You may or may not keep in touch with your family but either way still can benefit from this section. Since you have sought out this e-book, you are probably the one in your family who noticed that mom is getting old and needs some assistance with her life.
Caring for mom in her senior years can be a learning and rewarding experience.There are direct rewards and indirect rewards. One of my indirect rewards was reuniting with my family.
I had sent out emails entitled “Granny Update #43”. The numbers were insignificant and simply to add some humor. In the email update, I would describe mom’s progress, problem areas, medicine and diet changes (like low sodium and liquids) as well as funny stories.
One such story is how mom one day decided she would look for a clothing item that has been gone for over 40 years. It’s not really funny per se but can be described funny in a written story based on your own family’s sense of humor.
Sure it seems kind of sad but it’s much more sensible to make light of it instead of bumming out over it.
Anyway, in the Granny Update, I mention to the family (my list had 3 siblings, 17 nieces and nephews (moms grandchildren) things they could talk to grandma about when visiting her. Also, I asked them for advise on things like cleaning and bathing mom. These were things I felt I needed help with. I had hoped someone would come over and help me with these things. Your list might be different.
My message here is find some things others can help with. Things like doing her cleaning and laundry. Since aging adults are not as neat as when they were young, they need their cleaning more frequently.
I also asked for help with bathing mom. She has since healed from her surgery and can take her own baths again.
