compromising the sanity and health of the adult child.

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