Knowing Each Other’s Reality Is Key to Caregiver and Family Support

https://www.nvna.org/post/knowing-each-other-s-reality-is-key-to-caregiver-and-family-support

1. Caregiving parents are reluctant to ask for help for more reasons than I can possibly write about but most of which I (and eventually they themselves) can probably blow holes through. 2. Adult children can’t possibly know at this point in their lives how everything takes their aging parents two to three to four times longer and requires far more energy than it ever did when they were their adult children’s ages. 3. Caregiving parents may be threatened by loss of control and power if they let