Comments on: Visiting Aging Parents During Holidays http://boomer-books.com/boomerblog/archives/41 Secrets to enjoying life after age 50 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:54:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Bill http://boomer-books.com/boomerblog/archives/41#comment-16185 Bill Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:58:14 +0000 http://boomer-books.com/boomerblog/index.php/http:/boomer-books.com/boomerblog/index.php/archives/123#comment-16185 Hi Rosie, Thank you for posting a response. I'm glad to hear that I wasn't the only one who was seeing my parent's decline through the eyes of denial. It sure becomes hard to wake up to the fact that you are the one in charge of their welfare. I'm not quite sure that they accept it fully either. I hope that you can use the forms posted on http://www.boomer-books.com and please keep posting with anything you learn that can help others help care for their aging parents -- especially during the stresses of the holiday season. -- Bill Hi Rosie,

Thank you for posting a response. I’m glad to hear that I wasn’t the only one who was seeing my parent’s decline through the eyes of denial. It sure becomes hard to wake up to the fact that you are the one in charge of their welfare. I’m not quite sure that they accept it fully either.

I hope that you can use the forms posted on http://www.boomer-books.com and please keep posting with anything you learn that can help others help care for their aging parents—especially during the stresses of the holiday season.
—Bill

]]> By: rosie http://boomer-books.com/boomerblog/archives/41#comment-16082 rosie Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:55:04 +0000 http://boomer-books.com/boomerblog/index.php/http:/boomer-books.com/boomerblog/index.php/archives/123#comment-16082 I appreciate this post. As an only child the responsibility of visiting my mom rests on me. I think it is a healthy thing to communicate with family members when the decline of an aging parent is noticed. You are so right about looking with eyes of denial. We just do not want to see our parents grow old and towards helplessness. We want to remember them as strong when we were being raised by them. What a precious gift they are. I appreciate this post. As an only child the responsibility of visiting my mom rests on me. I think it is a healthy thing to communicate with family members when the decline of an aging parent is noticed. You are so right about looking with eyes of denial. We just do not want to see our parents grow old and towards helplessness. We want to remember them as strong when we were being raised by them.
What a precious gift they are.

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