Your old folks
Iv known someone who is very close to me.
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Her father suffered from a second heart stroke very recently.
As of today, the father is already stable and recoving but still in bed (half part of the body is still paralized).
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Iv personally witnessed how the family take care of the father.
During night time, the siblings are assigned and took turns in guarding their father.
By day, there is a nurse, physical and occupational therapist who attend to him.
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Other than some days off, this is how my friend is spending her vacation.
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When your folks are old enough not to able to manage themselves:
When they suffer from certain illness:
How do you take care of them?
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Care giver?
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Take care of them personally?
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Only time will tell and depending on circumstances. But i want my children to take care of me when i get old. So yes, i will take care of my parents.
I agree with you, but circumstances also sometimes dictate the recourse.
Some people just cannot cope mentally or physically with having to look after someone elderly or senile..
Look at us as expats.. We may work abroad for the betterment of the whole family and in turn are unable to look after our parents in their time of need..:o(
will do all i can to take care of them myself...
Life's a bitch and then you die! ;)
That's another language I will have to learn. Far cry from Donny
Well, my Dad died not so long ago at a very young age... And when the time comes with my mom... I'm willing to do whatever is in my hands to help her. She's young though...
Aberdeen!!!!!! Oh children can be so cruel at times! LOL
We don't want to be a burden to our kids. However, our daughter has told us that when we can't get up the stairs any more (in Turkey) we can move into a Granny flat in the grounds of her house just outside Aberdeen.
.sori panda.....
.but i can see how you are as a son.....
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"I don't do fashion, I am fashion"
by C.C.
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I've lost my father 2 years ago.Alhamullilah I was very close to him till his last second... but it's so sad...
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im sad by your comment re your mom.
.you know what? my concept of cancer is that you are loved and special to "Him"
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cancer patients are given some time to repent, just my opinion.
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"I don't do fashion, I am fashion"
by C.C.
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I would try to take care of them personally as best as I can, just like they were here for you when you were a kid/baby .... but if it gets to much , I would get professorial help , to ease the burden. Do what you can to best of your ability ....
Rattie, depends on what sickness. My mom has been fighting cancer for 2 years now. At the moment she still has the finances and medical aid to help, but I know the day will come when I will have to support her. Depneing on whether she has managed to fight the cancer, I think I will have to keep her in hospital. Some people I know, just take their parents and shove them in an old age home without ever visiting. Its what helps YOU sleep at night, I think?
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