How to Discuss Caring for Your Older Parent with Family

Making decisions around caring for an older parent can guide a family down a winding path filled with emotional highs and unexpected turns. It's a sensitive, complex process, but you don't have to face it alone. In this video, Atria's Vice President of Sales Melanie Bedell offers tips for families on how to fairly and sensitively share the responsibilities of caregiving.
Watch as we explore the seven essential steps to having this critical conversation:
1. Planning the Conversation: Setting the stage for an open and constructive dialogue.
2. Understanding Parents' Wishes: Gaining insight into your parent's desires and preferences.
3. Sharing Information: Communicating openly and transparently about the realities of caregiving.
4. Keeping Open Communication: Fostering an environment of trust and mutual understanding.
5. Avoiding Negative Dynamics: Navigating potential conflicts and disagreements with grace and empathy.
6. Delegating and Managing Expectations: Distributing tasks and responsibilities while maintaining realistic expectations.
7. Forgiving When Necessary: Embracing compassion and forgiveness as essential components of family caregiving.
Whether you meet resistance or willingness to participate, the common goal is the well-being of your family member. These conversations are best approached with preparation, honesty and a spirit of forgiveness and collaboration.
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